Joint Denervation

Joint denervation is a minimally invasive procedure that treats chronic joint pain by removing the nerves that transmit pain signals to the brain. Joint denervation is an alternative option to traditional surgery and only affects the nerves, not the joint itself.

Joint denervation can be used to treat foot and ankle osteoarthritis. It is also often used to treat chronic pain due to osteoarthritis in other areas of the body including hands, wrists, knees, and the spine.

Joint denervation vs surgery
Joint denervation offers the promise to preserve or improve joint function and is an alternative in painful osteoarthritis to more destructive surgical procedures, such as joint replacement, joint fusion or joint resection.

Here are some of the benefits compared to surgery:

1. Faster recovery
2. Less post-op pain
3. Lower risk of infection
4. No scarring
5. Lower complication rates
6. Joint function is preserved
7. ultrasound guided and extremely precise

We are proud to offer pioneering techniques using ultrasound guidance to target the sensory nerves in the affected foot and ankle joint(s). Examples of joints we treat include:

1. The big toe joint (1st metatarsophalangeal joint)
2. The midfoot joints (the joints across the top of the foot)
3. The ankle joint