1 Management of chronic, intractable, non-terminal pain that are not responsive to other modalities; 2  Treatment of cancer pain in those patients who have short life expectancy (less than a year); and.  Alternative management to treat spasticity in order to improve balance, gait, self-care, and global rehabilitation.
Diagnosing modic changes. 1  In Modic type 1 there is vascular development in the vertebral body, with findings of inflammation and edema, but no trabecular damage or marrow changes. 2  In Modic type 2 there are changes in bone marrow, with fatty replacement of formerly red, cellular marrow normally seen there.
Modic Antibiotic Spinal Therapy â Treating Back Pain From Modic Changes With Antibiotics Long thought to be a typical and ânormalâ finding on MRI studies, Modic Type 1 Changes, signify a rapid form of degenerative disc disease and are often associated with a bacterial infection of the disc, causing a form of spondylodiscitis.