Should I have surgery for osteophytes?

  Osteomalacia is formed when tendons and ligaments, etc., under long-term external forces, stresses are changed and their attachment to the bones, repeatedly stimulated, cause abnormal growth and calcification of the bones. It can be said that osteophytes themselves are a result of self-protection of the body when subjected to large external forces over a long period of time.  The musculoskeletal system of the human body is a lever system, and therefore, the location where the muscles, ligaments and bones are attached is the location where the force is concentrated. Under normal circumstances, when the lines of force are balanced, the body is subjected to a more balanced force. When the body is unbalanced due to long-term strain, which causes imbalance of muscles and bones, there will be local areas of the body where the force is too concentrated. In these locations where the forces are more concentrated, the soft tissues develop stressful changes due to long-term stress, such as fibrosis, mechanization, calcification, etc., and eventually osteophytes appear at the points where the forces are concentrated. On the x-ray film, there will be “bone spurs” on the edge of the bone.  Osteomalacia is the result of normal degeneration and generally does not require special treatment. The fundamental solution to clinical pain and other symptoms is to eliminate the imbalance of forces and to treat the symptoms symptomatically. Of course, some minimally invasive treatments, such as micro-needling and radiofrequency, can be effective in relieving clinical symptoms.