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What are bone spurs and what is their cause?

April 26, 2017bone cause spurs

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What are bone spurs and what is their cause?

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A. Bone spurs occur as the body tries to decrease the pressure by expanding the surface area and are caused by joint degeneration in the aging process. Bone spurs are a marker for degenerative arthritis; so, if there is back pain, the cause could be from the arthritis. Removing bone spurs does not relieve back pain because they are not the cause. The only time spurs need to be removed is if they push on a nerve and cause leg pain.