CHIROPRACTOR VS SYRINX

PMID: 16096046 (Click here for full article)

A 41-year-old man developed a traumatically induced syrinx in his upper cervical spinal cord (C2-C4) after a severe fall nine years prior, leading to intractable pain despite undergoing occipitoatlantal decompression surgery in 1995 that offered only temporary relief.

He received conservative chiropractic care using the Clinical Biomechanics of Posture (CBP) protocol over 26 sessions in three weeks, focusing on structural rehabilitation. Post-treatment, his pain severity decreased by 50%, subjective complaints improved, and radiographic imaging showed enhanced cervical lordosis from 10° with midcervical kyphosis to 30°.

A one-year follow-up confirmed sustained improvements in both cervical alignment and pain intensity.

While this remains a landmark case, it isn’t entirely isolated. A small number of later case reports—including a 2022 multimodal chiropractic approach post-Chiari surgery and a 2024 non-surgical spinal decompression case—suggest potential benefit. Still, these are individual reports, not large-scale trials.
📄 DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.937826

So why hasn’t this area been explored more deeply? That’s exactly what SAAC aims to uncover—by advocating for broader research and population-level analysis to build on these early signals.

⚠️ Important note: Not all chiropractic care is the same. Techniques vary widely, and outcomes (and risks) can differ.