Omugongo kye kimu ku bifo ebitera okubeera mu kusaasaana kw’amagumba g’ebizimba ebibi, era okusaasaana kw’omubiri gw’omugongo kusinga kubeera kwa bulijjo. Okusaanyaawo amagumba okuva ku bizimba ebigenda mu bitundu ebirala kitera okuvaako okugwa kw’omugongo oba okulema, okunyigirizibwa kw’omugongo, okumenya endwadde, okukendeera kwa hypocalcemia, n’obulwadde bwa secondary hyperparathyroidism, okuleeta obulumi obw’amaanyi n’obutakola bulungi, okukosa ennyo omutindo gw’obulamu bw’abalwadde , okukendeeza ku bulamu.
Obujjanjabi obwa bulijjo obw’obubonero mulimu eddagala eriweweeza ku bulumi eriweebwa mu kamwa, eddagala eriweweeza ku buwuka obuleeta obulumi, okulongoosa, n’obujjanjabi obw’enkola nga bisphosphonates. Abalwadde bangi balwanagana n’obujjanjabi buno olw’okukyalira enfunda eziwera, okukola obubi n’ebizibu ebivaamu. Mu 1984, omusawo Omufaransa Galibert yategeeza ku kusiiga empiso ya seminti ow’amagumba agayita mu lususu mu kujjanjaba obulumi obutagonjoolwa obuva ku hemangioma eyokubiri ey’omugongo gw’omumwa gwa nnabaana, ekyaleetawo enkola y’okukuba empiso ya seminti ow’amagumba agayingira mu mubiri mu ngeri etali ya kuyingirira nnyo mu kujjanjaba ebiwundu by’omugongo. Mu ssaawa 48 okuva ku percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) oba percutaneous balloon Kyphoplasty (PKP), obulumi obw’amaanyi bwakwatagana n’okukendeeza ku kukozesa eddagala n’okulongoosa mu nkola y’emirimu.