It affects the bony protrusions, called facet joints, that connect the bones of the spine. Symptoms include neck and back pain which can get worse with standing, twisting, or bending. Facet ...

Common symptoms include: Symptoms of facet joint syndrome can vary in intensity and may be worsened by certain activities or positions. The gold standard in diagnosing facet joint pain are medial ...

Early diagnosis and treatment can help you achieve the best results. Most people can manage the pain of facet hypertrophy ...

Moreover, the diagnosis of facet joint syndrome remains a topic of ongoing debate. While diagnostic blocks using local anesthetics are considered effective for confirming facet joint pain ...

Chronic pain affects every area of your life, including work, relationships, and family. Facet injections can be a highly effective but lesser-known treatment for chronic pain from spine-related ...

If the injections reduce your pain, your doctor might recommend radiofrequency facet denervation. You might need injections on separate days to make an accurate diagnosis. You receive a sedative and ...

A 64-year-old man with a complex medical history and previous cervical arthritis with discectomy presents with a 2-day history of neck and lower back pain and shortness of ... MRI spine shows evidence ...

Back pain is the most common complaint in a pain management clinic. This review discusses use of RFA for back pain including facetogenic pain, including cervical and lumbar pain due to sacroiliac ...

If present, radicular leg pain associated with nerve root impingement ≤ 30mm in both legs on a 100mm VAS scale; ODI score of at least 20 and no more than 90 on a 100-point scale. Confirmation of facet ...

According to the findings, we may assume, that facet joints of the lumbar spine are not involved in the inflammatory process of RA, and patients‘ low back pain is not due to inflammation in this ...

OBJECTIVE Synovial cysts of the vertebral facet joints are a source of nerve root compression ... mean age of 65 years underwent surgery for medically intractable radicular pain or neurological ...