Mathieu van der Poel has already returned to training after fracturing his wrist during Sunday's round of the UCI XCO World ...

A FIT and healthy woman who thought she’d injured herself doing household chores says her true diagnosis shocked everyone. As ...

US-based neurologist Dr Baibing Chen shared a warning to people who crack their necks, and revealed he would never do it ...

US-based neurologist Dr Baibing Chen shared a warning to people who crack their necks, and revealed he would never do it himself.

It wasn't until months later — after cycling through multiple doctors offices — that she learned she actually had multiple bone fractures in her spine ... and one of her compression fractures ...

This is usually due to wear and tear in the spine, including vertebral compression fractures, which are tiny cracks in the bones of the spine (vertebrae). These cracks are most often caused by ...

If some of the bones in the spine (vertebrae) are weakened by the myeloma, they may collapse. This called a compression fracture. It can cause pain, difficulty moving around and loss of height. It is ...

A vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a break in an individual bone, or vertebra, of the spine that causes the vertebra to collapse. A lumbar VCF affects the lower spine. When a VCF occurs ...

These complex breaks often result from high-impact trauma. Compression fractures typically occur in vertebrae when bone essentially collapses in on itself, often due to decreased bone density.

The main cause of compression fracture is osteoporosis. However, there are a few factors that can elevate the risk: Age: Bone density naturally decreases as we get older. Gender: Women ...