Treatment for Facet Joint Diseases
Atlantic Spinal Care provides comprehensive care for individuals suffering from spinal pain caused by Facet Joint Disease. Chronic wears and tears, acute injuries, and arthritis result in spinal facet joint diseases. Pain from this condition is most often localized to the neck or lower back without pain along the nerve paths in the limbs. Mobility of the neck and back spine is often limited.
Although we are leaders in endoscopic spine surgery, we also provide other options of treatment depending on each individual's unique condition. It is our belief that treatment begins with proper diagnosis and by understanding each of our patient's needs and the journey they have been through.
ASC believes that currently 5 steps are available on the path of treatment for spinal pain. Depending on the severity of the individual’s condition, one individual may start off at a different step then another. Here are the different steps:
| The 5 Steps of Treatment for Back and Neck Pain | ||
|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | 6 to 8 weeks of conservative treatments including physical therapy & exercises, chiropractic adjustments, anti-inflammatory medications, acupuncture. | |
| Step 2 | 1 to 3 spinal steroid injections. | |
| Step 3 | Endoscopic Spinal Surgery | |
| Step 4 | Open spinal surgery (microdisectomy, laminectomy, spinal fusions, total disc replacement) | |
| Step 5 | Endoscopic spinal surgery, spinal cord stimulator, spinal narcotic pumps | |
We look forward to determining what causes your pain and where we can start to help you in regards to your pain treatment process.
You have three options to get started. They are:
- If at this time you only have a quick question then fill out our quick contact form.
- Have your MRI reviewed by our Chief Surgeon and speak to him directly afterwards.
- Sign up to participate in our pain study to really understand your pain and your next step to take.
If you would like to learn a little bit more about Atlantic Spinal Care and how we change lives every day, we recommend watching some of our patients video testimonials and hearing from them first hand on how we gave them their lives back.
If you need more information on things such as our commitment to quality, our outstanding track record, the length of stay involved for our treatments or how we work with insurance companies directly to have you pay as little out of pocket as possible, we recommend visiting the section on Reasons to Choose ASC.
Treatments Offered for Facet Joint Diseases
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Frequently Asked Questions
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