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How Does Osteoporotic Wedge Compression Fracture Occur?
they tell me i have an osteoporotic wedge compression fracture of the T8 area. how could this have happened . I repair lawnmowers, chainsaws, rideon mowers, how do i carry on at this work or should i look for a different type of employment. thanks cmb.
Wed, 16 Jan 2019
Hi,
I don't believe that this finding of an osteoporotic wedge compression fracture in your thoracic spine necessarily means that you should change your employment.
The most likely cause of this finding is from loss of calcium in the vertebral body which fractured.
The remedy is to increase your body's calcium retention and incorporation into your skeleton.
If you don't fix that then, no matter job you have you will still be open to the same problem in some other vertebral body later on. Make sense?
If you have back pain and that is the reason you had this x-ray taken then, you may have to find less strenuous ways of doing your job for the time being until you correct the cause of this problem and also to make sure you don't fracture another spinal body. You've heard the saying, "Work Smarter, Not harder?"
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
I don't believe that this finding of an osteoporotic wedge compression fracture in your thoracic spine necessarily means that you should change your employment.
The most likely cause of this finding is from loss of calcium in the vertebral body which fractured.
The remedy is to increase your body's calcium retention and incorporation into your skeleton.
If you don't fix that then, no matter job you have you will still be open to the same problem in some other vertebral body later on. Make sense?
If you have back pain and that is the reason you had this x-ray taken then, you may have to find less strenuous ways of doing your job for the time being until you correct the cause of this problem and also to make sure you don't fracture another spinal body. You've heard the saying, "Work Smarter, Not harder?"
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi,
Neurologist
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