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The Solvrly Pivot knee brace in purple worn on a bent knee, showing the cross straps and open kneecap
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  • The Solvrly Pivot knee brace in purple worn on a bent knee, showing the cross straps and open kneecap
  • Solvrly Pivot open-patella knee brace in grey and lilac
  • Solvrly Pivot size guide: measure your thigh 10 cm above the kneecap. M 41-44 cm, L 45-48 cm, XL 49-52 cm, XXL 53-56 cm. Between two sizes, choose the larger.
  • A woman in her fifties crouching in a garden wearing the Solvrly Pivot knee brace
  • The Solvrly Pivot brace on a bare knee beside the same knee under trousers, showing how little it shows
  • Three panels showing the Solvrly Pivot brace worn while walking downstairs, kneeling and standing up
  • The Solvrly Pivot brace laid flat with labels for the open kneecap, side stabilisers and straps
  • Solvrly Pivot open-patella knee brace in black with bronze jacquard panels, on a white background
  • The Solvrly Pivot knee brace in black worn under shorts, showing the bronze jacquard side panels
  • Solvrly Pivot open-patella knee brace in grey with pale blue jacquard panels, on a white background
  • Solvrly Pivot open-patella knee brace in purple with white jacquard panels, on a white background
Solvrly Pivot™

Knee Pain Wrap

You did not decide to start holding the handrail. It just started happening — and nobody has noticed except you.

Twin Stabilisers Down Both Sides
Open Kneecap — Nothing Presses On The Sore Spot
Wraps On Sitting Down — No Bending
Two Straps Hold The Tension You Set
8 mm — It Goes Under Your Trousers
Thirty Days To Decide
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What will I actually notice first?

Going down stairs. That is almost always the one people report back on, because down is where a knee has to be trusted and up is not. The second is standing up out of a low chair without putting a hand on the armrest.
Will it fit me?

Four sizes, M to XXL. Measure around your thigh 10 cm above the kneecap, standing, with your leg straight — that measurement is what picks your size.

M 41–44 cm · L 45–48 cm · XL 49–52 cm · XXL 53–56 cm. Between two sizes, take the larger one.

Both straps still adjust either way once it is on. It opens flat and wraps on rather than pulling over your foot, so you set the tension yourself — and you can put it on sitting down, without bending the knee first.
Can I wear it all day?

Yes. It is 8 mm through the padding, so it goes under straight-leg trousers without a bulge, and the open kneecap means nothing is pressing on the sore spot for eight hours. Take it off in the evening and let the skin breathe.
What if it is not for me?

Wear it for thirty days — on the stairs, in the garden, getting out of the low chair. If it has not changed how those feel, email us and we will refund you. No forms, no argument.

You Have Not Stopped Doing Things. You Have Started Doing Them Differently.

You take the stairs one at a time now, leading with the same leg every time. You put a hand on the rail going down, even when you do not need it. You sit on the edge of the bed to put your socks on. You stopped crouching in the garden and started kneeling on a folded towel. You pick the higher chair at the cafe without thinking about it, and you park a bit closer than you used to. None of that felt like a decision at the time. It happened a bit at a time over a couple of years, and it is a list nobody else can see. You have never said any of it out loud, because said out loud it sounds like a complaint, and it does not feel like one. It feels like sense.
A woman in her fifties crouching in a garden wearing the Solvrly Pivot knee brace

Ask Anyone In This Position What Their Knee Does. Almost Nobody Says It Hurts.

What you get instead is some version of: I just do not quite trust it. Going down a slope. Stepping off a kerb. Turning while you are carrying something in both hands. That half-second where the knee feels like it might do something you did not ask it to do. That is worth separating out, because pain and instability are not the same complaint, and the things that help one do very little for the other. A heat pack, a rub, a tablet — all of those are aimed at pain. None of them makes a knee feel trustworthy on a wet ramp. Here is the part that explains the drawer. Your knee is a hinge that also has to not fall sideways. Bending and straightening is the job everyone knows about. The harder job is resisting everything else — the sideways and the twist — and that work is done by ligaments and the muscles around them. So when a knee stops feeling reliable, it does not necessarily hurt more. It just stops being something you will commit your weight to. Which means the thing that helps is not something that squeezes it. It is something that holds it.
A man in his late fifties stopped partway down a staircase, one hand on the rail, the other pressed below his kneecap

A Sleeve Squeezes Everything Evenly. That Is Exactly Why It Did Nothing.

