A compression fracture occurs when one or more vertebrae in the spine collapse or are compressed, often resulting in a wedge-shaped deformity. This type of fracture commonly affects the vertebral body and can lead to significant lower back compression and discomfort. Compression fractures can happen suddenly due to trauma or gradually due to conditions that weaken the bones.
Compression fractures are a type of fractured vertebrae that can affect the spinal cord, vertebral column, and surrounding structures. They are sometimes referred to as wedge compression fractures, vertebral body compression, or vertebral collapse.
Osteoporosis causing weak bones
Falls or accidents injuring vertebrae
Sports trauma causing fractured vertebrae in back
Spinal tumors or brain compression
Heavy lifting injuries causing back compression
Wedge-shaped fractures from aging
Fractured disc in lower back
Multiple vertebral compression fractures
Bone metastases weakening vertebrae
Previous spinal surgery or deformity
Advanced age and postmenopause
Osteoporosis or low bone density
Previous back fractures
Sedentary lifestyle
Poor nutrition or low vitamin D
Chronic steroid use
Spinal tumors
Previous spinal injuries
Repetitive stress on spine
Weakened bones from disease
Sudden lower back pain
Pain during bending or lifting
Limited spine mobility
Height loss or wedge vertebrae
Hunched posture (kyphosis)
Pain radiating to hips or legs
Tender vertebral column
Numbness or tingling if spinal cord affected
Back discomfort after minor trauma
Persistent vertebrae pain while sitting
Treatments range from conservative treatment to surgery. Our goal is to provide you with the best treatment plan to reduce pain, but these treatments do not change the underlying source of pain. Medical treatments are often used in combination such as: medications, physical therapy programs, and injection therapy.
Treats radiating pain; deposit the medication, typically steroids in the epidural space of the spine.
Targets a specific spinal nerve and deposit medication around the nerve at the point where it exits the intervertebral foramen (bony opening between adjacent vertebrae).
Treat pain stemming from a specific facet joint.
Deposit medication around the medial branches of spinal nerves. The medial branch is a nerve that sends pain signals to the brain from an arthritic facet joint. An injection directed around the medial branch can relieve neck and lower back pain.
Treats pain by lesioning medial branch nerves of the facet joints.
