Mid & Upper Back

Vertebral Compression Fractures

Painful spine fractures, usually from osteoporosis, causing sudden severe back pain.

Understanding it

Osteoporotic compression fractures are intensely painful and commonly under-treated. Bracing, medication, and targeted interventional options can control pain during healing, and evaluation also triggers the bone-health workup that prevents the next fracture.

When to seek care

New severe back pain in anyone over 60 — especially with osteoporosis or steroid use — warrants prompt evaluation and imaging.

How Dr. Iyer treats it