Osteomalacia is a degenerative degeneration that refers to an increase in bone trabeculae and increased bone density at the vertebral or joint edges, joint surfaces and prominences. It is sometimes called a labral protrusion or osteophyte, or bone spur, because its shape resembles a lip or a bird’s beak. It is a common disease in the middle-aged and elderly, often occurring in the joints, what are the causes of osteophytes? We introduced the following common factors: 1, cervical joints: osteophytes often have the habit of reading books with their heads down, playing the machine, playing computer posture. A few are caused by congenital cervical spine structural dysplasia, congenital small spinal canal, cervical degeneration, etc. are the basis for the development of cervical spondylosis. Head and neck trauma is also is also the main factor that induces cervical spondylosis. 2, lumbar spine joints: the person sitting without leaning on the back of the chair leads to serious pressure on the lumbar spine and causes compensatory osteophytes. In addition, not squatting on the bend to get things, poor sleeping posture, mattress soft and hard, etc., may also accelerate the degree of degeneration of the lumbar spine. 3, the knee joint: osteophytes excessive foot-bearing sports such as running, jumping rope, etc., will accelerate the degeneration of the knee joint. The high heels that women love to wear will also shift the center of gravity forward, increasing the stress on the knee joint and accelerating degeneration. 4, the heel: overweight osteophytes because of obesity, excessive exercise, thus accelerating the storage of calcium, easy to form heel osteophytes. 5, strain and poor posture head and neck in a single position for a long time, like lying in bed watching TV, reading, high pillow, sitting and sleeping, etc. people are prone to cervical osteophytes; common people such as accountants, writers, software developers and other workers who need to spend a long time with their heads down; students, due to the excessive burden of homework, improper sitting posture of reading and writing, long time blowing air conditioning or uncontrolled operation of the computer, less exercise, if In addition to the long-term intake of calcium-containing food and less, cervical spine is easy to produce osteophytes. Osteomalacia occurs in the age group of 35-70 years old, with a high incidence among teachers, accountants, heavy laborers and athletes, whose common characteristic is that there is a lot of movement and labor and heavy wear and tear on the joints, resulting in degenerative bone degeneration. Patients with osteophytes have the disease in the bone joints, so excessive sports and activities should not be performed to avoid inducing new osteophytes. In addition, attention should be paid to maintaining the correct posture to reduce the discomfort and pain Bone growth is a normal degenerative phenomenon of human aging. Therefore, it is not possible to take a film whenever there is pain in these areas and treat it as the cause of the pain and treat it as a disease, which will result in a lot of misdiagnosis and mistreatment.