I know myself we chiarians need to watch out for our heads and necks. Can I ask how u r getting concussions? I agree with selma on this. Not to mention that u shouldn't be doing anything to cause harm to your head. Hope u find answers, Dana
Hi and welcome to the Chiari forum.
First, there r 2 ways u could have Chiari...one is congenital-from birth as a result of a malformation of ur skull this causes the cerebral tonsils to herniate and the symptoms....the other can be the result of a blow to the head, fall, MVA etc...this can trigger a dormant Chiari to become symptomatic or if there was not a malformation there, it could cause the tonsils to herniate causing low lying tonsils but u would have chiari symptoms,
Knowing which u have can help.....
Have a concussion after having surgery could cause an issue and u should have had a MRI....did u?
Once u have a MRI ask for copies of both the report and the MRI on disk so u can send copies to a Chiari specialist to review...some charge for this, other do not,,...but it is best to go to a Dr that knows chiari and not depend on Drs close to home.
There is one in CO......see our List of Drs and research the Drs on it.....