What is hypertrophic spondylitis?

Hyperplastic spondylitis called "hypertrophic spondylitis," "senile spondylitis" or "lumbar spur." is due to age and the ones caused to the spinal degeneration of articular cartilage, vertebral bone accretion of osteoarthritis. More common in middle-aged and elderly men than women, fat people, often waist heavy physical activity and the incidence athletes earlier. Due to the disease is a chronic osteoarthritis, the initial general no clinical symptoms, a small number of patients, there will be chronic back pain, Fajiang and other activities. Late As the disease progresses, spur the formation of low back pain can lead to the following symptoms of the series. The disease is a Chinese medicine in the bone weakness, bone wart disease, low back pain, spinal pain, and other areas.