Bone spur is the most common orthopedic problem in middle-aged and elderly people, and it is also called hyperosteogeny in clinic. Most patients will think that the birth of bone spur must be very painful, or the occurrence of joint pain must be the occurrence of bone spur; But in fact, what happened to the spur? How did they come from? What is the relationship between bone spurs and pain? What kind of person is prone to bone spurs? If there is a bone spur, do you want to have an operation? I'll tell you all this today!
1. Spur is not a disease;
"Bone spur" is also called hyperosteogeny, and its real name in medicine is "bone wart". It is a joint caused by various reasons caused by cartilage wear and injury, which promotes the repair, hardening and proliferation of bone itself.
Bone spur, like wrinkles on the face and human aging, is a natural aging phenomenon, not a disease.
2, the growth of bone spurs is actually to protect joints!
With the increase of age, the muscles and ligaments around the spine and joints will degenerate, which will destroy the balance between the spine and joints and lead to instability of the spine and joints.
In order to adapt to these changes and restore a new state of balance, the body will increase the surface area of bone through hyperosteogeny, reduce the pressure of osteon area, and make the spine or joints more stable.
Therefore, we can see that bone spurs grow in the main and negative and frequently used important joints, such as cervical vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, knees and heels.
3. People who are prone to bone spurs:
The factors affecting the growth of bone spurs are as follows:
First, living conditions, such as overweight, excessive exercise, carrying heavy objects every day, sedentary standing and so on.
2. Past injuries, including sports injuries, ligament rupture and previous fractures and operations.
3. Poor cold stimulation leads to local rheumatic or rheumatoid aseptic inflammation.
4. Since bone spur is not a disease, why does it hurt?
Pain, numbness, redness, dyskinesia and other symptoms are mostly hyperosteogeny, involving nerves and blood vessels, and hyperosteogeny caused by aseptic inflammation of local tissues.
5. Can taking medicine eliminate bone spurs?
Because most bone spurs do not cause clinical symptoms, most bone spurs do not need treatment. Some advertisements say that taking drugs or some health care products can eliminate bone spurs. In fact, this is unscientific, because the composition of bone spurs is the same as that of normal bones. If a drug can eliminate bone spurs, then normal bones will also be eliminated.
6. How are bone spurs generated?
First of all, the spur itself is unlikely to cause clinical symptoms, so even if you have checked the spur, don't worry too much. This is an inevitable process of human aging. In the eyes of orthopedic surgeons, bone spurs in life are just like getting old.
If there are clinical symptoms such as joint pain and heel pain that need to be treated, and inflammation can be eliminated by methods such as warming, medicine and physical therapy, then there will be no pain. As for the spur, let it grow there, which can be ignored.