Mechanical problems can occur in your body due to the adhesions formed following the original injury, surgery or infection. Pain and dysfunction can also occur due to the body's compensations in response to the injury, surgery or infection. Our therapists are highly trained in treating both of these causes of pain and dysfunction. When adhesions form around the stomach, intestines or digestive tract, dysfunction such as constipation or abdominal pain may result. When it occurs around the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes or the delicate fimbriae of the uterine tubes, infertility may result.
Surgeries are a major cause of adhesions and scarring.
Inflammation or Infections often cause adhesions. Trauma may include falls, accidents, physical or sexual abuse. Radiation therapy can cause adhesions to form at the sites of cancer treatment or surrounding tissues. Inflammation following trauma or radiation therapy may cause adhesions to spread to neighboring organs unless they are removed or diminished by a physician or therapist trained to treat them. Symptoms sometimes appear far from the site of the original trauma.