A healthy blood flow is so important because blood carries oxygen to muscles. A reduced blood flow means less oxygen and that means hypoxia. Hypoxia leads to free radical accumulation in muscles. Unfortunately, Free Radicals attract cells that produce scar tissue. These cells begin lying down scar tissue and over time, scar tissue begins affecting surrounding muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves. Decreased Muscle Length — Scar tissue does not have the same flexibility and elasticity as healthy muscle.
Delayed Lengthening Speed — A muscle with scar tissue may still reach full length, but the time needed to achieve this may increase. Since muscles need to work together with precise contraction times, big problems result. For example, you kick a soccer ball. The quadriceps front of your thigh must shorten and the hamstrings back of your thigh must lengthen. If the quadriceps shorten at their normal speed, but scar tissue in the hamstrings slows down their lengthening time, a tear can result.
Decreased Strength — Scar tissue acts like glue binding up muscles. Bound muscles have less functional muscle available to work. Fewer muscle fibers working simply mean less strength can be produced. Pain or a Malpositioned joint can also limit strength. Pain — Nociceptors pain nerve endings have been found in scar tissue, so the scar tissue itself can be painful. Pain also can be felt in the involved tendon attachment or in a structure compensating for functional changes due to scar tissue.
Nerve Entrapment — Nerves are supposed to slide through and around muscles, not stick to them. Internal scar tissue pain is often associated with adhesions and is usually what brings to the attention of most patients the fact that they have such adhesions inside their body. The question though is how a usually harmless scar tissue culminates in pain. It all begins with a scar tissue attaching itself to other organs and tissues, sometimes binding them together.
In the process, nerves and nerve roots often gets tugged or pinched, creating a trigger point. In addition to pain, internal scar tissue can also belabor normal movement e. Any pain associated with internal scars warrants the attention of a doctor or surgeon for proper diagnosis and treatment.
Therapies such as Myofascial Release are often used to help release the pinched nerves and thus alleviate the pain. Medication is the first line of internal scar tissue treatment. They are usually used for treatment of acute cases of scar tissue pain and forms part of treatment for chronic scar tissue pain.
Over the counter and prescription analgesics are usually used to alleviate the pain but cortisone injections can as well be used. Some medications may however lead to side-effects or even not be effective in treatment of the pain associated with scar tissue which would then necessitate the use of one or more of other treatment options discussed in the next section.
Perhaps you are right now wondering how to get rid of internal scar tissues. Well, it is usually not necessary to remove an internal scar tissue since they are usually painless and non-limiting in most cases. Massage and Physical Therapies : Physiotherapy and massage therapies can help to release pinched nerves and alleviate the pain often associated with adhesions, especially abdominal and pelvic adhesions.
Your GP may be able to refer you to a good chiropractor or physiotherapist. Acupuncture: This is an ancient medicine option that is touted to offer relief to scar tissue pain. It involves the insertion of needles into targeted area of the skin to alter the nervous system.
Acupuncture advocates say that acupuncture helps to shrink internal and external scars and reduce their effects such as energy flow impediment. Surgery: Surgery is often used to get rid of scar tissue. There is always the risk for adhesiolysis surgery to get rid of adhesions to result in formation of more adhesions. As a matter of fact, 70 percent of adhesiolysis surgical procedures will result in formation of new adhesions. Surgery is therefore spared for extreme cases, e.
Collagen forms when tissue is injured, assisting in the healing and strengthening of the wound. For several months, new collagen is formed and the blood flow rises, causing the scar to become elevated and lumpy. A hysterosalpingogram, which is an X-ray of the pelvis, a pelvic ultrasound, and a saline sonogram, which is an ultrasound with sterile water, will all reveal uterine scarring. Surgery to remove the scar, steroid injections, or silicone sheets to flatten the scar are all options for treatment.
Cryotherapy can be used to treat smaller keloids freezing therapy using liquid nitrogen. When you are wounded, you can also use pressure cream or silicone gel pads to avoid keloid formation.
You should increase the strength of the massage as the scar matures to help soften scars. Your therapist can help you through this process, as massaging too hard at first will exacerbate scarring. When you stretch and pull on the scar tissue, it begins to remodel. Scar tissue stretching aids in the alignment of collagen fibers, allowing them to return to normal. Any lumps that are larger than two inches roughly the size of a golf ball , grow larger, or are painful, regardless of their location, should be discussed with your doctor.
Stroke in the direction of the muscle fibers with long, firm strokes.
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