question: Hello doctor, I am living in a place, but my mother lives abroad in a country with limited access to spinal surgeons. She is 71 otherwise fit and well for her age. She slipped over and was told she has a t8 vertebral body fracture that is minimally displaced with no cord compression. She is in pain, but does not want to immobilise or stay in bed. What advice does she need to follow? Her sphincters are intact and she can control her bowels and bladder.