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.
Tweet. Many people with lower back pain suffer from Modic changes. Modic is changes in the vertebrae, either in the body of the vertebrae or in the end plates of the adjacent discs. Modic changes therefore often result from a slipped disc. Modic changes are divided into types 1, 2, and 3, as follows;