Osteoporosis makes the bones in the spine brittle that can lead to fractures while performing daily activities.

Three months after having her second baby boy, a Central Florida women thought she had simply tweaked her back — but in ...

A study in France has found that pamidronate (a bone antiresorptive agent) provides rapid and sustained pain relief in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), although ...

But if you get shorter because of osteoporosis, it's because of fractures in your spine, which may cause some deformity. The ribs, which are normally a couple of inches above the pelvis rim ...

Karen Faulkner said she cannot walk or stand for more than 15 minutes A woman with osteoporosis said she had nine spinal fractures in 10 months and was left unable to walk. Karen Faulkner ...

It's the broken bones that can cause pain, rather than osteoporosis itself. Spinal fractures can also cause height loss and a curved spine." Osteoporosis is more prevalent among women "Women have ...

As bones become thinner and less dense, the risk of a bone fracture grows worse. Bones most commonly broken due to osteoporosis include the hips, wrists and spine, according to the Cleveland Clinic.