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Chiropractor recommendation?

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I was diagnosed with hyper mobility in my neck and hips as a child by a rheumatologist 20 years ago. Recently I had a brain and CSpine MRI which indicates a mild birth injury and the measurements at the cranio cervical junction are either borderline or abnormal. My GP has referred me on to a specialist to assess for CCI and I have multi level spondylosis and cord moulding in my CSpine. I have been seen by 2 GPs and 2 physios, all who agree the hyper mobility diagnosis was likely a misdiagnosis

When I was diagnosed with hyper mobility, my parents told me that either the consultant or the physio recommended taking me to the chiropractor. In my discharge letter which was a year after my diagnosis the consultant writes the physio will liase with the chiropractor. During the chiropractors assessment, they found positive neurological signs (Rhomberg and spurling). This was 2 weeks after the initial appointment when I was diagnosed so before I was discharged and still under the consultant. I'm not looking for medical advice as me and my current GP have a good plan now to sort this mess out, but I want to know that was it normal for a rheumatologist to send a hyper mobile child to a chiropractor? I know it's not part of the nice guidance. And if the physio was monitoring my treatment shouldn't the positive neurological signs have triggered a referral to neurology?

Posted Sep 14, 2025, 12:41 AM UTC

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