6 Modified Independence - Patient can be left alone for an entire day but may need some degree of supervision with new or complex activities. Routine activities can be pursued independently. Helper
You may resume normal activities the day after the procedure, unless otherwise directed by your physician. It may take a week or more for you to feel relief after a facet joint injection. Because of the diagnostic nature of a medial branch block, pain relief may start immediately but last only a few hours. Several weeks may be required to feel the full effect of a radiofrequency ablation procedure.
In my experience, most companies allow (or require) exempt employees to take off blocks of time in half or full days. The can say, âIf you have a doctorâs appointment, you need to take it as sick time/vacation time/PTO,â and you take that in half day increments. Fine. Be gone for four hours.