Epidural injections are a safe option for neck and back pain, a treatment that often offers rapid relief. At Medicus Spine & Joint, with offices in Brunswick, Georgia; Mount Pleasant and Bluffton, South Carolina; and Gainesville, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville, Florida, the highly skilled team provides epidural facet blocks as a minimally invasive treatment option for pain from herniated disks and other common conditions affecting the spine. To schedule your evaluation and treatment, call the office, or book an appointment online today.
Epidural facet blocks are procedures used to diagnose or treat the source of back or neck pain. Epidural injections involve injecting medicine around a specific nerve in your spine, whereas facet injections involve injecting medicine into a specific facet joint within your spine.
Facet joints are the synovial joints in the back part of your spine that support movement. These joints are lined with cartilage that wears away over time, leading to facet joint syndrome (degenerative spine condition) and pain.
An epidural facet block may help identify the facet joint as the source of your pain (diagnose) and provide relief (treat).
An epidural facet block is a minor procedure, but it still involves some risk. It is only one method used to diagnose and treat neck and back pain. At Medicus Spine & Joint, the team will discuss your options and help you select the one that best fits your needs.
Epidural facet blocks are treatments for neck and back pain as well as any referred pain coming from a compressed nerve near the spine.
If you’re experiencing pain and don’t yet have a diagnosis, an epidural facet block can help locate the source of your pain. Once located, Medicus Spine & Joint may recommend epidural facet injections as part of a treatment plan for:
You can get an epidural injection in your low back, mid back, or neck. However, pain that benefits from epidural injections usually originates in either the neck (cervical spine) or low back (lumbar spine).
Your board-certified interventional pain management physician at Medicus Spine & Joint customizes your epidural facet block procedure and reviews the details with you at your consultation.
While you lie on your stomach on the procedure table, your provider cleans the skin and numbs the area with a local anesthetic. Using guided imaging, they advance a needle into the facet joint causing your pain and inject the medication.
You go to the recovery area for monitoring following your epidural facet block and then home. You must have someone drive you home after your procedure and take it easy the rest of the day.
To find out if epidural facet blocks can relieve your pain, call Medicus Spine & Joint or schedule an appointment online at the office nearest you today.