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.
Tectonic plate interactions are of three different basic types: 1  Divergent boundaries are areas where plates move away from each other, forming either mid-oceanic ridges or rift valleys. 2  These are also known as constructive boundaries. 3  Convergent boundaries are areas where plates move toward each other and collide. Convergent boundaries are areas where plates move toward each other and collide. 2  These are also known as compressional or destructive boundaries. 3  Subduction zones occur where an oceanic plate meets a continental plate and is pushed underneath it.