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Excruciating chronic left side neck pain plus lumbar issues
Spine Health | Last Active: Aug 9, 2025 | Replies (407)Comment receiving replies
AlfredB,
medial branch blocks are used to discover it the cervical impingment is causing shoulder and arm pain.
You may be having a steroid flare. In some people the crystal of antiinflammatory agent (prednisone. depo medrol) irritates the joint causing yet more inflammation. Not so well know is the pain can last several months. The facet injection is directly in the joint.
The increasing facet issue is more likely cascade from the other "serious pathologies".
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Hi,
My pain has increased in the last week on its own. I did not have any medial branch blocks.
I was supposed to have them on 07/07/2023 but that is when he told me that my pain for somatic pain disorder and cancelled the medial branch blocks. Not a very good doctor in my opinion.
I won't be dealing with them anymore.