Over 500,000 total knee replacements are done each year in the USA.
While most are successful, chronic postoperative pain occurs frequently. The pain is believed to be caused from peripheral nerve or soft tissue injury, or even neuroma formations, causing joint pain in more than 20% of patients over one year following the surgery.
Treatment options include:
- knee mobilizations
- surgical revisions
- nerve block injections
- physical therapy
- radio frequency ablation
- pain medication such as non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS)
- opioids
You may have also tried physical therapy, anesthetic patches, and TENS.
If you are one of these patients, you may have a significant disability and are dealing with ongoing rehabilitation at great expense and inconvenience. Although these treatments may have provided some short-term relief, many times the pain returns…Nerve stimulation with the Freedom Stimulator System may be a viable option to let you start living again with less pain for long-term relief!
The Freedom Stimulator is placed with a minimally invasive procedure through only a small incision near the lateral and medial knee. The ability to restore mobility and freedom with less knee pain as quick as the same day, puts you back in control of your life!
Stimulation uses electrical signals to interrupt pain signals to the brain.
A stimulator, the size of a very small wire with electrodes on it, is placed near the painful nerve to deliver electrical pulses. The intensity and frequency of the electrical current are able to alleviate vour pain and help you get back to a normal life.
You control the therapy as the Freedom System integrates Wireless Pain Relief into your clothes and dally activity, so you can have less pain and more living!