Progressive degenerative kyphosis can cause not only pain but nerve damage.
You should consult with a neurosurgeon and you may have to consider surgical correction and stabilization.
So six year ago,what happened?
Which vertabrae suffering from athritis?
Six years ago was when the back pain started, i did not suffer any physical trauma to my back. I had woke up one morning and my back was really hurting, I just thought maybe I had slept wrong or pulled something picking up my daughter who was a year old at the time. The arthritis is in my neck, shoulders, upper and middle back. Fortunately, it has not spread down to my lower back yet. My pain doctor did an EMG and that was when he diagnosed the arthritis. My chiropractor ordered the x rays and she pointed everything out and explained it to me. Me next appointment is next week.