You have tried balms, taken lots of painkillers even using hotwater to supress the swelling.

Here is what nobody selling you balms and tablets will tell you:

They are not treating your knee. They are treating your brain.

Robb, Aboniki, Diclofenac, Ibuprofen — what these do is interfere with the pain signal your body sends to your brain. They don’t repair the joint. They don’t reduce the inflammation causing the damage. 

They just convince your brain, temporarily, that nothing is wrong.

That’s why they stop working after a few hours. Because nothing actually changed.

Meanwhile, the real problem — poor circulation, inflamed tissue, stiff cartilage, fluid buildup around the joint  continues getting worse, quietly, every single day you “manage it.”

This is why people who take painkillers for years still end up needing surgery. The drugs never addressed the root cause. They just bought time.