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Facet Joint Therapy
Facet joint therapy is any of the usual treatment modalities used to relieve
facet joint syndrome
pain. Therapy comes in 2 distinct varieties, symptomatic treatment and curative treatment. It is important to know the facts about all treatment options before deciding on which therapy is right for your particular type of pain. The decisions involved in treating facet joint pain should be a combined effort between the doctor and the patient.

Indications for Facet Joint Therapy
Physical medical treatment is indicated for confirmed cases of severe facet syndrome symptoms. Unfortunately, many cases of facet joint syndrome are
misdiagnosed.
This creates a large number of patients receiving treatments designed to cure pain from a condition they do not even suffer from. Sure, they might have the common
degenerative
changes associated with facet joint arthritis, but these are not the actual cause of the pain. This is the most common reason for poor treatment results and lingering chronic facet joint pain.
For patients with actual facet joint pain, medical or complementary therapies should be discussed with care providers and a plan should be enacted to achieve the desired goal. For patients with minor symptoms,
symptomatic treatment
might be acceptable. For patients with severe pain, symptomatic treatment is not advised. Ongoing therapies which only lessen the symptoms, but do nothing to cure the underlying condition, often perpetuate the pain and enslave the patient in a long term treatment regimen. Curative measures for facet joint complaints often involve surgical correction. It is easy to see why many patients get stuck in catch 22 when it comes to the choice of treatments. Conservative options do not cure anything, while most drastic treatments involve
surgery,
which can be a scary and risky ordeal for any patient.
Detailed Information concerning
TREATMENT OPTIONS.
Learn the difference between a
back pain treatment
and a
back pain cure.
Psychosomatic Facet Joint Therapy
Many patients with long term diagnosed facet joint symptoms are actually suffering from
psychological back pain.
This is THE most common form of back pain and is usually the actual cause of
treatment resistant
conditions. If you have been diagnosed with facet syndrome, but have received poor results from appropriate treatments, you must consider the fact that you too might have been misdiagnosed. There is no shame in this, since
psychosomatic pain syndromes
are nearly universal and far more common than actual facet joint syndrome. If this is your reality, I recommend
knowledge therapy
as the only treatment you will need to recover.
Recommendation on Facet Joint Therapy
Physically induced pain responds well to physical medical treatment. If your facet joint pain is resolved during the course of prescribed therapy, then thank your doctor for an excellent diagnosis and well planned treatment. If your pain becomes
chronic
or worsens, despite appropriate therapy, you must consider the possibility that your pain might come from a completely different source than your degenerated facet joints. It is rare for a doctor to acknowledge a psychosomatic pain condition, so do not expect to receive this diagnosis from them. It is up to you to learn the facts about facet joint pain and then compare them to your own experiences. Knowledge therapy is always a good addition to any treatment program and might just be the only solution you will ever need to cure your pain. It worked a miracle for me. I hope it can do the same for you.
Facet Joint Therapy to Back Pain Home page
6/13/07

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