Cam Bertuch's CTi Story

I am a highly active athlete and I enjoy extreme sports such as skiing and dirt bike riding. I first injured my right knee in 1999 while training in the Olympic development team as a mogul skier. After an ACL rupture and meniscal injury, I had an ACL reconstruction only to have my ACL injured again two years later. After the second knee reconstruction, my knee was starting to lock and I needed to have my meniscus removed entirely.

As a result, in the last 10+ years, I have been experiencing bone-on-bone osteoarthritis (OA) in my right knee. I later had my ACL rapture again but this time on my left knee, which occurred during dirt biking in 2019. I decided that I needed knee braces to protect and support my knees if I wanted to continue skiing and riding. 

I was fitted with the Össur CTi Custom knee brace and haven't looked back! The CTi Custom brace has alleviated the pressure on my knees and has given me much more confidence to pursue my goals. In 2021, I skied 29 days in the winter season and continued to ride a dirt bike 3-4 times a week! Without the braces, I was likely only to be able to handle these activities 1-2 times a month . Without a doubt, wearing the CTi Custom braces has significantly increased my quality of life and positively impacted my mental health as I am able to continue to be active and do the activities I love. As the first custom-fitted braces I've tried, I love the intimacy of the fit, the comfort on my knees and confidence in the stability of the strong carbon fibre frame. They have absorbed the extreme forces on impact and protected my knees from further injury, giving me the confidence to ski and ride better without holding back.