I saw a chiropractor for waking up wrong on my neck. Everything was alright until she adjusted me. Within 24 hours, my neck locked and the left side of my face swelled and I was in pain. The weird part of it was that I began having pain down my arms and legs. I called them and they took me back in a couple days later. I was told that a bone was out of place and that it had to be readjusted to get it back in. I was concerned, but complied because I looked like the hunchback of Notre Dame. I wish now, that I had gone to the emergency room. After an MRI of both the top and full back, I have 3 Tarlov cysts. One in the neck, back and one on s2. The first neurologist I saw did not want to touch me when he saw the MRI. He told me not to let anyone touch the cysts. He told me he could not help me. Then, he sent me on my way.

I have been going to another doctor and he felt I needed to have surgery. I am getting a third opinion soon. I have refused the steroids as I know they are a band-aide. They can cause more problems. I had them once with bad side effects over 10 years ago. After doing the research I believe the chiropractor caused these. When there is trauma to the spine and spinal fluid is interrupted, they form. They are on the nerve roots which means that they do not have to be large to be symptomatic. I also have one at 1 CM on s2 and it is very symptomatic. I have most all of the symptoms on the list including bowel issues. The day before this incident happened, I had none of this. I was told that to have them in the cervical spine is extremely rare and would be indicative of trauma. I wonder if this has happened to anyone else?