Medical terminology for "stuck" facet joints?

[Blairsara]

Ya i know that this is something that isnt common. I'm going in to see my doctor in the beginning of January but the pictures from when they did the rhizotomy showed that my facet joint is stuck in that overextended position and basically I have been in terrible pain since late September/early October. I had direct orders to see my doctor asap from my doctor who did the rhizo. He said that it could go back by itself but that I needed to see my doctor.
I'm basically on pain killers all the time b/c of it.
Whatever the medical terminology is for it it sucks! ahha oh well. hopefully one day I wont be in a constant state of pain.

[Jim M2]

For the first two years after ADR I was always complaining on other forums about popping of my lumbar. I would be miserable for days or weeks, then as a result of some motion I could detect a pop or feel something suddently move at the surgery level. Right away I could feel relief starting to come on, like a good painkiller kicking in. I never got painfree but the pain came down from the higher levels. Just the opposite could happen too. There could be a pop and I could suddenly feel pain start to grow. I wonder if stuck facets are the same or related phenomena?

[Blairsara]

so i think that dislocation was the wrong term for what's going on with my facet joints but rather malalignment? I'm going in on the 3rd so I guess I can find out the actual medical terminology from Dr. Regan.

[Blairsara]

Jim
usually when I feel the pop that you were talking about it would make things worse but I know exactly what you're talking about. How are you feeling by the way?