It is based upon my book. The inflammation would go away, and the treatment would be seen as successful. Similar treatment philosophy would be used for other sources of pain. Those familiar with spinal pain syndromes will realize that patients treated in such a manner will likely continue to experience episodes of pain, and eventually end up with a degenerated spine. Facets inflame for a reason.
Muscles tighten for a reason.
They do so as a result of factors that usually include an underlying change to the spine's function and structure. The Underlying Changes to a Spine Over a person's lifetime, the spine is usually subject to trauma, abnormal stress and other forms of abuse. When the spine is injured, the natural response is for the body to make adaptations to take the load off the effected joint while it heals. Such adaptations may include tightening intrinsic muscles to immobilize the area, adopting an unnatural static position and the recruitment other joints to compensate. It is known that changes gradually occur to immobilized or unusually stressed joints.