#compression fractures

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Compression Fractures - Diagnosis and Treatment

Weak and thin bones are the commonest reasons for compression fractures, and osteoporosis is one of the conditions that make our bones weak and porous. Thus, we can say that osteoporosis is among the most known causes of these types of spinal fractures. Besides this, women over 50 are also at risk of developing compression fracture because menopause results in significant hormonal changes, and that make bones weak.

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Compression Fractures - A Complete Guide

A compression fracture is a short name for vertebral compression fractures. It is a condition where there is a break in the vertebrae, the bones present in our spine. Vertebrae are stacked on top of each other and form the spine.

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Four Surprising Foods that Build Strong Bones

Conventional wisdom says to eat and drink plenty of dairy products for strong bones and to ward off osteoporosis, a condition characterized by low bone mineral density that increases the risk of fractures. However, bones are made up of more than calcium. A slew of vital nutrients, including...

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How Common Are Compression Fractures In The Elderly?

Osteoporosis, a condition marked by low bone density and increased risk of fractures, commonly affects the spine. About 10 million people in the U.S. have weakened bones, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and most of these people are over the age of 50. Women develop...

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How Many People in the U.S. Suffer from Low Back Pain?

Low back pain ranks as one of the more common ailments from which people in the U.S. suffer. Anywhere from 60-80% of U.S. adults experience low back pain, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). At any given moment, that leaves up to 31 million people in the U.S. with low...

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Understanding Low Back Pain Anatomical Chart

Understanding Low Back Pain Anatomical Chart Using the latest low back pain guidelines from the American Pain Society (APS) and the American College of Physicians (ACP) as a key reference, this visual and textual overview of the condition explains: Types of low back pain Causes and risk factors Signs and symptoms Treatment and management Prevention techniques This chart illustrates: A human figure (posterior view) with pain radiating into the leg and numbness and tingling in the leg Sagittal view of lower spine with: tumor of the spinal cord, bone spur impinging on spinal nerves, compression fractures and herniated disc impinging on spinal nerve Anterior view of the lower spine and pelvis showing tumors, infections, degenerative diseases, ankylosing spondylitis, sacroiliitis, arthritis, and intrapelvic mass Correct postures and techniques to avoid low back pain Understanding Low Back Pain Anatomical Chart

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My back.

So, I broke my back about a year and a half ago (for those who didn't know). I somehow messed it up again last year playing soccer. After going to the doctor, I discovered I had an asymptomatic bulging disc.

Now I think it might have symptoms. Scariest thing of my life, feeling the tingles run down my leg, just knowing that's that what it means when the disc between L4/L5 is pressing on the spinal cord.  I mean, I don't think I should be THAT scared right now because it isn't constant and wasn't THAT tingly. But you never know.

But then after I got treated, I came back, and I felt great. Then after about a half hour my pain came back. It was crippling. I was crying in my bed for about a half hour both from the pain and from the thought of what will happen in the future. Thank goodness for friends, specifically Francis. He gave me a great hug and made me at least psychologically feel better.

The thing that scares me is what will happen? What will happen even 5 years from now? Why now? Why does this make me feel like I'm pathetic and somehow deficient? I don't want to complain, but at the same time, I don't know if I am. It's better getting this off my chest because it's somehow a little less terrifying.  But I'm scared of what will happen if this gets any worse. But it is.

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All I want is to be 18. Being 17 is the worst.

I can take care of my own life. I can make my own choices. Sure, they might not be great ones, but at least I can make them without judgment.

I want to be back at IMSA. At IMSA I could at least make choices about what to wear, whether I wanted to do my nails and/or makeup, what time I went to sleep, what time I cleaned, what I ate, etc. Now, I come home and my mom hates on my nails, hates on my sleep patterns, and treats me like I'm a freaking breakable object.

Yes, I went to the doctor. Yes, I had an MRI this morning. Yes, I have one bulging disc and two compression fractures. Yes, some of the fluid has leaked out of two of my discs. Yes, the bulging disc has gotten slightly worse since my last MRI over a year and a half ago. No, my compression fractures haven't gotten any worse.

This does not mean you need to treat me like I don't understand what's going on. This does not mean you need to sit there in horror as the doctor is talking about this. Let me live a little. If I'm in pain, I will stop. I'm not a masochist. I don't LIKE being in pain. It's just that I can deal with it.

Doesn't your body technically belong to you when you're 16? Why can't I make decisions about my own well-being? It's my body. If I can legally get an abortion, why can't I go to the doctor by myself?