Your Knee Isn't Giving Up. Your Support Is.

Tom Becker has taught skiing for 22 winters. Most of his students are adults who came back to the sport after 40, and plenty of them are well past 50.

"The morning is always fine," he says. "First chair, fresh corduroy. Then around two o'clock I see the same thing every single week."

"Their stance changes. They skid the turns they carved that morning. They stop at every side of the run. And on the chairlift, I see them reaching down to pull a sleeve back up through their ski pants."

"These people did the sensible thing. They bought support. It just wasn't there when they needed it."

I Was Watching Students Struggle For Years, Until It Happened to Me

"At 52, my own right knee started aching on the long afternoon runs," Tom says. "I bought the same sleeves as my students. Same result. Fine at breakfast, useless by lunch."

"The answer came from someone I didn't expect. Walt, the man who ran the ski school when I started. He was 81, still came up to the lodge for coffee."

"I complained about my knee. He laughed and said: 'You young guys put your knee support on in the morning and forget about it. We never did that.'"

Skiers in the 1970s Knew What Modern Brace Companies Made Us Forget

"Back then, Walt and the older instructors wore simple straps around the knee," Tom says. "Nothing fancy. But they adjusted them all day long."

"Looser in the morning. On the chairlift after lunch, when the legs got tired, they'd pull the strap a notch tighter. Then they'd ski until the lifts closed."

"It's exactly what every skier still does with their boot buckles. Looser for the walk to the lift, a click tighter for the steep stuff. Nobody skis all day in boots they set once at 8 a.m."

"Your legs at 2 p.m. are not the legs you had at 8. They're tired, and your knee needs more help on every turn. Those old instructors simply gave it more. On the lift. In ten seconds."

The One-Size Sleeve That Made Afternoons Shorter

Then knee support changed.

One-size neoprene sleeves took over the store shelves. Cheap to make, easy to sell, one tightness for every knee. You pick a size, pull it on in a warm hotel room and that's the support you get. All day.

"The adjustment just disappeared," Tom says. "Nobody talks about it. The sleeves are sold on the size chart, not on what happens at two o'clock."

"And when a fixed sleeve isn't enough, you're told to buy a hinged brace. Plenty of support, but stiff and bulky. You ski like a robot, and most of them barely fit under ski pants."

Your Doctor Says "Rest It." Your Friends Say "Strengthen It."

"Both are right, in their own way," Tom says. "Stronger legs help. But that takes months. And rest means not skiing."

"Neither one helps on the trip you've already booked. What you need for that trip is what Walt had: support you can turn up when your legs get tired."

The Only Ski Sleeve That Brings Back the Chairlift Adjustment

"I asked Walt where I could still find a strap like his," Tom says. "He shook his head. 'You can't. Nobody makes them anymore.'"

A few weeks later, Tom ran into Peter in the boot room. Early sixties, a former student who'd first booked a lesson with his daughter.

"He was pulling a white sleeve over his knee, with a small dial on the side," Tom says. "'That's for the compression,' he said. He bent his knee and gave the dial a few clicks. I asked him to show me again."

"That was Walt's strap. Only now you turn a dial instead of pulling a buckle."

It was the Theravyn SkiFit Knee Sleeve. Peter sent Tom the link, and that evening he looked it up:

• Adjustable compression dial: you set the support, not the size label
• Dual side stabilizers: keep the knee in line when you carve
• Patella gel pad: takes pressure off the kneecap
• Silicone grip: stays where you put it, all day
• Slim, low-profile: disappears under your ski pants

"At Two O'Clock, I Gave It Two Clicks"

"The first day I wore it, I was teaching a group in the afternoon," Tom says. "On the lift around two, I felt that familiar looseness starting. So I reached down and gave the dial two clicks. Just like Walt with his strap."

"Then I taught the rest of the lesson. Skied it top to bottom with my students. I didn't stop at the side of the run once."

"Within a week, my older students were asking what I had on my knee."

What Makes the SkiFit Different

Where Can You Get the SkiFit?

The SkiFit is sold directly by Theravyn. You'll find lookalike sleeves on Amazon and elsewhere, but most don't have the dial, the side stabilizers or the silicone grip. Make sure you get the real one.

Right now Theravyn is running its pre-season sale: buy 2, get 2 free. That covers both knees, plus a spare pair for back-to-back ski days. The sale runs only before the season starts.

Sizes go by body weight, so check the size chart before you order.

Covered by a 90-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Take it on your next ski trip. Wear it every run, every day. If it doesn't get you through the afternoon, send it back within 90 days for a full refund.

How Many More Afternoons Will You Sit Out?

At a big resort, a single lift ticket can cost more than $200. Quit at two o'clock, and you're leaving a good part of that on the mountain. Every day of the trip.

Not to mention the runs with your friends, your kids or your grandkids that you watch from the terrace.

"I wish someone had told me this six years earlier," Tom says. "Walt knew it all along. Your knee doesn't need the same thing all day. Your support shouldn't either."

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