Spine Facet Injection

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A pain in your back isn’t necessarily cause for alarm. Most back pain resolves with rest, anti-inflammatory medication, physical therapy and exercise. Back pain that doesn’t diminish or go away after six weeks despite your best efforts may indicate a medical condition like facet joint impingement. When your facet joints squeeze the nerves exiting your spine in the lumbar, thoracic and cervical areas of your back, you need to be treated to ease that pain. The back pain specialists at NYC pain management are ready to get you out of pain. Call today.

Your pain may stem from a facet joint pinching a nerve as it exits your spinal column. Facet joints line the back of your spine, where two adjacent vertebrae meet. These joints maintain your back’s stability and allow you to bend and twist. They have a bony exterior, covered in cartilage to keep the bones from rubbing painfully together.

Facet joints are enveloped in a sac of synovial spinal fluid, which further lubricates them. But ruptures, fractures and other injuries can occur. Additionally, facet pain can be caused by other conditions, such as:

- Trauma, such as whiplash, a sports or repetitive-motion injury

- Poor posture, which can overload your spinal tissues and facet joints

- Facet joint syndrome, a form of spine arthritis

- Degenerative changes in your spine, increasing the pressure on the facet joints.

You can find non-invasive treatments at Pain Management NYC. The top spine injections specialist in Midtown can determine if a facet joint is the source of your pain through an examination, medical history and some diagnostic tests. Depending on where your pain originates, you may receive a:

- Lumbar facet joint injection for lower back pain

- Thoracic facet injection for middle back pain

- Cervical facet injection for upper back pain

Also called a nerve block, a diagnostic spinal facet injection has an anesthetic component that wears off over 24 to 48 hours. If your pain is reduced or relieved after you receive the nerve block injection, it’s usually an indication that the facet joint is the source of your pain.

The doctors at Pain Management NYC are committed to delivering the latest treatments for facet joint pain. If a facet joint is the source of your pain, your pain doctor may opt to give you a minimally invasive injection of corticosteroid medication with a numbing agent to provide longer relief. Cervical facet joint injections, thoracic facet injections and lumbar facet injections have been successful for more than 10,000 patients.

A therapeutic, pain-killing spinal facet injection has both anesthetic and medicinal components. After an injection in your doctor’s office, you may feel some discomfort when the anesthetic wears off, but the steroid hasn’t begun to take effect. The steroid medicine requires 48 hours to two weeks to begin relieving your spinal facet pain. You can take pain relievers orally in the meantime.

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