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Scar Release
We soften and reduce scar tissue from cuts, scrapes, burns and surgery. Such scars may not be a problem for some people, but in some cases the scars may be painful or they may subtly or frankly limit full and easy motion of the involved body part.
Furthermore, autonomic nerves spread through the body like rivers or networks of thinner and thinner wires. If they bump up against a scar they have been known to continue building up a hundred fold near the dead scar tissue. In the case of such small autonomic nerves, they may not hurt locally but may send strong signals back to their regional office (autonomic ganglion). Acting on this strong feedback, the ganglion may alter blood flow or other functions on erroneous information coming from the scar. In other words, some scars can be responsible for pain or other symptoms in distant areas of the body. While it is difficult to verify if such feedback is occurring or altering regional function, this possibility increases our reasons for considering your scars when we build a plan to ameliorate your pain.
Many substances can be injected into the scars: water, local anesthetic, or a scar tissue dissolving agent such as a natural enzyme. Patients often don't feel a needle going into scar tissue.
