NPR : Elegant Spine Also a Source of Pain

A series on back pain. Someday, I'll walk again. Oh, wait. I got carried away with Christopher Reeve's widow dying. Lemme rephrase: Someday, I'll sprint again.

NPR : Elegant Spine Also a Source of Pain: "Another source of back pain is the facet joints. These are the meeting points of wing-like projections on the back of each vertebra.
'These little facet joints can act like arthritis just about anywhere in the body,' says White. 'The same way the knee joint can be painful or the hip joint can be painful, these little facet joints can be painful.'"