The main effect of osteophyte patch is local pain relief, which acts to relieve local soft tissue inflammatory irritation that triggers local pain symptoms. Osteomalacia is a product of the degenerative process of the human body. As people age, the cartilage structures near the joints of the limbs and the skeletal structures around the ligaments and tendons will develop calcium deposits, especially the calcification of cartilage, which is generally unstoppable and irreversible. The skeletal structures around ligaments and tendons are also subject to strain from limb activity at any time, and damage to them is very difficult to avoid. The older you get, the more likely you are to develop osteophytes, and the changes in the osteophytes themselves will stimulate the surrounding soft tissues and cause painful symptoms. The use of topical medications such as osteophyte patches and other similar pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory drugs for local use will reduce its inflammatory response and pain, but the state of osteophytes will not change as a result.