Functional stability

Avoiding large control disorders and damage

As in all areas where there are joints, a complex system of receptors also runs through the entire knee area. In muscles, ligaments, menisci and even soft tissue, the receptors communicate with the main control in the brain and bone marrow. The receptors record information on stretching, load conditions, pain and movement. These messages are processed and converted into commands for the muscles so that these can move and stabilize the joints - that is, enable coordinated movement. If you immobilize your knee, this coordinated interaction cannot be learnt. The system adjusts itself to coming to a standstill. Attempting to subject the knee to the usual loads will fail due to the lack of coordinated information. In the worst case this can lead to large control disorders and to even greater damage.

What can you do if you want your knee in future to learn neither "standstill" nor "wrong movements"?

CAMO®ped allows you to bend and stretch your operated knee without load in controlled paths, and to carefully associate the changed information with new movement experiences. CAMO®ped only provides assistance: you yourself must take on an active role and find your way back to normal mobility and familiar movement through careful but continual exercise with your operated leg. Start right now and exercise every day, because only practice makes perfect!
So it is entirely up to you whether and how soon your legs will carry you smoothly and reliably through your life again.