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https://osteomag.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ChatGPT-Image-May-15-2025-06_03_00-AM-1.webp1200675An osteophyte is a bony growth, but its appearance does not automatically explain pain. Learn how location, symptoms, clinical examination, and function guide assessment, rehabilitation, and referral, and why osteopathy cannot remove an osteophyte or restore cartilage.