Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic Cares for Neck Pain and Painful Cervical Spine Facet Joints
Zygapophyseal joints are also called facet joints. Facet is a bit simpler to pronounce than zygapophyseal, and Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic knows ‘facet’ is much easier to type than 'zygaopophyseal’! These joints are documented to be the source of cervical spine pain for countless adults of all ages. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic uses gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation to reduce neck pain like that created by facet joint innervation.
ORIGINAL STUDY
Charting of normal volunteers’ responses to stimulation of cervical facet joints in the 1990s was groundbreaking. Five volunteers came forward to have their cervical spine facet joints irritated to see where neck pain and arm pain were felt. Wow! These volunteers’ pain reactions produced some much appreciated easy-to-read pain charts. (1) A follow up study of 10 actual cervical pain patients that compared their pain to that noted in the normal volunteers’ pain drawings to substantiate the original charts from normal volunteers. (2) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic sees verification of these normal volunteers’ pain reports in our Montreal neck pain patients! Decompression of spinal nerves with chiropractic helps.
NEW INPUT ON CERVICAL FACET JOINTS
Novel details from a current-day dissection project added new facts to the job cervical facet joints (aka zygapophyseal joints) exhibit in neck pain and arm pain. At some levels, more than one medial branch was seen. Direct facet joint branches were seen that originated from the dorsal root of the spinal nerve. These were separate from the medial branches in their direct path to the facet joint. Current day researchers wonder whether there is a more diverse pattern of innervation than has previously been documented. (3) Dr. Hoang's 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 quick to respond to these painful stimuli, both pressure and nerve related. (5) That’s why your Montreal chiropractor takes time in examining, diagnosing and treating Montreal neck pain. There are many factors to take into account! Our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management is soothing, non-thrust spinal manipulation of the cervical spine for Montreal 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 shares 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.
Make your next Montreal chiropractic appointment with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic. Pick your term: zygapophyseal or facet! We’re here to discuss, diagnose, and treat them for relief of neck and arm pain.
