Joint pain can arise from your knee, hip and shoulder. No matter where they develop, it can be challenging to focus on your daily routine, such as driving to work, cleaning the house, and even interacting with your loved ones can be troublesome. Hazlet joint pain specialists have extensive experience alleviating joint pain from diverse causes with interventional pain medicine to relieve joint pain in any part of your body.
Outlined below are both integrative methods and minimally invasive procedures to help you relieve joint pain without fear of going under the knife.
Treatments
Joint pain is caused by injuries, viral infection, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, bursitis, and tendinitis.
Joint pain primarily affects the elderly, those with previous joint injury, muscle overuse, obesity, chronic medical conditions, poor health, depression, anxiety, and stress.
The pain can come and go while the consistent pain causes throbbing, burning, and grating sensation, which causes joint stiffness and discomfort in the knees, hips, spine, and feet.
If you experience swelling, stiff joints, numbness, noisy joints, painful movement, loss of motion, and difficulty bending and straightening the joints, the following treatment options will help you;
Simple at-home- remedies
The doctor will recommend you soak in a warm bath and apply heat and an ice pad on the affected area to alleviate the pain.
Exercise
Your doctor may recommend low-impact exercises such as swimming and walking to help you get back your strength and mobility function.
Diet supplement and weight loss
Weight loss for those who are obese helps to lessen the strain on the joint, while supplements such as glucosamine prescribed by the doctor help relieve the pain.
Anti-inflammatory drugs and topical treatments
Drugs such as ibuprofen help ease the pain, while topical treatments such as ointments and gels help alleviate the pain in the affected area.
Supportive aids
Braces, canes, and orthotics devices placed in your shoes help ease movement, and you may experience reduced pain.
Physical and occupational therapy
Your physician may recommend a balanced fitness program to help ease the pain and improve flexibility.
Steroid injections
They are injected into the joints, tendons, and bursa to reduce swelling and inflammations, which alleviate the pain.
Peripheral nerve block
They consist of an anesthetic injection on or near the nerve that causes joint pain to relieve the pain.
Platelet-rich plasma treatment
You are injected with your platelet in the painful joint to accelerate the healing process since the plasma contains protein growth factors.
Arthroscopy
It is a minimally invasive procedure where your surgeon removes bone chips or repairs cartilage in and near the joint to relieve pain.
Joint replacement
When the cartilage cushions your joints wear down, your surgeon replaces it with an artificial joint to alleviate the pain.
Facet joint injections
The injections are designed to alleviate pain from small joints of the spine.
Antidepressants and painkilling drugs
They help to ease pain and improve your sleep if you are suffering from joint pain.
Consult a joint pain specialist today
Joint pain is caused by various factors such as chronic medical conditions such as arthritis, injuries, and viral infection. Before getting treatment, book an appointment with Garden State Pain Control to find the cause and get comprehensive treatment to get rid of the pain once and for all.
