What are the symptoms of facet joint pain?

Common symptoms of facet joint pain include difficulty in bending and twisting the spine, pain, numbness and muscle weakness, explains All About Back & Neck Pain. Another name for facet joint pain is facet joint disease, facet joint syndrome or facet joint sprain, states PhysioWorks.

Facet joint pain in the lower back in some cases makes it difficult to straighten the back or get up out of a chair, says All About Back & Neck pain. If the nerves affected are in the cervical spine, the patient experiences symptoms in the neck, hands, shoulder and hands. Facet pain in the cervical spine sometimes requires turning the entire body to look left or right.