[steve90]

Tethered cord is a recognised cause of scoliosis and we check for it on all MR scans of this region. I'm not aware of it causing some of the other things you list in your post. Where are you based? If you are able to see a reputable neurosurgeon in any first world city locally I would be tempted to just take their advice.

[creker]

Thank you for answer. They (insitute in Barcelona) differs "Tethered cord" disease and "tension of filum terminale". They created the new name "Filum Disease" which includes chiari, scoliosys, etc. The link https://institutchiaribcn.com/en/diseases-we-treat/filum-dis...

They insist that the reason of, for example, scoliosis is namely "tension of filum terminale", _not_ tethered cord.

I am from Russia. I met with the best doctors (neurologists, neurosurgeons) specialized on Chiari 1, Syrongomieliya. Much of them does not belive in Barcelona method. But several сautiously say that sometimes the method can help - one our doctor reports reduction of cyst of syringomyelia.

Unfortunately, the community of doctors is not so open for public debates and exchange of the experience as for ex. IT :) The changes in treatment methods are so slow (. Mistrust to each other stops progress in the studying of these diseases.