When a child has Scheuermann's, the front edge of some of the vertebrae in the upper back grow slower than the back edge. These vertebrae become wedge shaped, so when the vertebrae stack up, the spine ...

make up the spine. They look like stacked bricks and are connected by a type of elastic tissue called cartilage. In congenital kyphosis, the front edge of one or more of the bones in the upper back ...