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If your back pain is caused due to a fracture
then it is not necessary that the fracture may get diagnosed, instead
the problem is often thought of as being general back pain resulting
from a muscle strain or other soft tissue surgery. Because of this,
around two-thirds of the vertebral fractures are not diagnosed and
therefore are not treated. Spinal fractures occur as a result of
osteoporosis which may originate while doing something that causes minor
trauma to the spine such as an insignificant fall or twisting while
lifting.
While osteoporosis is the most common cause of vertebral
compression fractures, other possible causes of the fractures are:
Trauma to spinal vertebrae can lead to minor or severe fractures. Such
trauma could result from a fall, a forceful jump, a car accident or an
event that stresses the bones in the spine.
Some types of cancer can also cause fracture by weakening the
vertebrae in the spine.
So, is clear that back pain is sometimes a result of
fracture caused by the condition known as osteoporosis. Osteoporosis
makes the bones more thin and brittle. As a result, they break or cave
in under normal pressure. The thinning bones can collapse during normal
activity which can lead to spinal fracture. The break in the spine
caused by osteoporosis is known as compression fracture. Due to this
fracture the vertebral bone in the spine decreases by 15 % to 20 % in
height. This fracture also results in a wedged-shaped vertebrae.
Osteoporosis is a silent disease which reflects no typical symptoms
until a fracture occurs.
Sometimes, a person with back pain is
unaware of the fact that he has actually fractured a vertebrae in his
spine. Vertebral fractures are followed by acute back pain which can
also lead to chronic pain, deformity, loss of height, crowding of
internal organs, and loss of muscle and aerobic conditioning due to lack
of exercises and activities. So, the main cause of bone fracture is
osteoporosis which is more common in women than in men.
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