The main cause of compression fracture is osteoporosis. However, there are a few factors that can elevate the risk: Age: Bone density naturally decreases as we get older. Gender: Women ...

Compression fractures, a result of osteoporosis ... RegenOrthoSport explained that the bones in the spine gets brittle because of osteoporosis, and hence, daily activities such as bending ...

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 ...

Osteoporosis often accompanies ankylosing spondylitis, further increasing the risk of spinal fractures.2 Chalk-stick fractures involve the vertebrae, intervertebral discs, and surrounding spinal ...

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

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 ...

An artificial intelligence-based tool for identifying hard-to-detect spinal ... wrist bone fractures and early signs of osteoporosis. BoneBot concentrates on vertebral compression fractures ...

Osteoporosis is often described as a “silent disease” because there are few, if any, symptoms until someone fractures a bone, usually in the hip, wrist or spine. Women who have gone through ...