Medically reviewed by Cara Beth Lee, MD When you hear the word "deformity," you may think of hidden-away characters in movies ...

I still remember grimacing at my back X-ray at age 13. My spine looked like a road curving around an invisible mountain. How ...

While the growing pain had generally stopped—I was 17 now—she referred me for an X-ray, and I obliged. In the follow-up I was told that I had scoliosis, with two curves. I was told that there was a ...