kandy good questions. Every injury has the same effect: it de-strengthens muscles and tendons. That loss of strength is what is key in the rehabilitation period where the injury itself has healed but the joint is not yet back to where it should be. A knee brace is a crutch. Just like a crutch it affects how you use your knee and how you feel about using it. A knee brace is great if you repeatedly injury your knee so you're using for preventative purposes or you need a little extra support on a day when you know in advance you will be doing extra load on the knee (climbing steps, carrying things, walking a lot more than usual etc). but really, if the injury has healed, you shouldn't be using it and you should, instead, focus on getting your knee back to where it should be with strengthening work and conditioning done gradually and persistently.
The reason your knee didn't hurt before is because it was strong and it had arrived at that point of strength gradually and you were on a path where everything you did was a logical, linear progression. The injury sustained by the knee joint is a setback in a literal sense. The strength of your knee is not what it was. It has reverted back to a less able time. If you could go back in time and clearly remember how it felt when you were training your knee back then I bet there will be an amount of discomfort involved. Be patient. Be careful. Be consistent.
The reason your knee didn't hurt before is because it was strong and it had arrived at that point of strength gradually and you were on a path where everything you did was a logical, linear progression. The injury sustained by the knee joint is a setback in a literal sense. The strength of your knee is not what it was. It has reverted back to a less able time. If you could go back in time and clearly remember how it felt when you were training your knee back then I bet there will be an amount of discomfort involved. Be patient. Be careful. Be consistent.

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