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“How to Reduce Shoulder Pain Through Releasing Scar Tissue”

Scar Tissue plagues most shoulder problems.  Here at Watertown Chiropractic, Dr. Bryan Dingsor specializes in techniques that eliminate scar tissue in your shoulder. 

How does scar tissue form?  Scar tissue is a by-product of inflammation and micro-tears in your muscle.  If you have a job where you do motions repetitively, you put your shoulder at risk for injury.  The most common areas to develop scar tissue are the rotator cuff tendons. 

Another reason why you have scar tissue is due to postural stress on the shoulders.  If you notice that your shoulder slump forward, you put undue stress on the shoulder.  This leads to what is called “shoulder impingement”.  Impingement is what creates tendonitis, bursitis, and degenerative tears in the rotator cuff. 

Look at the picture below and you’ll see what muscle imbalances develop in your body that creates stress on your shoulders and neck.

Now take your finger and feel over the front of the shoulder and if you find areas of tenderness and hard nodules, you more than likely have scar tissue in the rotator cuff.  If you notice that you have an audible “click” in your shoulder when you raise your arm over head, you probably have scar tissue in the rotator cuff.

At Watertown Chiropractic, Dr. Dingsor specializes in two techniques that have been shown in studies to help reduce and eliminate scar tissue in your shoulder.  The first technique is Active Release Technique and the other is Sound Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization.  These both work by breaking down the scar tissue and freeing nerves and tissues from sticking to each other.

These two techniques may hurt some while they are being performed, but you will feel a big reduction in pain and increased range of motion after each treatment.  Most patients feel at least 80% better after two weeks of treatment.  The breaking down of scar tissue is a process.  Each treatment works out deeper layers of scar tissue in your shoulder.  If you have any questions, feel free to call. 

Dr. Bryan Dingsor is the owner of Watertown Chiropractic P.C. in Watertown, SD.  He specializes in the treatment of many musculoskeletal conditions and weight loss.  For an appointment, please call 605-882-2304 Today.