Spinal Fracture News & Opinion

More Spinal Fracture Information

• 0 comments

  

  What is a Spinal Compression Fracture? A spinal compression fracture is relatively common in elderly adults.

  Spinal Compression Fracture: Facts, Symptoms and Treatment

  By Darlene Oakley HERWriter on November 17, 2011 - 2:02pm
• 0 comments

  

  Spinal stenosis. Sounds scary, painful and possibly even dangerous but, I always associate danger with the spine. The reality of spinal stenosis is not quite as scary as I think it ...

  Spinal Stenosis: The Facts

  By Samara Kelly on February 11, 2011 - 6:16am
• 0 comments

  

  Three out of four women diagnosed with advanced breast cancer are at high risk to develop a secondary complication known as bone metastasis or "bone mets." This occurs when cancer cells ...

  Bone Protection Drug Approved for Patients with Advanced Cancer

  Impacted 2 Lives By Pat Elliott on November 21, 2010 - 4:09pm
• 0 comments

  

  A spinal compression fracture can rear its ugly head at anytime, to anyone, but the trick is knowing when you are dealing with a minor back ache from over-activity or stress and when you ...

  Know Your Options for a Spinal Compression Fracture

  By Samara Kelly on June 23, 2010 - 9:14am
• 0 comments

  

  I don’t doubt any kind of fracture is a painful, frustrating injury, but I have to believe a spinal compression fracture is slightly more painful, slightly more scary, and quite dangerous.

  Losing Height over a Spinal Compression Fracture

  By Samara Kelly on June 22, 2010 - 10:06am
• 0 comments

  

  (I received a question from someone who has a hemangioma on her 9th thoracic vertebrae with compression of her spinal cord.

  Thoracic Vertebral Hemangioma

  By Cary Cook BSN RN on June 11, 2010 - 9:23am
• 0 comments

  

  Surgery is moved to tomorrow! I was taken down to the pre-op waiting area around 12 -- noon with my family to wait for surgery today. From 12-2pm we kept receiving messages from the ...

  Surgery Day Switched!

  By Melissa Waller on April 7, 2009 - 4:34pm