A facet joint injection is a procedure in which pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory medications are injected into the facet joints to reduce pain. Your facet joints are a pair of small joints located ...

Facet joints, or zygapophyseal joints, are true synovial joints in the spine that have been identified as potential pain generators. Medial branch blocks involve the injection of a local anesthetic ...

Facet joints are joints in the spine that allow people to bend and twist. People who experience facet joint pain may find that exercises involving bending backward or twisting the torso worsen the ...

When you have back problems, it can be hard to function during daily activities. It can be even harder to participate in leisurely activities that help you relax and enjoy yourself. Everyday chores ...

Facet joint pain, also called facet joint disease or facet syndrome, develops when the facet joints begin to cause pain. The facets are the joints in the spine that link the bones that make up the ...

Lumbar radiculopathy, or sciatic neuritis, is a condition that usually results from a pinched nerve or a herniated disc, though other causes are possible. Typical symptoms are weakness, pain, numbness ...

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Cervical myelopathy and cervical radiculopathy are neurologic conditions. They both originate in the neck and cause a loss of function. Cervical myelopathy is caused by compression of the spinal cord ...

This week we are going to discuss something which is quite commonplace but often misunderstood—lower back pain. Lower back pain comes from a variety of sources including muscle, joint, excess movement ...

We appreciate the constructive remarks by Chung-Wei Christine Lin and colleagues regarding our systematic review and resulting recommendations.1 Our systematic review and meta-analysis were explicitly ...

Epidural steroid shots for back pain had mixed results, an AAN review showed. The treatment demonstrated promising short-term benefits for radiculopathy patients. In other situations, benefits were ...