Rosenberg Wellness Center Cares for Neck Pain and Painful Cervical Spine Facet Joints
Zygapophyseal joints are also called facet joints. Facet is a bit easier to pronounce than zygapophyseal, and Rosenberg Wellness Center knows ‘facet’ is much easier to type than 'zygaopophyseal’! These joints are documented to be the source of neck-related pain for many adults of all ages. Rosenberg Wellness Center provides gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation to ease neck pain like that created by facet joint innervation.
FOUNDATIONAL STUDY
Charting of normal volunteers’ responses to stimulation of cervical facet joints in the 1990s was foundational. Five volunteers came forward to have their cervical spine facet joints irritated to track where neck pain and arm pain were felt. Wow! 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 described in the pain drawings of the normal volunteers to confirm the original charts from normal volunteers. (2) Rosenberg Wellness Center sees verification of these normal volunteers’ pain reports in our New York City neck pain patients! Decompression of spinal nerves with chiropractic helps.
NEW INFORMATION ON CERVICAL FACET JOINTS
Novel details from a recent dissection project added new facts to the part cervical facet joints (aka zygapophyseal joints) have in neck pain and arm pain. At some levels, more than one medial branch was seen. Direct facet joint branches were seen that came from the dorsal root of the spinal nerve. These were separate from the medial branches in their direct route to the facet joint. Current day researchers wonder whether there is a more diverse pattern of innervation than has already been noted. (3) Rosenberg Wellness Center values the nuances of spine pain and the research that found 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 is why your New York City chiropractor takes time in examining, diagnosing and treating New York City neck pain. There are a multitude of factors to consider! Our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management is soothing, non-thrust spinal manipulation of the cervical spine for New York City 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 gentleman patient with neck pain and tingling in his arm and hand.
Schedule your next New York City chiropractic appointment with Rosenberg Wellness Center. Pick your term: zygapophyseal or facet! We are here to discuss, diagnose, and treat them for relief of neck and arm pain.
