{"id":956,"date":"2017-10-13T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidchangspine.com\/?p=956"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:09:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:09:29","slug":"treating-transverse-process-fractures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidchangspine.com\/treating-transverse-process-fractures\/","title":{"rendered":"Treating Transverse Process Fractures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you follow the National Football League, there\u2019s a chance that you\u2019ve heard the term transverse process fracture used recently. Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr suffered a transverse process fracture<\/a> less than two weeks ago against the Denver Broncos, and Tony Romo suffered the same injury back when he was still playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A transverse process fracture is an injury that affects a vertebrae on your spine. If you take a look at the picture on the right, the transverse process of the vertebrae are the bony nubs or protrusions on the back of the bone. There is a transverse process on each side of every vertebrae in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar portions of the spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A transverse process fracture occurs when part of the protrusion is cracked. It\u2019s not a super common injury because a couple of different factors and forces typically need to occur in order for the transverse process to fracture, and the area is usually well-protected by muscles in the area. Generally, the area will be exposed to fracture if a person absorbs acute trauma to the area while they are being twisted or bent. Derek Carr\u2019s transverse process fracture was a textbook example of how the forces need to align for this type of injury to occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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