Recent studies using fat-suppressed MRI sequences in the spine have demonstrated that BMLs are present in the lumbar facet joint articular processes of between 14% and 41% of patients with back ...

The joints—and the sacs between each one—allow the skeleton to shift and withstand pressure, even if that particular joint isn’t helping anyone do a backbend.

The facet joints are synovial joints which help support the weight and control movement between individual vertebrae of the spine. They work together alongside the intervertebral discs to form a ...