title: Conservative management of a lumbar compression fracture in an osteoporotic patient: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To chronicle the conservative treatment and management of an osteoporotic patient presenting with acute back pain resulting from a lumbar compression fracture.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 74-year old male presented with acute back pain in the thoracolumbar region after an episode of lifting. Radiographic evaluation revealed generalized demineralization and a moderate wedge compression fracture at L1.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The conservative treatment approach included postural education, activity modification, interferential current, taping into extension, Graston Technique(®), and rehabilitative exercise prescription. Outcome measures included verbal pain rating scale, medication use, and a return to activities of daily living (ADLs). The patient attained long-term symptom resolution with no recurrence of pain at 12 month follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A combination of conservative rehabilitation strategies may be successfully implemented to treat osteoporotic patients with mild to moderate osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture of the lumbar spine.
authors.affiliation: Private Practice, 338 Waterloo Street Unit 9, New Hamburg, Ontario, N3A 1T6. E-mail:  johnapapa@rogers.com.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Papa