"I have back pain. My spine is curved."

We all have curves in our spines, but scoliosis causes the spine to curve in the wrong direction. It is commonly associated with pain. It causes sideways curves, and those are different from the spine's normal curves. If you were to look at your spine from the side, you would see that it curves out at your neck, in at your mid-back, and out again at your low back. Your back is supposed to have those curves. However, if you look at your spine from behind, you should not see any curves at all. When there are sideways curves in the spine that is scoliosis. The curves can look like an 'S' or a 'C.'