Life is full of boo-boos, woopsies, and oh-sh*ts and they often leave a little memento behind in the form of a scar, large or small. So if you're older than, say, 5 you've probably got scars.
I love working with scars. I learned some basic techniques 2 years ago in a short course. I took the longer course this past weekend and now I'm even more excited to work with scars! If you've got 'em, let's take a look at them next time you're in.
Don't tell me they're too small, too old, never bothered you, etc. Every scar -- every scar -- affects the tissue around it in 3 dimensions. Scars are living tissue and are, therefore, always open to change. It's stunning (seriously, boggles the mind) how far and insidious the effects of scars can be.
This is a brief sampling of the volunteers and their scars I got to work with this weekend:
* a woman with a contracture in her palm (functions like a scar); she felt the work all the way up to her elbow
* a woman with a 20-year-old hysterectomy scar that was tightening up her low back (abdominal scars often exacerbate or cause low-back pain)
* a man with a 60-year-old (yes, 60) heart surgery scar that was affecting how much he could turn his head
* a woman with torso scars that hamper her ability to sing her full range
* a man with a scar on his Achilles tendon; he got more range of motion in that foot than he's had in his entire life
Take a moment to do a mental catalog of all your scars. How many do you have?
I did that this weekend, of course, but only just remembered this evening that I have a 48-year-old scar on my wrist! I'm curious if it is part of the reason I am decidedly less adroit with that hand.
It's worth seeing what can be done and exploring what might be happening in your body because of scars.
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