The spine, or backbone, is made up of small bones (vertebrae) stacked -- along with discs -- one on top of another. A healthy spine, when viewed from the side, has gentle curves to it. The curves help ...

I wrote about kyphosis and lordosis of the lower back, and I received many inquiries about scoliosis. Scoliosis is also an abnormal curvature of the spine. With scoliosis, the spine curves sideways.

Scoliosis causes abnormal curvature of the spine, and is increasingly affecting children between the ages of 10-15. Early ...