“Your back is killing you. It is so tight and sore all the way up one side you can barely turn to look back over one shoulder. Driving is a challenge. Playing golf makes it worse. Forget yard work or shoveling snow.
You ask your doctor about the pain. She orders an X-Ray and reports your back looks fine – no arthritis, no herniated discs. She tells you your back muscles are in spasm and prescribes rest and anti-inflamatories. She mentions, by the way, “you have scoliosis.”
Scoliosis? What the heck does that mean? What is it? How did I get it? Is this causing my back pain or is my back pain causing my scoliosis? What can I do about it?