Knee Pain Specialist
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Axis Spine and Pain
Board Certified Pain Medicine & Board Certified Anesthesiology located in Macon, GA & Warner Robins, GA
Having knee pain can make it difficult or even impossible to walk around without assistance. If you haven’t been able to find effective relief for chronic knee pain through medication, you might benefit from other forms of treatment. Axis Spine and Pain offers nonsurgical treatment options for patients in Macon and Warner Robins, Georgia, who experience chronic knee pain due to injuries, medical conditions, or wear and tear.
Knee Pain Q & A
What are common causes of knee pain?
Your knees might become sorer as you age due to arthritis or other conditions that develop from wear and tear.
You might also have chronic knee pain if you had a past injury, such as a torn anterior cruciate ligament, that never healed properly.
Your knees can also become stiff and sore from the aging process as cartilage in your joints erodes.
What are the symptoms of knee pain?
When you have knee pain, it might only affect one knee or both knees. It might be a dull, constant ache that doesn’t seem to go away, or it could be a sudden, sharp pain that gets worse with certain kinds of movements, such as bending your knee.
Medical conditions that affect your joints, such as arthritis, typically affect both knees, while previous injuries from sports, car accidents, or other causes might only result in pain in the affected knee.
How do doctors diagnose knee pain?
To determine the most effective type of treatment for knee pain, your doctor must discover what’s causing it. The board-certified physicians at Axis Spine and Pain evaluate your knee to pinpoint where the pain occurs and whether or not it’s affecting your flexibility.
You might need to have computerized tomography (CT) scans or other imaging tests done for additional details.
What are the treatments for chronic knee pain?
Doctors at Axis Spine and Pain might recommend having steroid injections for knee pain if conventional treatments haven’t worked.
These injections involve the use of steroids that reduce inflammation in the affected knee, which eases pain and stiffness. These steroids might be more effective for knee pain relief since they target your affected joint directly.
The Axis Spine and Pain doctors might also recommend supplementation to keep your knee joints healthy and acupuncture as an alternative form of pain relief.
Are steroid injections safe?
Steroid injections for knee pain as long as a trained physician administers them. The physicians at Axis Spine and Pain let you know how many injections you might need.
You might have some soreness in your knee after your injections, but this goes away shortly afterward. Keep in mind that you can only safely have a few steroid injections in the same knee each year without increasing the risk of soft tissue damage.
If you need treatment for knee pain in Warner Robins or Macon, please contact Axis Spine and Pain to schedule an appointment.
