In the lumbar spine, aging and degeneration are common culprits, while trauma, like whiplash from a car accident, can lead to facet joint pain in the neck. Facet pain in the thoracic spine is the ...

ROSWELL, Ga., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberly-Clark today announced the launch of CERVICOOL Cooled Radiofrequency (RF) System, an innovative option for helping resolve cervical facet joint ...

Like other joints, such as the knee joint, the lumbar facet joints permit bones to rotate. The lumbar joints are responsible for twisting, bending, and aligning the spine .

Expandable facet joint device alleviated cervical spondylosis symptoms at 2 years At short-term follow-up, patients who failed nonsurgical management of 1-level radiculopathy and received the ...

Facet joint neck pain happens when your cervical facet joints — joints between your vertebrae filled with cartilage and fluid — become injured or irritated. This type of pain often results ...

The facet joints exist in all levels of the spine: Cervical spine, thoracic spine and lumbar spine and in each area these can cause particularly different symptoms.

SAN DIEGO — Facet joint violation after transpedicular instrumentation is one of the risk factors for adjacent segment degeneration in patients undergoing lumbar fusion, according to a study ...