Can scars cause pain? Yes.
Can scars hurt? Yes.
Cant scars feel like they’re pulling? yes.
Can scars cause other issues in the body? Yes.
Can scars attach onto other things in my body? Yes.
Am I doomed? No.
Scar tissue is a sign that something went right in your body. There was a wound and you healed. Scar tissue can also cause problems of its own, and it is still not super well understood.
Here’s what I have learned from my training, experience, lived experience, and education: Scars can have a huge impact on the body, and they can be worked with in ways that support the body and its healing processes.
My story begins with surgery at 10 weeks of age to correct birth defects that were identified in utero. The surgery was successful, one kidney was surgically corrected and kept growing and sustaining me. When I was 6 I was released from the care of the nephrologist and sent on my merry way.
Looking back on my childhood with the knowledge and experience of my present day, I can see the impact the surgery and scar tissue had on me.
I would periodically feel my entire abdomen seize up, leaving me curled in the fetal position. (This happened regularly until I was a teenager.)
I was incredibly sensitive around the incision site and couldn’t tolerate anything touching it or any pressure on it. (I no longer have this due to bodywork.)
I was sensitive to lights, especially overhead fluorescent lights. (This has not been an issue since doing a course of EMDR in my mid-20s.)
I was a mouth breather, W sitter, and had almost zero proper core activation according to The Presidential Fitness Exam. (They still do those in schools apparently.)
I struggled with self-injury and mental health challenges in my adolescence, which was influenced by my surgery and medical trauma in infancy. (Grateful to be here.)
I’ve had (thankfully mild) chronic low back pain for almost my entire life since adolescence. This was influenced by multiple things, including compensations to maintain proper intra-abdominal pressure, which among other things keeps my organs happy and suspended. (RAPID and bodywork have helped with this, as has working on my biomechanics, posture, and foot/ankle.)
Over the course of my teenage years I developed sharp pain around a small area near my incision. This has persisted, though less so, and could be an incisional hernia. (I’m careful lifting, laughing, sneezing, and pushing heavy objects.)
There’s more I could write, but 1) you probably get the idea, and 2) you may have similar experiences.
I could include many stories from my clients who have received work for their scars and uncovered the connections for themselves, but client confidentiality precludes me saying much about others.
If nothing else, please know that there are effective methods of working with scars and scar tissue that work. You (and your loved ones) don’t have to suffer in silence or wait until you have problems to figure out what something isn’t quite right.
Can scars hurt? Yes.
Cant scars feel like they’re pulling? yes.
Can scars cause other issues in the body? Yes.
Can scars attach onto other things in my body? Yes.
Am I doomed? No.
Scar tissue is a sign that something went right in your body. There was a wound and you healed. Scar tissue can also cause problems of its own, and it is still not super well understood.
Here’s what I have learned from my training, experience, lived experience, and education: Scars can have a huge impact on the body, and they can be worked with in ways that support the body and its healing processes.
My story begins with surgery at 10 weeks of age to correct birth defects that were identified in utero. The surgery was successful, one kidney was surgically corrected and kept growing and sustaining me. When I was 6 I was released from the care of the nephrologist and sent on my merry way.
Looking back on my childhood with the knowledge and experience of my present day, I can see the impact the surgery and scar tissue had on me.
I would periodically feel my entire abdomen seize up, leaving me curled in the fetal position. (This happened regularly until I was a teenager.)
I was incredibly sensitive around the incision site and couldn’t tolerate anything touching it or any pressure on it. (I no longer have this due to bodywork.)
I was sensitive to lights, especially overhead fluorescent lights. (This has not been an issue since doing a course of EMDR in my mid-20s.)
I was a mouth breather, W sitter, and had almost zero proper core activation according to The Presidential Fitness Exam. (They still do those in schools apparently.)
I struggled with self-injury and mental health challenges in my adolescence, which was influenced by my surgery and medical trauma in infancy. (Grateful to be here.)
I’ve had (thankfully mild) chronic low back pain for almost my entire life since adolescence. This was influenced by multiple things, including compensations to maintain proper intra-abdominal pressure, which among other things keeps my organs happy and suspended. (RAPID and bodywork have helped with this, as has working on my biomechanics, posture, and foot/ankle.)
Over the course of my teenage years I developed sharp pain around a small area near my incision. This has persisted, though less so, and could be an incisional hernia. (I’m careful lifting, laughing, sneezing, and pushing heavy objects.)
There’s more I could write, but 1) you probably get the idea, and 2) you may have similar experiences.
I could include many stories from my clients who have received work for their scars and uncovered the connections for themselves, but client confidentiality precludes me saying much about others.
If nothing else, please know that there are effective methods of working with scars and scar tissue that work. You (and your loved ones) don’t have to suffer in silence or wait until you have problems to figure out what something isn’t quite right.
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