Knee Pain Relief: Treatment Options Beyond Surgery | Dr. Navid Alem

Knee pain doesn't automatically mean surgery. In this episode of Live Well with UCI Health, Ryan Manno talks with UCI Health pain specialist Dr. Navid Alem about what causes knee pain, the difference between acute and chronic pain, and how specialists build personalized treatment plans around a patient's goals and quality of life.

Learn how physical therapy, lifestyle and weight management, medications, steroid and gel injections, PRP, genicular nerve ablation and peripheral nerve stimulation can fit into knee pain treatment, plus hear about emerging approaches including cartilage regeneration and genicular artery embolization.

Dr. Navid Alem also explains why chronic pain often requires a collaborative approach involving pain specialists, physical therapists, surgeons, nutritionists and psychologists, with the patient at the center of the team.

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