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Did Your Doctor Recommend a Nerve Block Injection for your Accident Injury?

What are facet joints?

If you or a loved one has been injured in an accident in the Philadelphia area, you may unfortunately have heard of facet joints. In simplest terms, a facet joint is a part of the spine designed to control movement and support the weight between each individual vertebrae. Facet joints work together with the discs between each vertebrae, creating one working and moving spine.

If the facet joint becomes injured in a Bucks County accident, your pain management doctor, neurologist or orthopedic surgeon may tell you that a treatment to allow for facet joint relief is a nerve block injection (a facet joint injection), or injection of medication on or near the affected spinal nerves. When a facet joint injury happens, the affected area of the back or neck can be quite painful.

A nerve block injection does not require that you be given general anesthesia; rather a local anesthetic is used to numb the injection site. Many patients also have intravenous sedation to make the procedure more tolerable. The injection contains local anesthetic, mixed with a steroid medication. The steroid is given to reduce swelling in the facet joint space which should reduce your pain.

Many times a nerve block injection will work to treat your facet joint injury; generally, its use is more successful in those with recent onset of spinal pain. This is why it is important to seek medical attention promptly following a Bucks County accident. The goal, when used to treat disc herniation, is to provide pain relief. It also allows for physical therapy to be done with less stress, pain, and restrictions on range of motion. Generally, a maximum of 3 injections are given over a 6 month period, but not every facet joint injury requires all three injections.

If you or a loved one has a facet joint injury from a Philadelphia area accident, you should retain an experienced personal injury lawyer working on your behalf to obtain full and fair compensation for you.

Bucks County personal injury lawyer, Michael L. Saile, Jr., believes you deserve excellent representation when facing large insurance companies. The Pennsylvania injury attorneys at Saile & Saile LLP will give you a FREE PA Car Accident Guide so that you can get the information you need so that you can concentrate on recovery from your Bucks County accident.