A stretch knee sleeve does one thing: it applies the same pressure to the sides, the back and the kneecap all at once. It feels like something — warmth, a bit of held-together — and it resists sideways movement not at all, because a tube of elastic has nothing in it that is stiffer in one direction than another. It also presses on your kneecap, which is often the exact spot that is sore, for eight hours at a time. And it slides. Elastic warms up, relaxes, and walks its way down your calf by mid-morning — and a sleeve that has slid down is not supporting anything at all. Pivot is built the other way round. Two flexible stabiliser bars run down either side of the joint. They give way front-to-back, so you can still walk, kneel and climb stairs normally, and they push back against the side-to-side. An oval cutout leaves the kneecap completely alone, and the padded ring around it carries the load instead — so support goes around the sore spot rather than over it. The cutout also stops the brace migrating, because your kneecap sits into it and holds it in place as you bend. And it is set with two straps rather than stretched over your foot, so the tension you choose in the morning is the tension you still have at four o'clock.
An open drawer holding a tangle of abandoned knee sleeves, wraps and a flattened cheap strap

The questions people ask before they buy.

What do the side bars actually do?

They resist the movement your knee is worst at and needs most — sideways and twist — while staying flexible front-to-back so your normal walking stride is unaffected.

That is the whole design brief. A brace that stopped you bending would be useless, and a sleeve that resists nothing sideways is what is already in your drawer.
Why is the kneecap left open?

Two reasons. It keeps direct pressure off the front of the joint, which is where a lot of people are sore and exactly where a closed sleeve presses hardest. And it stops the brace sliding — your kneecap seats into the cutout and holds it in place as you bend.

The padded ring around the opening is what does the supporting, so the load travels around the sore spot instead of over it.
What kind of knee is it for?

Everyday wear-and-tear soreness, and the feeling of unreliability that comes with it. Stairs, slopes, kerbs, low chairs, standing after a long sit, kneeling in the garden, long days on your feet.

It is also worn for general support during walking, golf, gardening, DIY and work with a lot of up and down in it.
How is it different from the $20 sleeve at the chemist?

Three differences, and the cheap sleeve fails all three. The cutout — a sleeve presses on your kneecap, this does not. The stabiliser bars — a sleeve does nothing about sideways, which is the part that makes a knee feel untrustworthy. The straps — a stretch sleeve loosens as it warms and slides down your leg by mid-morning.

The idea is the same. Whether it is still doing the job at four o'clock is not.
Why not a proper hinged brace instead?

Because that is a different product for a different situation. Rigid hinged braces with metal uprights are post-surgical and rehabilitation equipment, they cost several hundred dollars, and they are meant to be fitted by a clinician.

Pivot sits deliberately in between: more than a sleeve, not a medical appliance. If you have been told you need the rigid kind, get the rigid kind.
Should I get one or two?

Most people start with the knee that bothers them. A fair number come back for the second, because whatever loaded the first knee — the same stairs, the same job, the same years — loaded the other one too, just a bit behind. The second brace is $10 rather than $49.99 if you take it now.
I already have the Solvrly Knee Pro. Do I need this too?

They do different jobs and plenty of people run both. Knee Pro is a twenty-minute treatment you sit down for in the evening — heat and pulse, not something you walk around in. Pivot is what you wear while you are actually doing things during the day.

One is the session. The other is the day.
How do I measure?

Stand up, leg straight, and run a tape measure around your thigh 10 cm above the top of your kneecap. Snug, not pulled tight.

M 41–44 cm · L 45–48 cm · XL 49–52 cm · XXL 53–56 cm.

If you land between two sizes, take the larger one — the straps take up slack, but they cannot add room. There is a size chart in the product photos if you would rather see it drawn.
When is a brace the wrong tool?

This matters more than the sales pitch, so here it is plainly.

If your knee is swollen, locking, giving way, or hot to the touch; if the pain is severe, keeping you awake or getting worse; if it followed an injury; or if you have poor circulation, numbness, diabetes affecting your legs, or a blood clot history — see a health professional before you buy anything, from us or anyone else.

Pivot is an adjustable support for everyday comfort and stability. It is not a medical device, it does not treat any condition, and it does not replace advice from a doctor or physiotherapist.
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