Your Nerves are Having a Knee Replacement

Essential Strategies for Knee Replacement Recovery

Written by clinical neuroscience researcher Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, this book is written in an easy-to-read format with illustrations for better understanding. Studies show that the more you know about pain and how it works, the better off you’ll be. You’ll move better, experience less pain and have increased ability and interest in healthy movement, which is essential to your recovery. Available as a single booklet or a package of 12.

Learn About Nerve Sensitization and More

Learn how your nerves experience knee surgery, why pain is normal, and how to calm your extra-sensitive nerves down to help reduce pain with this knee surgery book that simplifies the neuroscience of pain.

In Your Nerves are Having a Knee Replacement you’ll learn:

• The role of the nervous system and the brain in the experience of pain
• How nerves work like an “alarm system” to alert your brain that there is a problem
• How the nerves in your knee work
• How pain in one area of the body affects other parts of the body
• How to turn your alarm system (nervous system) down to treat pain
• What to expect from the recovery process following knee surgery
• How to improve the chances of your knee healing faster

Your Nerves Are Having a Knee Replacement

Studies show that the more you know about pain and how it works, the better off you’ll be. You’ll move better, experience less pain and have increased ability and interest in healthy movement, which is essential to your recovery. If you are having knee surgery, this book explains how your nerves experience surgery, why pain is normal, and how to calm your extra-sensitive nerves down to help reduce pain.

Color images, metaphors and examples improve understanding

Written in approachable language, this book includes metaphors, examples and color images to improve understanding.

Adriaan Louw, _{PT, PhD: renowned author and pain researcher}

Adriaan has taught throughout the US and internationally for 20 years at numerous national and international manual therapy, pain science and medical conferences. He is a Certified Spinal Manual Therapist, Therapeutic Pain Specialist and has authored and co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles, books and book chapters related to spinal disorders and pain science. He is the Director of the Therapeutic Neuroscience Research Group – an independent collaborative initiative studying pain neuroscience and is the Program Director of the Therapeutic Pain Specialist and Pain Science Fellowship post-graduate program for Evidence in Motion.

The Why You Hurt Series

Adriaan Louw has created a series of tools that work together seamlessly, whether you’re a clinician who wants to understand pain education and how to teach your patients, or someone with chronic pain who is looking for help.

From the Back Cover

As we age, we may experience increased joint pain, swelling and inflammation in and around the knee. This may cause the body’s living alarm system―the nervous system―to “wake up” and increase the sensitivity. In some cases, a knee replacement may be the best treatment option to alleviate the knee pain and limited mobility. Unfortunately, the stress surrounding surgery can cause the nervous system to become even more sensitive.

This booklet, based on the latest research, is designed to teach you how your nerves experience the procedure. It explains how pain is normal and can be expected both before and after the knee replacement, and how you can calm your extra-sensitive nerves.

Studies have shown that the more you know about pain and how it works, the better off you’ll be. You’ll move better, experience less pain and have increased ability and interest in healthy movement. This is essential to your recovery. Welcome to learning about the science of the nerves, more accurately called the neuroscience of pain.