Most cases of short-to-medium-term facet joint arthropathy can be effectively managed with a short course of manual therapy coupled with exercise advice. However for longer-term problems, or where manual therapy and exercise has proved ineffective, a different approach is generally advised.
Traditionally, people with this condition have embarked upon a ‘journey’ of ever more invasive interventions: starting with steroid injections, progressing on to nerve radiofrequency ablation and ending up with spinal surgery.
An effective and minimally invasive alternative to this journey however is Shockwave therapy, which can provide patients with relief from their pain without the need for further and more invasive intervention.