NY. I have been suffering insomnia for more than 20 years (I had it when I was 15 yr old). I have seen doctors, sleeping specialists and phychitrists. None of them helped me at all. One month ago, I started to take Ornithine and I was able to have some sleep since then but I still couldn't sleep soundly.
Facet Joints Video. Facet Hypertrophy is the term used to describe a degeneration and enlargement of the facet joints. The facet joints, which are a pair of small joints at each level along the back of the spine, are designed to provide support, stability, and flexibility to the spine.
Inter-examiner reliability of the diagnosis of cervical pillar hyperplasia (CPH) and the correlation between CPH and spinal degenerative joint disease (DJD). Figure 2: Degenerative disc disease with disc space narrowing and anterior osteophyte formation at C5-6 (arrow). Mentions: Both facet and uncovertebral joints can hypertrophy, sclerose and develop osteophytic spurs, in conditions described as facet arthrosis and uncovertebral arthrosis, respectively [12,18].