Knee pain can stop you in your tracks, but a new, minimally invasive treatment is giving patients reason to jump for joy. Performed in less than two hours under only mild sedation, this new approach could relieve chronic knee pain caused by osteoarthritis and delay more invasive knee replacement surgery, an NYU Langone Health study shows.

Knee replacement surgery is becoming more common.

Every year, nearly 900,000 Americans undergo knee replacement surgery, and that number is expected to rise as the population ages, according to Cleveland Clinic. The procedure involves replacing all or some of a patient’s damaged knee joint with an artificial joint made of metal and plastic.

One of the most common conditions requiring knee replacement surgery is osteoarthritis, which affects over 32 mil

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