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.
Subchondral degenerative change of vertebral end-plates in lower-lumbo-sacral spine is seen. There is Modic Type II degenerative change of the end-plate detected at L5-S1 with ostephyte formation.he Modic changes in the vertebral end plates are a classification of changes which was proposed by Modic. These changes are commonly seen as a part of the age related degenerative process. Some people with these changes have low back pain due to problems in the disc but this is not always true.