Wilson Family Chiropractic Cares for Neck Pain and Painful Cervical Spine Facet Joints

Zygapophyseal joints are also called facet joints. Facet is a bit easier to pronounce than zygapophyseal, and Wilson Family Chiropractic knows ‘facet’ is much easier to write out than 'zygaopophyseal’! These joints are documented to be the source of neck-related pain for many adults of all ages. Wilson Family Chiropractic provides gentle chiropractic spinal manipulation to alleviate neck pain like that created by facet joint innervation.

FOUNDATIONAL STUDY

The plotting 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 stimulated to see where neck pain and arm pain were felt. Amazing! These volunteers’ pain reactions allowed for the making of easy-to-understand pain charts. (1) A follow up study of 10 actual cervical pain patients that compared their pain to that described in the normal volunteers’ pain drawings to substantiate the original charts from normal volunteers. (2) Wilson Family Chiropractic sees verification of these normal volunteers’ pain reports in our Millville neck pain patients! Decompression of spinal nerves with chiropractic helps. 

NEW INPUT ON CERVICAL FACET JOINTS

New details from a current-day dissection project included new knowledge to the role cervical facet joints (aka zygapophyseal joints) have in neck pain and arm pain. At some levels, more than one medial branch was seen. Direct facet joint branches were found that came from the dorsal root of the spinal nerve. These were separate from the medial branches in their direct route to the facet joint. Current day researchers speculate if there is a more varied pattern of innervation than has already been noted. (3) Wilson Family Chiropractic appreciates the nuances of spine pain and the research that discovered them.

EXAM AND TREATMENT

Clinical observation, examination, and imaging results 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 engaging the dorsal root ganglia and end processes in the spinal cord. The central nervous system is complex and responsive to these painful stimuli, both pressure and nerve related. (5) That is why your Millville chiropractor takes time in examining, diagnosing and treating Millville neck pain. There are a multitude of factors to consider! Our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management is gentle, non-thrust spinal manipulation of the cervical spine for Millville 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 explains 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 Millville chiropractic appointment with Wilson Family Chiropractic. Pick your word: zygapophyseal or facet! We are here to talk, diagnose, and treat them for neck and arm pain relief.