What is the best treatment for Knee pain?

@curlylocks7
I had GAE in my right knee over 2 years ago.
It really has helped a lot.
Interventional Radiology does the procedure. It did not hurt at all. I would make sure you have an experienced Doctor and great Hospital.
This is how I would describe the procedure. They sedate you, go thru your groin in the artery using a CT. They locate the inflammation of where the pain is and inject small (beads, 100-300) in the inflamed arteries. Hopefully that will help prevent the pain.
I was having to use a cane to walk prior to the procedure and now I no longer need to.
I sure hope it helps you too.

@gravity3
Gel not hell.

@gravity3 I had a very bad experience with replacement of my right knee in 2020. (The surgeon had NO bedside manner either!). The recovery was tough because each pain med that I tried either made me vomit or I broke out in a rash all over my body. They told me to only take Tylenol. The pain was awful and the Tylenol didn’t make a dent in my pain. I made a promise to myself that I would NEVER get another knee replacement! Well, now it is six years later and I have scheduled a date for a left TKR (different surgeon, different Boston hospital). This surgeon does “minimally invasive surgery” and I told him that it is what I need! I tried to get the GAE but my insurance wouldn’t cover it. I was so disappointed! Now, I am trying hard to exercise to build up strength in my quads (no one told me to do that with the first knee replacement.). I am exercising at home and going to the gym twice a week, along with following a program called Hinge Health, which is provided through my insurance. It connects you with a PT and he/she arranges exercises for the area of concern. They have been very helpful. Wish that I could have had that GAE done! Knee surgery and the recovery are so, so difficult! I can’t believe that I am doing this again, but I have exhausted all “over the counter” options!!!!

@mabfp3

Sorry to hear about your first knee surgery and how difficult it has been. I hope that this one is successful. Good luck!