Understand your condition
Spinal compression fracture
A vertebral body can lose height after a fracture. The illustration compares a normal vertebra with an example of a compression fracture.
What to know
- ✓Side-by-side vertebrae illustrate normal vertebral height and reduced anterior height after a compression fracture.
- ✓A clinical evaluation connects symptoms with examination findings and imaging when appropriate.
Information, not a diagnosis.
Your symptoms deserve an individual evaluation. If pain is severe, worsening, or accompanied by new weakness, seek medical care.