A recent MRI study of 33 young English tennis players ages 16 to 23 found that 28 had injuries such as stress fractures, disc degeneration and facet joint arthropathy, a degeneration of the joints ...

Facet joints help the spine bend backwards. At 70%, the rate of facet joint arthropathy was four to five times higher than that of the general population.

Featured Like other joints, such as the knee joint, the lumbar facet joints permit bones to rotate. The lumbar joints are responsible for twisting, bending, and aligning the spine.

Before a neurectomy, your spine specialist discusses your health history and symptoms with you. They may order an X-ray, MRI, or other imaging to look at your spine. You may also get a diagnostic ...

However, facet joint arthritis causes the cartilage to breakdown and the joint movement is associated with more friction. You lose motion and as they get stiffer you have more back pain.

Early gains in pain relief, behavioral markers and function were not sustained in patients treated with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection for facet joint arthropathy, new research shows ...

For patients with facet joint arthropathy, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has a short-term positive impact, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.