Mild osteophytes generally can not be self-healing. There is no discomfort symptoms can not intervene, discomfort symptoms should be timely to the regular hospital diagnosis and treatment, need to take drugs or surgery and other treatment methods according to the condition. Osteomalacia is mainly caused by the degeneration of bone and joint with age, once formed, basically can not be self-healing. Most of the mild osteophytes do not have clinical symptoms, so you can strengthen the exercise and pay attention to the local protection, and do not need treatment. If osteophytes occur in the joints, resulting in pain and swelling, causing limited movement, you can use medication under the guidance of a doctor to improve the situation, commonly used drugs are glucosamine hydrochloride tablets, ibuprofen and so on. If the symptoms are more serious, surgery can be used to remove the hyperplastic tissue.