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.
BC Ferries operates numerous scheduled ferry services from the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, south of Vancouver, to Victoria (Swartz Bay), Nanaimo on Vancouver Island (Duke Point), and to the Southern Gulf Islands (Galiano Island, Mayne Island, Pender Islands, Saltspring Island and Saturna Island).oute Services. 1  BC Ferries operates scheduled ferry services from the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal to the Southern Gulf Islands (Galiano Island, Mayne Island, Pender Islands, Saltspring Island and Saturna Island). 2  Vehicles and Passengers. 3  Sailing Times: 4  55 minutes between Tsawwassen and Galiano Island (non stop).