This week we are going to discuss a fracture of the spine which occurs many times spontaneously as a result of osteoporosis. The spinal compression fracture is a fracture of the vertebral body ...

Compression fractures of the spine often occur with a slip and fall landing on the buttocks and can and do often cause significant spinal pain following the injury. When the bone is compromised ...

Learning you have a life-changing condition is likely alarming no matter what. But if you have axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), a chronic form of arthritis that dramatically increases your risk of ...

Other types of back injuries include fracture/compression ... is performed to stabilize the spinal cord), with or without surgical fusion (arthrodesis) of the vertebra, or the use of an implanted ...

Intravenous zoledronate (Reclast) administered once every 5 years reduced the incidence of morphometric vertebral fractures in early postmenopausal women, a randomized trial showed. Over 10 years ...

The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for ...

Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) may help lower the risk of children's bone fractures in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a study found.