Consequences of neck manipulation performed by a non-professional

Study design: Case report. Objective: Documentation of complication of neck manipulation by an untrain ed person. Setting: Tertiary care referral teaching hospital at Lucknow, India. Methods: Clinical evaluation, plain radiography of cervical spine, spinal M RI. Results: A 30-year-old man who fainted after neck manipulation by a barber and developed spinal cord and brainstem dysfunction, His MRI revealed an ex tramedullary, intradural dumbbell shaped mass on the right side at C1 and C 2 level compressing the spinal cord, Conclusion: Public awareness should be increased about the danger of neck m anipulation by an untrained person especially in the communities where it i s commonly practiced.