Dealing With Hip and Knee Pain: Options Before Hip Replacement or Knee Replacement Surgery
Dealing With Hip and Knee Pain: Options Before Hip Replacement or Knee Replacement Surgery
Osteoarthritis can turn everyday activities into huge challenges. Dealing with pain may be as simple as modifying your activities or finding alternative activities which better suit your abilities. Here are some other steps that may be effective in dealing with joint pain:
- Anti-inflammatory medication
- A weight loss program
- Using braces
- Having injections in the affected joint
- Physical therapy
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA)
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