4. Bone Spurs
Bone spurs can also be a cause of a pinched nerve in the spine. If you are not familiar with what bone spurs are, they’re basically calcified protrusions that can appear anywhere on a bone.
Imagine sharp little points on the back of the spinal column that presses up against the bundle of nerves that exist there. Depending upon the severity of the bone spurs, the pain caused by them is the difficulty in removing them can be monumental.
Since they are present in the bones of the spinal cord, they can be almost impossible to remove and make it so that a person has to live with that nerve pain for the rest of their life. Luckily, bones do not often form spurs along the spinal column.
The most common place for them is where bones meet each other around the joints. Osteoarthritis can definitely raise your risk of developing bone spurs.