The Best Motocross Knee Braces

Motocross riding entails trekking across all types of jagged, rocky, smooth and long terrain with changes in elevation that take a toll on almost every part of the rider’s body. It’s a physical and dangerous sport that encourages riders to wear protective gear in order to minimize injury. A knee brace is an important piece of equipment necessary for protecting the joints, ligaments and tendons, and absorbing or lessening the shocks and strain placed on the knee and its joints by the treacherous ride. A knee brace also helps decrease the percentage of reinjuring your knee if you’ve had surgery. The following is a list of some of the top knee braces for motocross riders.

  1. The PodMx K700 Knee Brace

    • The PodMx K700 Knee Brace, designed by an Australian orthopedic surgeon, infuses advanced technology such as thermoplastic urethane tendons, synthetic ligaments and polymer hinge supports that retain the same natural knee flexing motion that many riders use for jumps, sharp turns, lateral movements, or traveling up a rough mountain. The PodMx K700 also offers hinge stops at varying degrees for riders that want that extra protection, starting with the standard fifteen-degrees and going up to twenty degrees for riders with more serious knee injuries such as those recovering from surgery. The knee cup remains in a raised position and hovers over the knee cap at all times. It comes in five different lightweight, comfortable sizes for riders with different body frames, in addition to the variety of hinge pad options available used to custom fit your knee brace.

    Asterisk Cell Knee Brace

    • Asterisk Cell Knee race, listed as one of the top dirt bike products of the year by Dirt Bike Magazine, is a strong, lightweight, carbon fiber molding device that provides flexibility and structure. An exclusive characteristic to the Asterisk is the original fastening method that insures sustainability and a comfortable fit through the no stretch laces and abrasion resistant lace loops that wrap around the leg muscles. The additional features unique to this design are the anti-rotation tethers that help keep the brace in place throughout long arduous rides and the oblique axial hinge, which allows free-range of motion and alignment. The full-sized knee cup helps provide overall protection to the knee cap in a straight-legged or bent position.

    CTi OTS Pro Sport Knee Brace

    • CTi OTS Pro Sport Knee Brace is a medical grade device with a custom fit and advanced technological design used to protect the anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, lateral cruciate ligament, and the medial cruciate ligament. The CTi offers seven different designs to choose from, all dependent on the impact level and necessary support needed in order for the rider to feel comfortable and protected. It also offers flexible material design and padding in the upper and lower part of the brace for a more contoured, lightweight fit. The classic hinge design uses Sensil padding and SensEdge overmolding to add flexibility and comfort.

    DonJoy Armor Knee Brace

    • Previous Motocross World Champion and AMA Outdoor National Motocross Championship runner-up Grant Langston uses the DonJoy Armor Knee Brace, which signature 4-point leverage system technology protects the knee’s multiple ligaments and tendons that are vulnerable during motocross lateral movements. The DonJoy knee brace features swiveling straps that allow the rider to adjust the brace at varying degrees for a more customized fit, provides hyperextension stops that prevent hyper extending the knee, offers a calf pinch guard, and supplies an impact guard, which protects the shins and knee cap. The knee brace comes in seven different sizes and two lengths to accommodate riders of different sizes.