Living with chronic spine pain and inflammation is annoying, as it interferes with all your daily activities. If you're struggling with pain, Maasumi Headache & Spine Care offers facet joint injections which is a fast and pain-free way to alleviate your discomfort.
These injections specifically target the facet joints between each vertebra in your spine that provide stability and flexibility to your spine, enabling it to bend and twist. The irritation or inflammation of these joints causes spinal arthritis and facet syndrome, leading to bone spurs (stress on the bone) and joint enlargement. However, by pinpointing the exact facet joints causing your pain, facet joint injections serve as a precise diagnostic tool. So, you can get prompt relief from your chronic pain/inflammation anywhere in your spine, from your neck to your lower back.
Facet joint injections help treat several spiral conditions causing pain and inflammation, including:
Besides, it is used to diagnose the origin and root cause of the pain. In diagnostic facet joint injection, we will inject a local anesthetic into your facet joint to determine whether the inflammation or irritation of the joint is the source of your pain. If you find relief after the injection, we can conclude that your facet joint causes you pain.
Facet joint injections are recommended for those with the following conditions or symptoms:
Facet joint pain can be experienced anywhere from your neck to upper back, hips, upper thighs, and legs. So, to treat pain in different areas of the joint, facet joint injections come in different types, including:
A facet joint injection is an outpatient procedure that can take 15-30 minutes to complete, including preparation time. However, a one-hour observation is necessary before discharge just to ensure there are no complications from the medication.
After receiving facet joint injections, you will experience considerable benefits related to pain relief, including:
Our facet joint injection procedure involves the following steps:
Maasumi Headache & Spine Care aims to provide all our patients with comprehensive relief from chronic pain and inflammation through minimally invasive procedures. Our facet joint injection is one such procedure that helps you achieve quick relief from the pain that has been holding you back for so long. Our physician, Dr. KC Maasumi MD, MS, has board certifications in both neurology and interventional pain management, so he can accurately understand your spinal anatomy and the conditions causing you pain, treating them with dot perfection. We always strive to offer patient-centered care to ensure our treatment provides realistic pain relief and improves functional activities of daily life.
Here are other reasons that help you choose us over others:
As the injection is administered after numbing your skin with local anesthesia, it won’t cause much pain except a tingling or pinching sensation when the needle is inserted.
To receive facet joint injection, ensure to:
If you experience prompt and long-term pain relief after one facet joint injection, we may recommend continuing the facet joint injections to manage your pain. You can get up to three facet joint injections per year.
A lumbar radiofrequency neurotomy is a permanent treatment for relieving facet joint pain. It burns or destroys the pain-causing nerves, so it won’t cause pain anymore.
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At Maasumi Headache & Spine Care, we have certified specialists to administer facet joint injections with the utmost attention to detail and comfort. Contact us today if you are looking for facet joint injections near you in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA.
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