Scars, play an important role in postural imbalances, sports performance, injury prevention and pain management.
The skin is the largest organ in the body. It is equipped with very precise mechanoreceptors that can relay information instantaneously back to the CNS regarding pain, pressure, and stretching.
A surgical scar that never fully heals can become pathological and eventually override the CNS’s communication with the muscular system.
Because of the way we are neurologically wired depending on where the scar is located, it can either have an inhibitory or contraction effect affecting over all muscular chains.
A scar can decompensate posture through different neurological highways. If the scar is located above the diaphragm it can affect the eye muscles (which create postural imbalances).
It can affect the muscles of the jaw and the neck muscles (upper trapezius and sternocleidomastoid), leading to a decrease ROM of the shoulder and neck.
If the scar is located below the diaphragm it can bring about a forward displacement of one’s center of gravity creating an anterior scapular plane.
If the scar is located on the lower limbs it an affect the ankle and knee position. Notice on the picture below how the right knee and foot seem different than the opposite leg.
Solution
- If the subject has a pathological scar, the first step is to reprogram the posture.
- Once posture is reprogrammed the scar must be treated.
- Infra red laser treatment can also be used twice a week for the first six weeks of treatment, followed by once a week for the period of a year.
The Three Take Aways
- If you have a scars that is pathological it can affect your posture and cause abnormal joint contraction leading to injury.
- Pathological scars present an obstacle to Posturology, but also to all other therapies, including reflexive therapies.
- Pathological scars may be the root to a wide range of pathologies and often a third factor allowing for the surfacing of chronic symptoms and injury.
For more information about scars and how they affect the postural system, please contact us at 1-877-315-8489
The Posturepro Team
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