Amelia Chiropractic Clinic Cares for Neck Pain and Painful Cervical Spine Facet Joints
Zygapophyseal joints are also known as facet joints. Facet is a bit simpler to pronounce than zygapophyseal, and Amelia Chiropractic Clinic knows ‘facet’ is much easier to type than 'zygaopophyseal’! These joints are well-documented as sources of neck-related pain for countless adults of all ages. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic provides gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation to alleviate neck pain like that created by facet joint innervation.
ORIGINAL STUDY
Mapping 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 track where neck pain and arm pain were felt. Amazing! These volunteers’ pain responses allowed for the making of easy-to-read 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) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic sees verification of these normal volunteers’ pain reports in our Fernandina Beach neck pain patients! Decompression of spinal nerves with chiropractic helps.
NEW INPUT ON CERVICAL FACET JOINTS
Novel details from a recent dissection project included new facts to the part cervical facet joints (aka zygapophyseal joints) play in neck pain and arm pain. At some levels, more than one medial branch was found. Direct facet joint branches were seen that came from the dorsal root of the spinal nerve. These were independent from the medial branches in their direct route to the facet joint. Current day researchers speculate if there is a more diverse pattern of innervation than has previously been noted. (3) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic values the nuances of spine pain and the research that discovered them.
EXAM AND TREATMENT
Clinical observation, examination, and imaging findings lead the diagnosis of neck pain due to 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 involving the dorsal root ganglia and end processes of the spinal cord. The central nervous system is complex and responsive to these painful stimuli, both pressure and nerve related. (5) That’s why your Fernandina Beach chiropractor takes such care in examining, diagnosing and treating Fernandina Beach 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 Fernandina Beach 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 describes the effectiveness and gentleness of 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 Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment with Amelia Chiropractic Clinic. Pick your word: zygapophyseal or facet! We are here to talk, diagnose, and treat them for relief of neck and arm pain.
