The opioids required after knee surgery can prolong the difficulty a patient faces.
Curt Bazemore, a retired physical therapist and athletic trainer from Forsyth County, learned that when he had knee replacement in 2015. The surgery went well but he didn’t like the way the pills made him feel afterward.
When it came time to have his left knee replaced, Bazemore had a different approach from sports medicine physician Dr. Clay Guynn at Sports Medicine South of Gwinnett.
Dr. Guynn and Curt spoke with FOX 5 recently about how a nerve-freezing procedure known as cryoneurolysis can improve post-operative recovery.
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