Info on Arnold-Chiari I, Idiopathic Syringomyelia, and Idiopathic Scoliosis: Causes and Insights

This patient travelled from the United States of America to Spain for treatment at the Institut Chiari & Siringomielia & Escoliosis de Barcelona for treatment according to the Filum System® . The minimally invasive Sectioning of the filum terminale was applied in September 2016 for her diagnosis Neuro-Cranio-Vertebral Syndrome, Filum Disease , Arnold-Chiari Syndrome Type I , idiopathic Syringomyelia and idiopathic Scoliosis . Now, a little more than two years after the procedure, she generously shares her experience with the recovery process. Thank you, Patricia! "It has been over 2 years since my surger y. I wanted to wait a long time to give feedback. This is my experience.

Observations on idiopathic Scoliosis based on a work presented by Gioia Luè , psychologist, at the 8th CSSf Meeting in Mâcon, France, in 2014.    Patients with scoliosis, in the 12 to 18 age group, talk to us and express their daily life problems and disappointments due to this disease. The delicacy of their relationship with their changing bodies during adolescence is well known. If to this precarious balance a misalignment of the vertebral column is added, provoking an incorrect posture that is less attractive and requires certain special care, it is readily apparent that the difficulties can go from being physical to social and psychological.