Osteoarthritis is the wearing down of cartilage on joints, and when cartilage wears away, bones are left to rub directly on each other. Bone-on-bone rubbing of facet joints can inflame medial branch nerves, resulting in intense facet joint pain.
Pender Island (Saanich: stÌeyÌÉs) is one of the Southern Gulf Islands located in the Gulf of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada.Pender Island is approximately 34 km 2 (13 sq mi) in area and is home to about 2,250 permanent residents, as well as a large seasonal population.he islands, along with Pender Harbour on the Sunshine Coast, were given their current name by Captain Richards for Staff Commander, later Captain, Daniel Pender, RN who surveyed the coast of British Columbia aboard HMS Plumper, HMS Hecate and the Beaver from 1857 to 1870.
Government Island is a 1,760-acre (7 km 2) island in the Columbia River north of Portland, in Multnomah County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.Though Interstate 205 passes over it on the Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, access to the island is only by boat.Although there is a city controlled locked gate in the 205 fence.) Government Island is known for its great blue heron colony and the Government Island State Recreation Area (primitive camping, beaches).