When we talk about the co-existence of osteophytes and osteoporosis in our normal work, patients often show incomprehension, (hyperplasia and osteoporosis are antonyms, and it is really difficult to understand the co-existence of the same part of the body at the same time), but because of the time problem, we can’t give a detailed explanation. Today I want to tell you for sure that osteophytes and osteoporosis can occur simultaneously in the same organism, on the same bone, and the two are often accompanied (present) in the elderly. Because osteophytes and osteoporosis are both manifestations of bone aging, osteophytes occur in the edge of the bone, the part where the bone and ligament are connected, which is actually the edge of the bone grows an extra piece of bone. Osteoporosis occurs in the interior of the bone, that is, the bone within the bone less bone, hollow. Osteoporosis is the medical name for the disease, and osteophytes is a medical term that is mostly found in the reports of imaging tests. Osteomalacia mostly occurs in the edge of the bone joints, the vertebrae of the edge of the site, the raw parts are mostly bones and ligaments and other soft tissues of the connection site. The morphology is different, the bird’s beak-shaped is called bone spur, the lip-like is called bone abrasion. Osteomalacia is a natural phenomenon of bone aging, and there is no need to worry too much about it. Most osteophytes do not cause discomfort and do not require any treatment. When bone growths cause pain and other symptoms, medication, physical therapy, traditional Chinese medicine and other symptomatic treatments can be given to eliminate the symptoms. Bone spurs do not disappear after the pain is eliminated. Bone growths generally do not require surgical treatment, only in special parts of the compression of nerves or blood vessels causing serious consequences, may consider surgical treatment, and this situation has a specific name, such as osteoarthritis, cervical spondylosis and so on. The practice of giving surgical removal of osteophytes when you see them is very wrong; the hyperplasia will still grow if you remove it, and it doesn’t make any sense. Don’t see osteophytes on the film and think that the pain is caused by osteophytes, there are many causes of pain, must be carefully examined to find the culprit, so that we can get effective treatment, without delay. Osteoporosis is the metabolic function of the elderly bone is reduced, bone production is reduced, bone destruction increased (normal human bone production and destruction to maintain a balance) within the unit volume of the bone is reduced, the bone is empty, not strong. In the early stage of osteoporosis, there is no feeling, and only when it is serious, there are symptoms such as back pain, height reduction, stooping and hunching, etc. The most serious problem is that it is easy to have a fracture.