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My lumbar feels compressed from the side when I breath

Spine Health | Last Active: Jul 8, 2023 | Replies (8)
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@windyshores

When they say a spinal compression fracture has "healed," I think it is misleading. Compression fractures are not reversible. They stabilize, but the change to the structure of your spine remains.

I have fractures of L1 and L5. As well as thoracic fractures. If I raise my arms and reach, or even if I do tai chi involving raising my arms, I also get a sensation of ribs compressing breathing, that lasts a few days. Don't know if that is the same.

I have been seeing an orthopedist who is not a surgeon. Very helpful. And I go to PT for massage. I hope you find an answer.

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thutmosechen | @thutmosechen | Jul 6, 2023

Thank you for the input! The feeling of compression I feel is constantly there when I breath and also is making speaking difficult, I feel something stuck under the rib when I try to speak with force, so it definitely doesn`t feel like something should be happening. When I apply a force to that rib, I can feel something on the lumbar feels discomfort and "compressed", and the location does seem to correspond with the old L2 fracture.

I have been thinking about kyphoplasty but I have no idea if it would help in my case, and many doctors don`t want to do it on an old fracture it seems.

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