CT hospital offers alternative for chronic pain. Docs say it will improve patients’ quality of life ...

A joint study between the United States and South Korea has found that traditional Korean medicine treatments, such as Chuna manual therapy and acupuncture, are more effective than nerve block ...

Occipital nerve blocks into the the facet joint could be safe and effective for treating occipital neuralgia. Occipital nerve blocks into the C2-C3 facet joint have proven to be a safe and effective ...

What Is the Occipital Nerve? The occipital nerve is actually a group of nerves that give you feeling in your scalp. They branch off from larger nerves in your spinal cord. There are three kinds of ...

Micah Parsons' back injury continues to linger following his trade to Green Bay. Parsons is dealing with an L4/L5 facet joint sprain, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, according to sources ...

Micah Parsons passed his physical with the Packers after last week’s trade with the Cowboys, but he reportedly hasn’t put the back issue that he was dealing with in Dallas in the rearview mirror just ...

Block Energy plc said it has completed the initial injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) of its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Eastern European region of Georgia. No CO2 leakage on the ...

Introduction: Facet joint violation (FJV) is a common complication of intervertebral fusion surgery, altering the load-bearing capability of the facet joints and ultimately contributing to segmental ...

Back pain is the most common complaint in a pain management clinic. This review discusses use of RFA for back pain including facetogenic pain, including cervical and lumbar pain due to sacroiliac (SI) ...

Introduction The pharmacological block of the greater occipital nerve has been proven effective in numerous headache and facial pain syndromes. This clinical effect supports the hypothesis of a strong ...

Facet joint pain, also called facet joint disease or facet syndrome, develops when the facet joints begin to cause pain. The facets are the joints in the spine that link the bones that make up the ...