Question 1

what is the difference between facet joint injection and paravertebral injection and epidural injection? any website with picutres explaining such?

Accepted Answer

Location: The facet joints are the joints between the vertebra. An epidural injection goes into the epidural space (the space just outside the sac that covers the spinal cord.  Depending on approach epidurals can be translaminar or transforaminal.  Paracertebralinjections are in the space immediately to the side of the area where the spinal nerves come out of the spine. The location is the main difference.

Question 2

what causes facet joint arthropathy?

Accepted Answer

See below: Usually as the result of an aging spine
the tiny facet joints are the same as all the other small joints in the body which over time begin to ache.

Question 3

what exactly is facet joint arthropathy?

Accepted Answer

Degenerative changes: A term used to describe degenerative changes of the facet joint.

Question 4

can you tell me what is a facet joint block?

Accepted Answer

A shot: Cortisone like medicine or anesthetic (numbing) medicine is injected (shot into) the joint or around the nerve going to the joint. The most accurate means is to use a fluoroscopy (x-ray) machine and a small amount of dye to be sure the medication gets to the right spot.

Question 5

what can be done for facet joint arthropathy?

Accepted Answer

Some things!: Lose unnecessary weight. 

Try to improve lumbar lordosis, which paradoxely associated with tight hamstrings

try a gravity inversion table.

Finally strengthen your muscular core.

Take an nsaid.

Question 6

can you tell me what is a cervical facet joint?

Accepted Answer

Small joint in neck: The facet joints are small joints (two bone with a layer of cartilage where the two meet). The size is roughly the size of the finger nail on the little finger. They are paired, right and left, and are found between all the bones in the neck (the ones between the first and second are larger). These joints are toward the back, behind the disks and along the side of the spinal cord channel.

Question 7

what usually happens after facet joint injections?

Accepted Answer

Did the pain go away: Facet joint injections are a diagnostic and therapeutic tool that is employed by pain medicine specialists. The goal is to see if your familiar pain goes away in the immediate period after the facet blocks are completed and should this occur, then a diagnosis of facet pain is made and if and when the 'original' pain comes back, there are appropriate therapies that can be employed accordingly.

Question 8

what are usual results from facet joint injections?

Accepted Answer

You should have: Relief if it is done the way.

Question 9

what typically happens after facet joint injections?

Accepted Answer

Diagnostic/therapy: 2 kinds of injection with 2 different goals---either you put steroid, lidocaine, bupivacaine in the facet joint or just block or num the nerves to the facet
either way you are asked if you got pain relief and for how long to diagnose if the facet is the source of your pain--or repeat the injection for therapy---if we know this is your pain source radiofrequency to destroy nerves to facet to block pa.

Question 10

what are the causes of moderate facet joint hypertrophy?

Accepted Answer

Arthritis: Facet joint arthritis just like arthritic knuckles get bigger on fingers.

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