Best knee brace for soccer?

Knee pain on left upper part of shin right under my knee.?

• okay so i have been playing soccer my whole life,(i will be fourteen in a couple of day) and back in the middle January i was experiencing knee pain.it right below my knee on the left side, and it would hurt to kick, or run. whenever the pain occurred, it seemed as if it would somehow just "give out" & i would eventually just have to take a brake and stop. but it wasn't to the point that i would just collapse. it would come and go. so i took a brake and did not play soccer for about 6 weeks, and wore a knee brace for chronic knee pain for about 2 weeks, and still am now, and that did in fact help. but i noticed that when i went back to practicing i would still feel the pain, although i had thought it stopped. so i rested another 2 weeks, and went back on monday but this time the knee pain was GONE. although the knee pain is now gone, it seem as though it has sort of shifted down into my upper left side of the shin. it feels as if it is just a minor bruise, but i feel it there when i run. i have not tried practicing without the knee brace, but on wednesday, i felt the pain in my shin come even worse. it was worse than the knee pain i had. what is wrong?

• Answer:

  Not being a medical doctor myself and not having experienced what you are going through, I would say your best bet is to go to a doctor or maybe a sports therapy clinic. Pain is a symptom that something is wrong with your body and it needs to be addressed before it ends up being something chronic (i.e never fully goes away). At 14, you dont want to have the rest of your life ruined by chronic knee pain! Hope you feel better soon.