The Many Facets of Facet Syndrome

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!You have a facet joint in your back.  Actually you have many facet joints, because a facet joint is the joint that exists between two vertebrae.  These joints are what give your spine mobility while keeping the vertebrae lined [...]

All Dried Up

Getting a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease can be scary.  It sounds so awful in several ways.  Degenerative means a steady decline and disc disease indicates something abnormal is happening to your back.   In essence, degenerative disc disease is when the disc between vertebrae starts drying out.  If it gets dry enough the disc can [...]

It Hurts but It’s Not Serious

Diagnosing the cause of a back problem can be very difficult.  The source of pain can be almost impossible to pinpoint in many cases.  A muscle strain won’t show up on a MRI or X-ray making it hard to say exactly what’s been injured.  But one of the most common diagnosis is muscle sprain.  A [...]

Explain the Difference

There’s a difference between a bulging disc and a herniated disc.  The disc, if you remember, is the cushion between vertebrae in your spine.  A bulging disc is a disc that pushes out but doesn’t actually rupture the wall of the disc.  A herniated disc is a disc that bulges toward the back of the [...]

I’m In So Much Pain!

The doctor labels pain according to how long it lasts and how often it occurs.  They do this so they can determine which is the best diagnostic tool and the best treatment to use.  The categories can get a little blurry at times though.  For example, acute pain can be recurrent pain.
The first kind of [...]