Disc Degeneration With Osteophyte Formation - BioSpine Institute

Ossified Overhang (Osteophyte) In The Nose That May Cause Atypical Headaches

If your spine MRI says “disc osteophyte complex,” do not chalk it up to “just aging.” This is a targeted repair response to microinstability. As discs lose proteoglycans they dehydrate, lose height, and develop annular fissures; load shifts to the vertebral rim, endplates, uncovertebral joints, and facets. The spine tries to stabilize by laying down fibrocartilage that ossifies into marginal bone spurs (endochondral ossification). Paired with a bulging or herniated disc, those osteophytes can na

Cervical Osteophytes: Symptoms and Diagnosis