Are you experiencing any of the following ?

- Severe knee pain that ` limits your everyday activities, including walking, going up and down stairs, and getting in and out of chairs. You may find it hard to walk more than a few blocks without significant pain and you may need to use a cane or walker.

- Moderate or severe knee pain while resting, during the day or night.

- Failure to obtain pain relief from drugs. Their effectiveness in controlling knee pain varies greatly from person to person. These drugs may become less effective for patients with severe arthritis and may also have serious side effects with prolonged use.

In summary, in the early stages when the arthritis is mild to moderate, pain is relieved by conservative means like physiotherapy, medications or injection etc. In the advanced stage however when the pain is severe and medication etc don’t relieve the pain anymore and your daily activities become very restricted, you need the operation of total knee replacement.