Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation Cares for Neck Pain and Painful Cervical Spine Facet Joints
Zygapophyseal joints are also named facet joints. Facet is a bit easier to pronounce than zygapophyseal, and Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation knows ‘facet’ is much easier to write out than 'zygaopophyseal’! These joints are well-documented as sources of cervical spine pain for countless adults of all ages. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation uses gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation to relieve neck pain like that produced by facet joint innervation.
FOUNDATIONAL STUDY
Mapping of normal volunteers’ responses to stimulation of cervical facet joints in the 1990s was groundbreaking. Five volunteers came forward to have their cervical spine facet joints stimulated to see where neck pain and arm pain were felt. Amazing! These volunteers’ pain reactions allowed for the making of easy-to-understand pain charts. (1) A follow up study of 10 patients with cervical spine pain compared their pain to that noted in the normal volunteers’ pain drawings to confirm the original charts from normal volunteers. (2) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation sees confirmation of these normal volunteers’ pain reports in our Tonawanda neck pain patients! Decompression of spinal nerves with chiropractic helps.
NEW INFORMATION ON CERVICAL FACET JOINTS
Novel information from a recent dissection project added new facts to the job cervical facet joints (aka zygapophyseal joints) exhibit in neck pain and arm pain. At some levels, more than one medial branch was seen. Direct facet joint branches were found that originated from the dorsal root of the spinal nerve. These were independent from the medial branches in their direct path to the facet joint. Current day researchers suggest that there is a more varied pattern of innervation than has already been noted. (3) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation appreciates the nuances of spine pain and the research that found them.
EXAM AND TREATMENT
Clinical observation, examination, and imaging results lead the diagnosis of neck pain given the complexity of cervical facet joints. (4) The cervical spine facet joint is innervated by mechanoreceptive (mechanical pressure-inducing) and nociceptive (nervous system related pain-inducing) nerve fibers engaging the dorsal root ganglia and end processes in the spinal cord. The central nervous system is complex and responsive to these painful stimuli, both pressure and nerve related. (5) That is why your Tonawanda chiropractor takes such care in examining, diagnosing and treating Tonawanda neck pain. There are many factors to take into account! Our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management is soothing, non-thrust manipulative treatment of the cervical spine for Tonawanda neck pain relief.
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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Sean Delahunt on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his male patient with neck pain and tingling in his arm and hand.
Schedule your next Tonawanda chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation. Pick your term: zygapophyseal or facet! We’re here to talk, diagnose, and treat them for neck and arm pain relief.
