Dealing with Knee Instability in hEDS

I had hEDS. Lately my knee has just been giving out while I walk, it just feels so unstable and I’ll just be walking and my knee gives out. Luckily I’m usually at home and catch myself before I fall or anything. Any tips for helping this? It doesn’t necessarily hurt which is what’s strange, sometimes the faintest soreness but not really. I have issues with my hips so I’m sure that adds to it but the knee just needs extra support somehow. I had issues with this knee in high school (7 years ago) but haven’t had any problems since.

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goblin49

1y ago

Do you know where the instability in the knee comes from? My knees give out sometimes too, but I have these braces that help with overall stabilization and also keeping my kneecap in place.

Wanderinglumos

1y ago

I have no idea. It would randomly do it throughout the years but now it’s multiple times a day. In high school I have problems and used KT tape to keep my kneecap on the right track but I don’t have that pain anymore. I suppose it could all be connected. I was wondering if a compression of sorts could help.

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