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Update: 19\/10\/2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hi everyone, I\u2019m writing to update my testimonial.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been already 5 years since my surgery in October 2016.<\/p>\n

In general, the symptoms I suffered from before the intervention \u2013 dizziness, pain in my arms and legs \u2013 almost disappeared, except when I\u2019m tired or sick.<\/p>\n

Very occasionally I feel pain in my coccyx or in the lower part of my buttocks, but it usually disappears in a few days.<\/p>\n

My muscle pain reduced and I feel a certain improvement in my hand grip strength.<\/p>\n

In addition, before surgery, I couldn\u2019t practice many exercises as I was limited by abdominal pressure, while now I can train with no worries, as far as possible.<\/p>\n

In general, I can say I recovered my health in every aspect.<\/p>\n

When looking back at the time of my suffering, from the moment I was diagnosed to surgery, I realize how beautiful life with no pain is.<\/p>\n

I am and always will be grateful to the entire team at Institut Chiari de Barcelona.<\/p>\n

Email:\u00a0zla0801@daum.net\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Surgery date: October 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi!<\/p>\n

My name is Yeomhwang Kim and I live in South Korea.<\/p>\n

In June 2015 I started having symptoms for the first time, but it took the doctors a long time to know what the cause was. After three magnetic resonance scans, they still had not matched a diagnosis until I was diagnosed with syringomyelia at an university hospital. After examining the dimensions of the syringomyelic cavities they told me that with their current size, I should not have many symptoms and that I was worrying too much. I suspected that something else could be going on so I decided to do more tests, but they did not find anything. I was dizzy and had intense pins and needles in arms and legs.<\/p>\n

I got to know the Institut Chiari de Barcelona through an Internet Forum and I found their articles and research very interesting and promising. In Korea, despite having been diagnosed with Syringomyelia, they only told me to come back after a year for an imaging check up. After a year, my situation had improved a little compared to the symptoms I was experiencing when I was first diagnosed with syringomyelia. Even so, and because I could not just sit back and do nothing, I decided to schedule an appointment at the Institut Chiari de Barcelona.<\/p>\n

The experience at the Institut was very positive. The physician examined me and very kindly explained to me what was observed on the MRI scans. During the consultation, I was given hope when they told me that the disease would be halted. Even though the symptoms were not very severe, I decided to undergo the surgery in order to try and stop its progression. The post-operative changes were surprising: the dizziness got less and felt as if I returned to the past; before the disease had been detected. I only had a minimal pain in the tailbone, where the procedure had been performed. Three days after the surgery, I was able to do sightseeing and enjoy a fantastic time in Spain in much better physical shape.<\/p>\n

The symptoms came back three months after the surgery, but two weeks later, my physical condition started to improve again. At the Institut, they had already told me that I could experience ups and downs with the symptoms. What surprised me was seeing that other symptoms, of which I had never thought they could be caused by the syringomyelia, improved. For example: previously it was rather difficult for me to maintain an upright position, but since the procedure, I find it much easier to maintain that posture. And also a pain inside my ears, for which I regularly saw an ENT doctor, disappeared. I feel an apparent improvement in my grip strength. Aside from all these, I also had improvements in symptoms like: the tremor in the nape or the hot sensation on wrists and ankles.<\/p>\n

Lately, I go for a run in the mornings and deadlift for a damaged disc that I have. I live very well and enjoy a good physical condition. The way I was feeling before the surgery, it would be difficult to do aerobic exercise because of sore muscles, but now in turn I feel comfortable with it.<\/p>\n

Before the surgery and during the first post-operative year, the best way I had to relieve the dizziness and lack of strength in my hands and feet was to sleep. Now on the other hand, I can follow a more active rhythm of life. My state is so well that I wish that I would always be like this. Sometimes I can feel the symptoms come and go; nevertheless, the degree to which they affect me is much less and milder in comparison to the past, they no longer interfere with my every day life. Also, I think that the symptoms will continue to improve with time, given that only seven months have passed since the surgery and that I have already experienced a lot improvement.<\/p>\n

I am very thankful to Dr. Miguel B. Royo-Salvador, the founder of the Institut; I also want to thank Dr. Horia Calin Salca for his kindness, Dr Marco Fiallos-Rivera for seeing me in my last check up before going back to Korea and last, Ms Saetbyeol Kim, who has been helping me from the first moment I contacted until today with my consultations. I am also very thankful to the Institut\u2019s team for making an effort in treating this rare, difficult to heal, disease.<\/p>\n

I hope that we will see each other again and that I will be able to enjoy the Spanish landscapes in better conditions.<\/p>\n

The patient left a short message in Spanish: \u201cEllos me dieron una nueva vida. Gracias! Adi\u00f3s!\u201d (They gave me a new life. Thanks! Bye!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":52690,"template":"","tipos-de-testimonio":[354],"class_list":["post-52689","testimonios","type-testimonios","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipos-de-testimonio-syringomyelia-testimonials"],"yoast_head":"\nSyringomyelia treatment testimonial Chiari ICSEB | ICSEB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Testimonial from our South Korean patient Yeomhwang Kim who is suffering from SYringomyelia and was treated at Institut Chiari of Barcelona.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Syringomyelia treatment testimonial Chiari ICSEB | ICSEB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Testimonial from our South Korean patient Yeomhwang Kim who is suffering from SYringomyelia and was treated at Institut Chiari of Barcelona.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Institut Chiari\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-18T08:41:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chiari-south-korea-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/\",\"name\":\"Syringomyelia treatment testimonial Chiari ICSEB | ICSEB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chiari-south-korea-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-25T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-18T08:41:51+00:00\",\"description\":\"Testimonial from our South Korean patient Yeomhwang Kim who is suffering from SYringomyelia and was treated at Institut Chiari of Barcelona.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chiari-south-korea-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chiari-south-korea-1.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/syringomyelia-treatment-testimonial-chiari-institute-barcelona\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Testimonios\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/institutchiaribcn.com\/en\/testimonios\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Yeomhwang Kim. 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