Medial branch blocks involve the injection of a local anesthetic agent to diagnose low back pain from facet joints. The injection can also serve as a prognostic tool before radiofrequency ablation.

Trials of intra-articular steroid injections for lumbar and cervical facet joint pain have yielded disappointing results, but evidence suggests that a subpopulation of patients with acute ...

Lindor received a facet injection on Thursday and participated in baseball activities on Friday. "I believe in what the guys have," Lindor said of his teammates.

However, Lindor received a facet injection in his back on Thursday after the team's doctors and trainers felt his ailment wasn't healing fast enough.

On Thursday, the Mets revealed that Lindor received a facet injection in his back because team doctors and trainers weren't feeling like the back ailment was healing as fast as they believed it ...

Jeff Gordon anticipates he will have another injection at some point to relieve the pain in his lower back.