Burning Away Back Pain with Radiofrequency Ablation

Using heat energy to temporarily destroy or stun the spinal nerves is an alternative for many with back pain.

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Treating chronic spinal pain can be tricky. The spines flexibility, formed by a complex series of segments, allows us to twist and turn and every movement in between. And when the facet joints-or the joints found at every spinal level, which interact with a corresponding joint from the vertebrae above it to work together and guide spinal motion-are impacted by osteoarthritis (OA), each movement can seem frozen in time and pain relief elusive.
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