A large amount of clinical data shows that there is no necessary connection between most lumbar osteophytes and the clinical symptoms of patients, and the severity of low back pain is not proportional to the degree of hyperplasia. Some people have obvious hyperplasia but no low back pain at all, while others have little bone hyperplasia but very prominent low back pain symptoms. Many "lumbar osteophyte" patients have their low back pain disappear after treatment, but a review of X-rays still shows the existence of bone spurs. Only a very small number of patients, due to the special position of bone hyperplasia causing compression on surrounding nerves or blood vessels or causing spinal canal stenosis and corresponding clinical symptoms, in these specific conditions, lumbar osteophyte belongs to pathological conditions, generally requiring surgical treatment.
The lumbar vertebrae have the greatest range of motion throughout the entire spine, with free flexion, extension, and lateral bending. The load-bearing capacity of the lumbar vertebrae is also relatively large. The stress produced by activity and load-bearing acting repeatedly over a long period on the lumbar vertebrae can lead to a natural compensatory function response of the lumbar bones - lumbar osteophyte (bone spur).
People in middle age are prone to chronic lower back and leg pain, and after receiving X-ray examinations, often discover lumbar osteophyte. Thus, "lumbar osteophyte" has become a general term for lower back pain, which, from a medical perspective, is somewhat inaccurate.
In reality, the causes of lower back pain in middle-aged and elderly people are more complex and vary from person to person. Especially for those diagnosed with "lumbar osteophyte" who have been treated for a long time without effect, they should go to the hospital and, through modern advanced physical and chemical examinations conducted by doctors, find the true cause of the lower back pain in order to "cure" it. If all the symptoms manifested clinically are easily attributed to lumbar osteophyte and conclusions are drawn accordingly, one may suffer from the pain for a long time. Besides bearing additional economic costs, sometimes other diseases may be overlooked early on or effective treatment opportunities may be lost.
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