Method of straddling an intraosseous nerve

A method of therapeutically treating a bone having an intraosseous nerve ION defining first and second sides of the bone, comprising the steps of:

• a) inserting an energy device having an active and a return electrode into the bone,
• b) placing the active electrode on the first side of the bone and the return electrode on the second side of the bone to define a total heating zone therebetween, wherein the total heating zone comprises a resistive heating zone and a conductive heating zone, and the ION is therapeutically treated by both the resistive heating zone and the conductive heating zone, and
• c) applying a sufficiently high frequency voltage between the active and return electrodes to generate a current therebetween to resistively heat the total heating zone sufficient to denervate the ION.