Block a pain-relief option after joint replacement As knee replacement surgery becomes more common, more people know the difficulty of recovery.

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common elective surgeries in the United States, with 680,150 procedures performed in 2014, a number that is projected to increase by 189% to 1.28 ...

Pain management begins post-surgery with nerve blocks or other modalities. Your surgery team will likely get you up and walking as soon as a few hours after surgery.

Pain and opioid use were reduced in patients with advanced knee OA following ultrasound-guided chemical neurolysis of 4 genicular nerves.

A recent study from MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has discovered a promising non-surgical treatment that ...

Single-shot femoral nerve blockades or continuous FNB plus patient-controlled analgesia is more effective than PCA alone for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to a study published ...

A recent study by the University of Texas at El Paso has found that non-invasive transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) through the ear is a safe and effective treatment for reducing knee ...

Advice People’s Pharmacy: I discovered why I had horrible pain after knee replacement Published: Apr. 07, 2025, 5:00 a.m.

Stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear improved knee pain for some patients, according to early trial results published recently in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. The vagus ...

Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common elective surgeries in the United States, with 680,150 procedures performed in 2014, a number that is projected to increase by 189% to 1.28 ...