Changes with Age. In most cases, a person's normal respiratory rate will change with age; younger adults, children, and babies will typically have faster respiratory rates, because as people age, their breathing usually slows down.
Modic changes are pathological changes in the bones of the spine, the vertebrae. These changes are situated in both the body of the vertebrae and in the end plate of the neighboring disc.
Studies have shown that patients with Modic changes are rather different from other patients with normal back pain. For example 75 â80 % of patients suffering from Modic changes have constant pain, which means they do not ever have a pain-free moment day or night.