Nobody wants to have surgery and the decision to have surgery is never an easy one. However, once you have made up your mind and determined, with the help of your doctor, that surgery is the best course of action there are things you can do to prepare yourself to go through surgery and to help the recovery process. This book shows how.

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.

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