In 2021, the knee replacement surgery is very advanced and it is obviously largely, much less painful than it used to be and people do well with it. Treatment Spectrum So, the spectrum of treatment is pills, injections, therapy, limited surgery (arthroscopic surgery), and advanced surgery (joint replacements). In my practice and most of the other orthopedic practices in Rocky Mount, I have to say conservative management really prevails.      We all treat people like it is our family and we are not at all interested in rushing you to the operating room, because that is always a treatment of last resort. And, this is the case for the wear and tear type arthritis. Let’s now take a look at the other type of arthritis which is inflammatory arthritis. Inflammatory arthritis Inflammatory arthritis is basically two different kinds. There is a kind where the inflammatory arthritis just evolves into rheumatoid arthritis and that is the classic and most common inflammatory arthritis. Read more