Osteoporosis quietly weakens bones until a minor stumble, or sometimes no obvious trauma at all, produces a fracture. Among the most feared consequences are breaks in the vertebrae of the spine, which ...

Vertebral wedging occurs when the front of one of your vertebrae collapses. This is a type of fracture that often occurs in people with osteoporosis. Anywhere from 1–1.5 million vertebral compression ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey ...

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures, also known as spinal compression fractures, are the most common types of fragility fractures in older adults. Typically, initial treatments for such fractures involve ...

Kari is with Dr. Kendall Grose, an Interventional Spine and Pain Management Physician at CommonSpirit Health, to discuss the new procedures available for compression fractures including the Spine Jack ...

A study has found that a back-strengthening exercise programme can provide significant long-lasting protection against spinal fractures in elderly women. The researchers from the Mayo Clinic, ...