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Vertebral Compression Fracture Symptoms

• Pain: It tends to be in the lower back but may occur in the upper back or neck. Some people may also have hip, abdominal, or thigh pain.
  
  
• Numbness, tingling, and weakness: Such symptoms could mean compression of the nerves at the fracture site.
  
  
• Losing control of urine or stool or inability to urinate: If these symptoms are present, the fracture may be pushing on the spinal cord itself.