Question 1

what are bone spurs?

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Bone spurs : Build up of bone around joints from trauma or abnormal wear and tear. Spurs around the heel are cause from ligaments and tendons pulling on the bone. Spurs are generally not treated unless they are causing pain. The only way to get rid of a spur is to physically remove it(surgery). Nsaid's and steroids may be helpful for general joint pain.

Question 2

how are bone spurs treated?

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Depends: It depends on location and severity.  See your doctor.

Question 3

what are some signs of bone spurs?

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Depends: Bone spurs can occur almost anywhere.  The most common site i see in practice is in the heels. However, spurs occur in the spine and around any joint.  It can be painful or asymptomatic.  Many times the spur is not the cause of the pain such as heel spurs. The surrounding soft tissue becomes inflammed and painful.

Question 4

what are bone spurs and do they hurt?

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Sometimes they hurt: Bone spurs are deposits of calcium protruding from the main bone.
Some spurs cause pain if in a pressure bearing area.

Question 5

can bone spurs be broken away or cured?

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Bone spurs need : To be removed only if they are directly responsible for symptoms.  This typically requires surgical intervention.  There is no way to "dissolve" them.  Often you also have to address the reason the spurs developed in the first place.

Question 6

what are some of the tests for bone spurs?

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The tests for Bone spurs include::   Xray of joint, Xray of spine.

Question 7

could bone spurs be a result of bad injury?

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Possibly, if the bad: Injury results in a fracture involving a joint, which later on develops arthritis in it. It may take about 10-15 years to develops such spurs.

Question 8

what are the best methods to treating bone spurs?

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Eliminate cause: Whether due to increased tenion orexcessive pressure on area. Sometimes but not always surgery is indicated.

Question 9

what exactly are bone spurs and how can they be treated?

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Bone spurs : Build up of bone around joints from trauma or abnormal wear and tear. Spurs around the heel are cause from ligaments and tendons pulling on the bone. Spurs are generally not treated unless they are causing pain. The only way to get rid of a spur is to physically remove it(surgery). Nsaid's and steroids may be helpful for general joint pain.

Question 10

bone  cysts versus bone spurs?

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Inside bone/tendons.: Bone cysts r contained inside the bone, any where from simple benign @ malignant and need watching. Spurs r at the edges of the bone as in arthritis, or in response 2 tendinitis where a  tendon attaches. As patellar tendinitis or where ligaments attach as in heel spurs ( planter fasciitis). Treatments  r different 4 each & multiple 4 each. B followed & rx'd by an orthopedic surgeon.

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