It helps to relieve spine and neck pain ... (only upon instruction by the healthcare provider). For the nerve ablation ...

Cooled radiofrequency ablation of lumbar nerves exhibited long-lasting, significant pain relief in patients with chronic low back pain.

Medicare doesn’t typically cover procedures that it considers experimental. Medicare may cover a specific surgical form of spinal decompression ... radiofrequency ablation (RFA), and nonsurgical ...

In the study, "Common interventional procedures for chronic non-cancer spine pain: a systematic review ... including joint radiofrequency ablation. When looking at the substantial cost ...