Facet hypertrophy is when the joints that help articulate the spinal column—called facet joints—become enlarged, resulting in pain, stiffness, and a reduced range of motion. There are many ...
Back pain is the most common complaint in a pain ... one may conclude that with careful patient selection, RF lesioning of the facet joint is effective with a number needed to treat of 1.1 and ...
The term ‘sciatica’ simply describes this resulting nerve pain down the leg. Unfortunately, it doesn’t necessarily tell us what is causing it – is it the disc, or the facet joint?
As a follow up study, we made observations on 17 other runners who often experience episodes of ETAP and found that palpation of specific facet joints could reproduce symptoms of ETAP shortly after an ...
Radiofrequency ablation (or RFA) is a procedure that can ease chronic pain for some people. The procedure uses radio waves that produce electrical currents. These currents heat and kill a small ...
July 10, 2024 — Scientists have discovered a molecular defect that promotes the pathologic immune response in systemic lupus erythematosus (known as lupus) and show that reversing this defect ...