Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka Cares for Neck Pain and Painful Cervical Spine Facet Joints
Zygapophyseal joints are also called facet joints. Facet is a bit easier to say than zygapophyseal, and Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows ‘facet’ is a whole lot easier to write out than 'zygaopophyseal’! These joints are well-documented as sources of cervical spine pain for countless adults of all ages. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka provides gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation to reduce neck pain like that produced by facet joint innervation.
ORIGINAL STUDY
The plotting of normal volunteers’ responses to stimulation of cervical facet joints in the 1990s was groundbreaking. Five volunteers stepped up to have their cervical spine facet joints irritated to see where neck pain and arm pain were felt. Amazing! These volunteers’ pain responses produced some much appreciated easy-to-understand pain charts. (1) A follow up study of 10 actual cervical pain patients that compared their pain to that noted in the pain drawings of the normal volunteers to validate the initial charts from normal volunteers. (2) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka sees verification of these normal volunteers’ pain reports in our Sitka neck pain patients! Decompression of spinal nerves with chiropractic helps.
NEW INFORMATION ON CERVICAL FACET JOINTS
Novel details from a recent dissection project included new knowledge 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 separate from the medial branches in their direct path to the facet joint. Current day researchers wonder whether there is a more diverse pattern of innervation than has previously been documented. (3) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka appreciates the nuances of spine pain and the research that discovered 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 quick to respond to these painful stimuli, both pressure and nerve related. (5) That’s why your Sitka chiropractor takes such care in examining, diagnosing and treating Sitka neck pain. There are a multitude of factors to take into account! Our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management is soothing, non-thrust spinal manipulation of the cervical spine for Sitka 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 explains the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his male patient with neck pain and tingling in his arm and hand.
Make your next Sitka chiropractic appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Pick your term: zygapophyseal or facet! We’re here to talk, diagnose, and treat them for relief of neck and arm pain.
