Guest guest Posted December 13, 2000 Report Share Posted December 13, 2000 Fellow Chiarians, We just received some thoughts about cervical extension/adjustments and also acupuncture from a member. I forwarding them to the entire group. Later, Bernie > Dear Bernie, > > I'm a longtime list lurker. I've posted to the list a few times about my chiari experience, how bad I got before surgery, and how much the surgery helped me. I had a few suggestions for your symptom relief list if you are interested. > > For #18, I was wondering if it could be added as the following: > " Avoid cervical neck adjustments and cervical traction. " > The reason for this is because I was diagnosed with chiari at 3 to 4 mm. > At this time I was so disabled I could no longer work. The local docs > didn't know what to do about it, and let me continue neck adjustments > at 3 times per week for 8 months. At that time, 8 months later, the MRI > showed I was herniated 15 to 20 mm. By this time I had not only upper > body paresis, but in all 4 quarters with bowel and bladder problems, and > breathing too. I know there are many others on the list that have been > injured by this type of treatment, and without naming names, I was > wondering if this could be added in this section. It is not specifying > what type of practitioner, but the treatment. > > For #19, I was wondering if we could add in the fact that there is an > article available through ASAP on accupuncture for Syringomelia, > if anyone is interested. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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