Nowadays, many elderly people are found to have bone spurs during checkups, so many patients are always concerned about them and cannot let go of them. Today, I would like to introduce the “bone spur”. 1. How do “bone spurs” come about? ”Bone spurs” is also called osteophytes, as the name implies, is the normal bone grows out part of the process of degeneration of the bone and joint is accompanied by a phenomenon, with the growth of age, the bone and joint will gradually degenerate, when the bone and soft tissue in contact with the place due to long-term pressure, tension, injury, resulting in the gradual loss of cartilage between the joints This degenerative change in the bones leads to osteophytes and the formation of “bone spurs”. “Bone spurs” is like our wrinkles, as we grow older, the degeneration of joint cartilage, “bone spurs” naturally arose, so our elderly friends can not talk about “bone spurs So the majority of our elderly friends do not have to talk about “bone spurs” on the change. 2.How can I tell if I have a bone spur or not? It is very simple, an ordinary X-ray film can tell whether there is a long bone spur, for example, the knee joint, only need to take a positive and lateral film of the knee joint can be, there is no need to do CT, MRI and other tests. 3.What should I do if I have a bone spur? First, reduce your weight. Excessive weight will accelerate the wear and tear of the articular cartilage, causing uneven pressure on the articular cartilage surface, resulting in osteophytes. Second, proper exercise. Excessive exercise, especially in the hip and knee joints, will accelerate the wear and tear of joint cartilage, accelerating the formation of “bone spurs”, appropriate exercise can stimulate the joint fluid to joint cartilage nutrition, delaying the occurrence of “bone spurs”. Finally, for different parts of the “bone spur”, the specific treatment is also different. 4.Can bone spurs be removed through exercise? The bone spur itself is caused by the degeneration of the joint, once it occurs, it will not disappear with exercise, but proper exercise only helps to reduce the patient’s symptoms and slow down the degeneration of the joint. The symptoms of bone spurs depend on the presence or absence of inflammation. Only when there is inflammation will there be pain. If the bone spur is large and does not touch sensitive tissues, nerves or blood vessels, it will not produce pain. So a large bone spur may not be symptomatic, while a small bone spur may be painful. There is no medication in the world that can shrink or remove bone spurs, but inflammation is something that can subside. Once the inflammation is eliminated, the oozing and swelling are reduced and the pain is relieved.