Soft, weakened bones are at the heart of the problem. Compression fractures are usually caused by the bone-thinning condition osteoporosis, especially if you are a woman over age 50 who has been ...

Compression fracture treatments can be surgical or nonsurgical, depending on the severity of the injury. A compression fracture typically occurs in the vertebrae (bones of the spine) and can reduce ...

You've got a few key treatment goals when you have a compression fracture of the spine. You want to ease the pain, heal the fracture, and treat the osteoporosis that weakened your bones and caused ...

Undergoing Cervical Spine Surgery with the Salt Lake Orthopedic Clinic at MountainStar Healthcare’s St. Mark’s Hospital ...

Atlas fractures, involving the first cervical vertebra, represent a unique challenge in the management of upper cervical spine injuries. These injuries, often resulting from high-energy trauma such as ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs, the ...

Our fat tissue could be used to make our bones regrow, with scientists successfully using adipose cells to repair spinal compression fractures. It could change how breaks are treated and improve bone ...