If you have a knee injury or knee pain and want to know if a knee brace can help, Dr. Nussbaum recommends contacting a sports medicine physician. They can examine your knee and may order imaging tests to see the scope of your injury. From there, they can determine if a knee brace would help you. If you do need a knee brace, you will often meet with an orthotist to determine the right brace for your injury. Your physician or physical therapist can refer you to an orthotist who can work with you to find the right fit. In some cases, they may need to design a brace for you. Some orthotists work in the same clinical space, while others work at an outside facility. “If we think a patient needs a particular brace, we’ll ask our orthotists to see this patient during the visit and discuss the bracing and the appropriateness of it,” Dr. Nussbaum says. “That’s proven to be very helpful.”