Condition Care
Knee Pain & Arthritis
Genicular artery embolization and other image-guided options for chronic knee pain and osteoarthritis symptoms.
Overview
Overview of Knee Pain & Arthritis
Knee pain and arthritis often develop when joint inflammation, cartilage wear, or irritated tissues make walking, stairs, exercise, or daily movement harder. Osteoarthritis can cause pain, stiffness, swelling, and a grinding sensation in the knee.
AVC evaluates chronic knee pain to determine whether genicular artery embolization may be an option for selected patients who want to compare non-surgical choices before joint replacement.
Symptoms
Knee Pain & Arthritis Symptoms
Symptoms vary from patient to patient, but these concerns often lead people to seek a focused evaluation.
- Knee pain with walking, stairs, or standing
- Morning stiffness or stiffness after sitting
- Swelling, warmth, or tenderness around the knee
- Grinding, catching, or reduced range of motion
- Pain that limits exercise, errands, work, or sleep
Treatment Options
Knee Pain & Arthritis Treatment Options at AVC
Treatment depends on the diagnosis, imaging findings, symptom severity, and overall health.
FAQs
Top 10 Knee Pain & Arthritis Questions
Knee pain and arthritis often develop when joint inflammation, cartilage wear, or irritated tissues make walking, stairs, exercise, or daily movement harder. Osteoarthritis can cause pain, stiffness, swelling, and a grinding sensation in the knee.
Common symptoms may include knee pain with walking, stairs, or standing, morning stiffness or stiffness after sitting, swelling, warmth, or tenderness around the knee, grinding, catching, or reduced range of motion. A focused evaluation helps determine whether the symptoms match this condition or another cause.
Consider an evaluation when symptoms are persistent, worsening, limiting daily activity, or not improving with conservative care. Urgent symptoms should be handled by emergency care first.
The AVC team reviews symptoms, medical history, prior treatments, and imaging. Additional vascular or image-guided evaluation may be recommended when it helps guide next steps.
Treatment depends on the diagnosis, imaging findings, symptom severity, and overall health.
Genicular Artery Embolization is one related AVC treatment pathway that may be considered after evaluation. The specific recommendation depends on diagnosis, imaging, safety factors, and treatment goals.
AVC focuses on non-surgical, minimally invasive, image-guided procedures when they are appropriate. Some patients may still need medication, conservative care, surgery, or another referral depending on findings.
Candidacy depends on symptom pattern, imaging results, overall health, current medications, and whether the expected benefit outweighs risk. AVC reviews these factors before recommending a procedure.
Recovery varies by procedure and patient. Many outpatient image-guided procedures are designed for same-day care, and the care team explains activity limits and follow-up before treatment.
Request an appointment with AVC or send a referral so the team can review symptoms, imaging, and the most appropriate next step.