Doesn't your body have the ability to heal itself? When you cut yourself, or break a bone, the body will mend it. So what about the injured area that is affecting you now? Why hasn't it healed and why does your pain still linger? The most common reason is...

Myofascial Adhesion and Fibrosis (Scar Tissue)
Many people with soft tissue injuries will describe a sensation of something pulling, or tight, or catching within the affected area. They have a perception that the area just isn't working right, or that there is a difficult to describe "weakness" in there. What they are experiencing is a buildup of scar-tissue or adhesions.

Adhesions anywhere in the muscles, tendons or ligaments can result in imbalance, breakdown and pain. This is because of the effect adhesions have on the muscles.

Adhesions Will:

• Cause muscles to "catch" between each other - For example, an adhesion between the ROTATOR CUFF and DELTOID will prevent the two layers from gliding smoothly over each other. The result is pain as the two tissues tug against each other when raising the shoulder.
• Cause weakness in a muscle by shortening the resting length of the muscle, thereby preventing the muscles from contracting or shortening efficiently.
• Cause repeated injury. Adhesions lead to tight areas within the muscles that cause repeated strain or microscopic tearing every time we stretch, contract or use the muscles.
• Prevent adequate blood flow (causing Tissue Hypoxia) to the area of the muscle, tendon or ligament that they affect. Inadequate blood flow can lead to further tissue damage and repeated inflammation. This leads to a constant ache within the injured area.
• Restricts and binds nerves that pass through or near the adhesions.
• Create Biomechanical Imbalance (or abnormal biomechanics) within the soft tissues of the affected area when they are being bound or restricted by adhesion. This is particularly true when the affected tissues are "Joint Stabilizers” (i.e. Shoulder/Rotator Cuff, Hip, Knee, Elbow, Ankle). When the function of the stabilizer muscles is being impaired by adhesion, this leads to imbalance and aberrant motion of the joint, causing strain and injury to surrounding muscles, tendons and ligaments.