How to Get Rid of a Bone Spur on a Finger

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How to Get Rid of a Bone Spur on a Finger | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Adm Benavides | permalink
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A bone spur is a bone that grows on another bone and also in bone joints. Bone spurs by themselves are not painful, as they often appear when joints are affected by osteoarthritis and, by adding extra bone, attempt to repair the damage. When the body overcompensates and the area accumulates calcium, bone spurs occur. If they encroach on nerves and...

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How to treat bone spurs More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by EDSON NAGAMACHI | permalink
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Putting too much stress on your joints? Or maybe arthritis has become an issue? Athletes, seniors or anyone in these categories could develop a bone spur, or extra bone produced by the body. There...
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For further reading: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-02-05/health/bs-hs-ask-the-expert-spurs-20140205_1_bone-spur-joints-knees ^[2]

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What Are the Treatments for Bone Spurs in Hands? | LIVESTRONG.COM More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Renee Kaiama | permalink
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According to the University of Washington School of Medicine, degenerative joint disease in the finger joints can result in bony growths, known as bone spurs. This type of bone spur usually forms near the joints of the fingers due to the wearing out of the joint cartilage, also known as osteoarthritis. Symptoms of bones spurs in the hand include...

For further reading: http://www.livestrong.com/article/246431-what-are-the-treatments-for-bone-spurs-in-hands/ ^[3]

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Getting Rid of a Bone Spur with a Needle More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by Sabine Wittmann | permalink
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Bone spurs come in two flavors, functional and non-functional. Despite this, many patients consider a "bone spur" a bad thing. Patients often believe that bone is like inanimate cement. However, it's really more like living hard plastic. It responds to new forces placed

For further reading: http://www.regenexx.com/2010/12/getting-rid-of-a-bone-spur-with-a-needle/ ^[4]

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How do you get rid of bone spurs? | Ask.com More
Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago by David Van Antwerp | permalink
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Bone spurs are bony growths that form along the edges of bones, according to Mayo Clinic. Surgery is the only way to get rid of...
For further reading: http://www.ask.com/health/rid-bone-spurs-cb3dfe4d760855c1 ^[5]

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1. http://www.ehow.com/how_5794398_rid-bone-spur-finger.html

2. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-02-05/health/bs-hs-ask-the-expert-spurs-20140205_1_bone-spur-joints-knees

3. http://www.livestrong.com/article/246431-what-are-the-treatments-for-bone-spurs-in-hands/

4. http://www.regenexx.com/2010/12/getting-rid-of-a-bone-spur-with-a-needle/

5. http://www.ask.com/health/rid-bone-spurs-cb3dfe4d760855c1