Neurosurgeon Ilyas Munshi, MD, has more than a decade of experience treating patients at his private practice in Lafayette, Louisiana. In addition to preventing diagnosing, and treating brain disorders, Dr. Ilyas Munshi performs facet-joint injections to help patients overcome pain from back injuries, systematic stress, or arthritis.

2. Neurosurgeon Ilyas Munshi, MD, has more
than a decade of experience treating
patients at his private practice in Lafayette,
Louisiana. In addition to preventing
diagnosing, and treating brain disorders, Dr.
Ilyas Munshi performs facet-joint injections to
help patients overcome pain from back
injuries, systematic stress, or arthritis.

3. Facet-joint injections can serve both diagnostic
and pain-relief purposes. Often, doctors perform
a facet-join injection to determine whether the
small facet joints between each vertebra are the
source of pain. Any immediate relief in a
specific area indicates that those facet joints
are, in fact, the cause of discomfort.
Additionally, the injected combination of
numbing local anesthetic and delayed-release
cortisone steroids can reduce facet joint
inflammation for immediate and, on occasion,
longer-lasting pain relief.

4. Because facet joints are crucial to movement
and stability, patients who undergo facet-joint
injections find it easier to endure physical
therapy in an effort to fully rehabilitate a back
condition. The procedure is effective for
patients regardless of how long their
symptoms have existed.