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Make an Appointment. Intraarticular Facet Joint Injections. When facet joints regularly found around the spine are inflamed, a facet joint injection is administered to relieve the irritation and diagnose where the patients pain is coming from. Once the skin and tissue above the facet joint is thoroughly numbed with local anesthetic, the physician will use a fluoroscope to insert a needle into the facet joint. The proper positioning of the needle is confirmed with the injection of contrast dye and a soothing and numbing combination of anesthetic and anti-inflammatory steroid is injected. If the pain in the facet joint is relieved upon administration of the medication,the physician will then infer that that particular facet joint is the cause of pain.
The most common indication for intra-articular injection is arthritis. For short-term treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee, intra-articular steroid injection improves function and reduces swelling and pain.17 The onset of action is rapid (typically within 24 hours) and clinical effects last four to eight weeks.orticosteroid injections are curative for de Quervain tenosynovitis, a common overuse tendon injury of the hand and wrist. Steroid injections provide the highest cure rate compared with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) therapy, splinting, or combination therapy.