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Facet Syndrome Prevention

If you’re researching potential facet syndrome prevention tips, you may be somewhat dismayed to find out that you can’t actually prevent the predominant cause of this condition. That’s because facet syndrome is most often the direct result of nothing more than natural wear and tear associated with the aging process. However, just because you can’t technically prevent facet syndrome from developing, there are still a number of ways you can keep your spine healthy to help delay the onset of this and other degenerative spine conditions, as well as treat any symptoms as they arise.

What is Facet Syndrome?

First, it pays to learn more about this condition itself. Facet syndrome is the natural degradation of the joints in the spine. As with any joint in the body, the protective cartilage lining can wear away, leading to bone-on-bone contact. This can cause pain, as well as the development of bone spurs. These excess bony growths are harmless by themselves, but can also cause pain or other symptoms if they impinge upon a nearby spinal nerve or the spinal cord itself.

Prevention and Treatment

Maintaining a healthy body weight, eating right, not smoking, exercising, and other general health tips are also great ways to keep your spine healthy. While aging and the normal wear and tear your spine is subjected to are the predominant?risk factors?behind facet syndrome and other degenerative spine conditions, these types of preventative actions can help slow the onset of painful symptoms.

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Furthermore, if you have begun to develop pain related to facet syndrome, many prevention tips can also be utilized to manage your symptoms. Your doctor might also recommend gentle stretching, hot/cold therapy, pain medications, physical therapy, or any of a variety of other conservative treatments that are typically very effective in mitigating symptoms. However, if you’ve tried conservative treatments for weeks or months with little relief, contact Laser Spine Institute. Our orthopedic experts perform a variety of minimally invasive procedures using endoscopic technology that are safe and effective. These procedures are the alternative to open since surgery and have helped tens of thousands of patients find relief from chronic back and neck pain.

Please note: Laser Spine Institute currently does not perform endoscopic procedures on the thoracic spine.