A physician had suspected urticaria pigmentosa at the time, but no treatment was recommended ... At age 57, the patient had fractures of all vertebral bodies from T6 to L5 and a threefold ...

Alendronate has been shown to increase bone mineral density (BMD) and decrease fracture risk in postmenopausal ... trochanter, or lumbar spine) was roughly 2%--3% greater in both alendronate ...

Lumbar spine fractures can be detected by routine trauma abdomen and pelvis CT compared to plain radiographs, according to a recent study conducted by radiologists at the University of Cincinnati.

You can break a vertebra in your 60s or your 70s or beyond. And a vertebral fracture, yes, many of them kind of don't get diagnosed, but often, they are painful, not all of them, when they occur.