The spine is such a complex assembly of bones, joints, muscles, and nerves that it is nearly impossible to pinpoint the source of a person’s back pain. In the past two decades, it seems, therapeutic interventions in spine almost served as the best diagnostics. The facet injection didn’t work? Then the facet wasn’t the problem.
Finding the source of pain in the spine is difficult. The spine is a load-bearing, interlocking mechanism. Injure one area,...