With the improvement of living standards, many people go to the hospital for regular medical checkups every year to know their health condition. This practice is very good! But as soon as you get the physical examination report and see the words “osteomalacia”, you get nervous! In fact, old age, sickness and death are the laws of life. Osteomalacia is one of the manifestations of human aging. Of course, this is not to say that having osteophytes can be dismissed as a serious matter. In the opinion of orthopedic surgeons, there is no need to be overly nervous about general osteophytes. Common sites of osteophytes such as joints, lumbar vertebrae, wrists and soles of the feet, it is often related to the degree of activity of the site. As long as the enlarged bone does not affect the surrounding nerves, blood vessels or organs (compression, irritation), then it is fine as long as it is reviewed regularly. However, if the bone growth is too fast and too large, such as a bone spur on the bottom of the foot that affects walking, or a bone growth in the cervical spine that compresses the spinal cord or esophagus, causing nerve damage or difficulty swallowing, it is important to seek timely medical attention and professional doctors to help solve the problem.