question: I am 57 years old and have been diagnosed with scoliosis, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis as well as osteoarthritis. I have a muscle in my mid back on my right side that is always very tight that causes pain to radiate around to my side. I am on muscle relaxers, pain killers and gabapentin. I have had 2 epidural injections one into L3 - L4 and one into L5-S1. I still am having a lot of pain. could the scoliosis be causing all the tightness in the muscles to the right side. See the spine doc again in1 week.