Facet Joint Injections
Facet Joint Injections: Best Treatment for Back Pain in Texas
The facet joints, found on both sides of the back of the spine, can become painfully irritated or inflamed. A facet joint injection may help diagnose the source of a patient’s pain. It can also relieve pain and inflammation.
Skin Numbed
In preparation for the procedure, the physician numbs the skin and tissue above the facet joint with an injection of local anesthetic.
Placement Confirmed
With the aid of an x-ray device called a fluoroscope, the physician guides a needle through the numbed tissue and into the facet joint. Contrast dye is injected into the joint to confirm the needle’s placement.
Medication Injected
Once the needle is positioned properly, the physician injects a soothing mixture of numbing anesthetic and anti-inflammatory steroid medication. One or more facet joints may be treated. If this causes the pain to subside, it suggests that the facet joint (or joints) injected were the cause of pain.
End of Procedure
Back or neck pain may disappear immediately after a successful injection because of the anesthetic that is administered. As this anesthetic wears off, pain may return. The steroid will begin to take effect in the days after the injection. The steroid will reduce inflammation and pain. The injection is performed not only to help with the neck and/ or back pain, but also to confirm the diagnosis. It is often time referred to as diagnostic and therapeutic.
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