Compression fractures in eighty year olds can be cured if they are minor, but not self-healing if the compression is more severe.
Eighty year olds usually have osteoporosis and can have spontaneous compression fractures. If the compression is not more than 1/3 of the vertebral body, the fracture can be healed by bed rest, but the height of the lumbar vertebrae cannot be restored.
If the compression fracture is more than 1/3, it is very difficult to heal by itself, and minimally invasive vertebroplasty is needed to restore the height of the vertebrae and relieve the symptoms of low back pain.
Therefore, eighty-year-old people who have a compression fracture need to go to the spine surgery department of the hospital, and the doctor will take conservative treatment or surgical treatment according to the degree of injury.