As people reach middle age, the functions of various organs in the body decline to varying degrees. Some older people often feel stiffness, immobility, and even pain in the knee joint. There are many different names for osteoarthritis of the knee, but many people in China believe that the disease occurs mostly in the elderly and has “bone spurs”, so it is called geriatric arthritis. However, academically it is mostly called “osteoarthritis”. In addition, because these patients have joint deformation, it is also called “deformational arthritis” or “hypertrophic arthritis”. In Europe and the United States, the disease is called degenerative arthritis because it is caused by the body type of the person. Although these names are different, pathologically, it is due to degenerative changes in the cartilage of the joints. The bone, including the synovium, joint capsule and other structures of the joint, when the orientation and level of chronic inflammation of varying degrees. Often patients tell their doctors like this: “I have osteophytes”, “I have bone spurs in my joints”, “Can the bone spurs go away?” The patients often tell their doctors, “I have osteophytes,” “I have bone spurs in my joints,” and “Can they go away? In clinical practice, we find that many patients try to get rid of bone spurs by all means, but they do not get what they want and add to their worries. This is the result of a lack of understanding of osteophytes. First of all, osteophytes are not a disease, but a kind of degeneration, just like people’s hair turning gray and skin sagging when they get old, which is a normal natural phenomenon. So there is no need to worry about it. Secondly, osteophytes usually do not cause symptoms. It has a positive effect because the bones compensate for abnormal stresses during the degeneration process, but it also reflects the presence of abnormal stresses. Importantly it does not usually cause pain or functional problems and often the osteophytes are discovered during a physical examination radiograph. Many people clinically have severe but asymptomatic osteophytes, even though the pain disappears, but the osteophytes remain. There are also patients with very severe pain but no osteophytes or very mild osteophytes, so osteophytes are not consistent with symptoms, not a positive relationship, and even less of a disease. Do not attribute problems such as pain to osteophytes, as this delays the condition and may cause unnecessary psychological burden. In addition, osteophytes do not disappear because they take some drugs. At present, various types of so-called anti-osteophyte drugs may have a certain pain-relieving effect, but they cannot and will not eliminate bone spurs, and the efficacy of many advertisements is not credible. Many patients clinically seek medical attention because their osteophytes do not disappear or become smaller after taking medication, increasing their financial and psychological burden for nothing. In short, we should understand the correct understanding of osteophytes, do not believe in advertisements, and go to the regular hospital for medical treatment in a timely manner.