When you experience pain on or around a joint, it may sometimes be difficult to identify the difference between joint and nerve pain. Both can be treated at chiropractic offices, where the doctor will assess which movement is causing the pain to then treat either joint dysfunction, nerve compression, or both.

Facet joint syndrome is commonly treated in chiropractic offices, as the facet joints are located in the lower spine. The role of the facet joint is to control excessive movement in the lower back; helping to stabilize the mobility of the spine. Injury to this area, or over excessive movement can cause pain not only located in the spine, but will also cause surrounding muscles to spasm. Some may confuse this pain with nerve pain, although diagnosing the two is very different. To generalize, the difference between a facet-type syndrome and a disc-type syndrome is that disc injuries are very sensitive to forward flexion and rotation and facet injuries and synovitis are very sensitive to extension.

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