How to treat bone spurs

The treatments for long bone spurs include conservative treatment and surgical treatment. 1. Conservative treatment: Bone spurs without obvious symptoms can be observed without special treatment. Patients with bone spurs in the joints or those with compression symptoms can choose conservative treatment, such as oral ibuprofen, meloxicam and other medications, to reduce the inflammatory response and relieve pain. Physical therapy such as microwave and electromagnetic can be carried out to relieve the fatigue of soft tissues around the bone spur. 2. Surgery: If the effect of conservative treatment is not obvious and seriously affects the normal life and work of patients, and if the bone spur has compressed the nerves, tendons and other important tissues, surgical treatment can be considered. Surgical methods include minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery and open surgery, the specific surgical methods need to be decided according to the patient’s original disease. For the same disease, patients with different physical conditions and different stages of the disease are treated differently and should be treated in a standardized manner under the guidance of a doctor.