Hello. I was diagnosed worth a small syrinx without chiari in my neck at C6 through C7 right where all my pain is. Before the mri I suffered from numbing my right arm and hand and severe headaches at the base of my skull, also of course neck pain. It only got worse despite therapy. Ten months later my doctor still insist it s my muscle. Does it take longer than ten months for a muscle to heal? And does the pain often get worse? My doctor is not a specialist with syringomyelia as few only are. He is also 86 y.o. I m concerned I m being treated incorrectly. Thank you.