Take Control of Knee Pain
With D’s Knees!
I’m Darren, the creator of D’s Knees, and I don’t believe in bad knees! I think you have bad knee pads, not bad knees!
I made D’s Knees because conventional knee pads failed me. Kneeling pain was becoming a real problem for me, and I wasn’t willing to let the pain change my life.
You know how it is. We experience knee pain so we go to a doctor. They tell us to lose weight, reduce kneeling, and let our knees rest. This advice might be technically correct, but it doesn’t help. I needed to solve kneeling pain first, without disrupting my life completely!
The D’s Knees solves kneeling pain! They work because they prevent anything from touching the front of your knee when kneeling. They use a carbon fiber cap that acts like a bridge over your knee. This cap fits your knee when you are kneeling, and it redistributes kneeling pressure away from the sensitive part of your knee! If nothing touches the front of your knee, then your knee can’t be sore!
I call them “Knee Caps”, because it is the rigid carbon fiber cap that does the work of protecting your knee.
I wear D’s Knees every day at work. I put them on the first time I need to kneel, and I leave them on until I’m done for the day. Without them, I feel crippled, and I just don’t kneel. But when I wear them, I can kneel as often as I need to and for as long as I need to! I’ve been wearing them for years, and they have made my career possible!
Whether you are starting a new career, needing to extend your career, or if you just want to do things you enjoy without kneeling pain, I believe D’s Knees can solve your kneeling pain and make a big difference in your life!
Features:
▪ Cap is made from real carbon fiber
▪ Tough urethane rubber for excellent traction and abrasion resistance
▪ High quality laminated foam pad with 3 layers of foam and a durable bamboo face fabric
▪ Available in 3 sizes
▪ Made with genuine YKK buckles
▪ Lower strap is polypropylene
▪ Upper strap is elastic webbing
▪ Hand made in USA
Try D’s Knees today to see if they can help you as much as they have helped me!
Let’s talk about knee pads
I know how it goes. Everyone says their product is the best, but how can you know if they are right without buying a pair? You are probably like me, and you have already tried a few knee pads that made impressive claims, that didn’t help very much or didn’t last very long. So why should you try D’s Knees?
To explain why I think you should buy D’s Knees, the best place to start is with the knee itself. The knee is more complicated than we usually realize. There are many parts of the knee that we may not be familiar with, and when we kneel, we put pressure on the front of the knee, compressing the internal structures of the knee. This pressure on the internal structures of the knee is the problem that leads to kneeling pain!
Repetitive kneeling leads to discomfort and pain. The internal structures of the knee are not meant to experience this pressure, and over time they become sensitive to it. Often the bursa sacs on the front of the knee get irritated, becoming painful and swelling in response to kneeling. Other conditions like patellar tendonitis or a torn meniscus can contribute to kneeling pain as well.
Conventional Knee Pads are just a foam pad. The differences between knee pads are the result of the types of foam used and the thickness of the foam they use. These knee pad designs rely on the foam to spread out kneeling forces over the knee, which reduces pressure. This type of design has some benefits, but I believe it is ultimately the wrong strategy to solve knee pain.
Many knee pads use foam that is too thin and too soft. Thin and soft foam may feel nice to our fingers, but if we can easily compress it with our fingers, chances are it will do nothing to improve kneeling comfort. Thin and soft foam will fully compress when kneeled on. Being soft and thin, it requires very little pressure to be compressed fully, giving it little ability to spread out pressure.
Kneeling pads or knee pads with thick foam are better than ones with thin foam. If the foam is dense enough, it will support your weight without fully compressing. As you sink into the foam, more of your knee touches the foam, increasing surface area the foam is pushing against. This reduces pressure and can improve kneeling comfort.
But there is a problem! As your knee sinks into the foam, the foam is pushing back against your knee. The thick foam puts pressure on the part of your knee that is sore!
My worst knee pad experience was with gel knee pads. I thought the gel would be better than foam, but I was wrong. I thought the goal was to spread out pressure as much as possible, and the gel should do this better than foam. But just putting the gel knee pads on my knees caused me significant discomfort! The gel did what I expected, putting even pressure on the front of my knee, but all I felt was pain where my knee was sensitive!
The gel knee pad taught me that just spreading out pressure is the wrong idea. The problem with knee pads is not the pressure, but the specific area the pressure is applied to! I learned that I needed to transfer pressure to parts of the knee that are NOT sensitive, and parts of the knee that are capable of supporting that pressure. I needed a way to transfer kneeling pressure to the bones in my knee without touching the soft tissues of my knee!
I came up with the idea of using a rigid design instead of a flexible foam pad. The D’s Knees design uses a carbon fiber cap that bridges over the front of the knee! This carbon fiber cap transfers kneeling pressure directly to the bones in your leg, without putting any pressure on the internal structure of the knee joint.
The D’s Knees design divides kneeling pressure between the patella and the shin. Most of the kneeling presure is transferred to the shin, below the knee. The rest of the pressure is applied to the patella. This redistribution of pressure, thanks to the carbon fiber cap, along with the excellent foam padding, ensures that you can kneel comfortably!
OK, but aren’t hard shell knee pads kind of the same thing? Knee pads advertised as having a “hard shell” have a plastic outer layer instead of rubber. This plastic is more slippery than rubber, allowing the knee pads to slide on hard surfaces. These “hard shells” are still quite flexible. They are not capabable of supporting you the way that the D’s Knees design does.
D’s Knees are extremelly strong and durable. Don’t let the carbon fiber fool you–they also have a thick urethane rubber coating that is extremely abrasion resistant. It is similar to roller blade wheels! Or if you do concrete work, the urethane material I use is also used for making concrete stamp molds. It is the toughest material I can get my hands on, and it will hold up to years of heavy use without wearing through. (The urethane layer can vary from almost transparent to amber color.)
D’s Knees use a laminated foam pad with 3 layers of foam and a bamboo face fabric. The foam layers range from soft to firm. The soft foam conforms to your knee, and the firm foam absorbs impact. And the bamboo face fabric is wicking and adds durability.
D’s Knees are available in 3 different sizes. Surprisingly, humans come in more than one size, so why are knee pads always made in only one size? I believe that a good fit is an important feature for any piece of protective equipment!
The D’s Knees Knee Cap is a patented design. This isn’t super important, but I have to mention it somewhere. It’s US Patent D981051.
D’s Knees Knee Caps are as close as you can get to not wearing knee pads, while wearing knee pads, that is. Your weight is balanced directly above the natural balance point of your knee, so you can move and pivot on your knee naturally. They have a flat surface that provides side to side stability, but it isn’t too stable. When you stand or walk, the knee pad is held away from your knee, giving excellent ventilation, preventing sweaty knees.
Do D’s Knees stay in place on your knees? Yes. If adjusted correctly, D’s Knees will stay on your knees all day long! Are the straps too tight? Buddy, those straps didn’t tighten themselves! I don’t know why we have to talk about this. The solution is so simple! I guess the failure of other designs just proves that they are made very cheaply. I use genuine YKK buckles, which helps. Understanding how they are meant to fit and adjusting them correctly is also important.
Did I mention they are Hand Made in America? That’s right, I make them in my garage in Minnesota. I make them and assemble them myself. Someone might say they are molded so are not “hand made”, but those molds were made by my hand! And yes, the molds were mostly machined by a CNC router, but I hand finished and polished them. I programmed that router and operated it. I made the drawings for the molds in CAD. I sculpted the first molds by hand with Bondo and foam, back when I had no idea what I was doing! So overall, I would say they are as hand made as they could possibly be, given modern materials and techniques required to make them.