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Facet Joint Pain
Facet joint pain is a controversial diagnosis related to arthritic changes in the spine.
Arthritis in the spine
is a normal part of the aging process and although the vast majority of people show physical signs of arthritic change, only a small minority endures painful symptoms. Despite this fact,
facet joint syndrome
remains a diagnosis on the rise in the field of orthopedic medicine.
Facet Joint Pain Condition
Facet syndrome is actually part of the spinal arthritic process and does demonstrate distinct physical evidence of its existence. Spinal vertebrae endure
degenerative
changes just like most tissues in the body. Degenerative vertebral changes include the build up of bone spurs
(osteophytes)
in the areas known as the facet joints. These
bone spurs
are the scapegoat on which the majority of facet syndrome pain is blamed. Bone spurs can cause
pinched nerves
or create potentially painful bone on bone contact. However, in most patients they do not cause any harm or pain. They are simply there…
Psychological Facet Joint Pain
Psychological back pain
is almost never diagnosed by back doctors. It is the most common form of back and spine pain, but is completely ignored by modern medical science. Patients who have psychosomatic pain will rarely
recover
since their pain is usually blamed on a coincidental
scapegoat
spinal abnormality. Facet syndrome is a common condition on which back pain is often unfairly blamed. Most adults over the age of 40 will show enough evidence of vertebral degeneration to support a diagnosis of facet syndrome. However, why do the rest of us not have any pain, even though our spines show comparable degenerative changes? It is a question that remains to be answered by the thousands of doctors making this diagnosis every day.
Recommendation on Facet Joint Pain
How do you know if you are among the few who are suffering from real physically based facet syndrome pain or the majority who have been
misdiagnosed
and are really experiencing psychosomatic pain? Well, the answer is rather simple. Physical facet joint symptoms will respond well to treatment and will not reappear later as some other form of
back pain substitute.
If you are among the millions who have unresolved facet joint back pain, then there is a good chance that you too have been inaccurately diagnosed. Sure, you have degenerative facet joint changes, we all do. The logical explanation for your
treatment resistant pain
is a psychological cause, not a degenerative one. Give
knowledge therapy
a try and see if it can solve your pain problem, when all the physical treatments have failed.
Facet Joint Pain to Back Pain Home
5/23/07 Revised 10/15/09
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