All the best ways to get rid of scar tissue

[RONJON]

What are all the really good ways to break up scar tissue? I know Active Release Therapy has been mentioned before but im sure that might get expensive! Curious to see how you guys go about getting the scar tissue out (Especially in the delts)

RJ

 

[Big A]

Deep tissue massage.

 

[ash]

Deep tissue massage.

Bump..thank you...

Deep tissue, and or Rolfing (a very deep technique) and i highly suggest...chinese fire cupping...if you can handle the intense pain..but its sooo worth it in the end

 

[robot]

Do some reading on cross friction massage and myofascial massage.

You can do most of this yourself with a tennis ball and a strong thumb.

Post RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation)



Depending on how screwed up you are (see your sports doctor first and get an mri to see what is really wrong).

MEAT is the next thing to learn (Movement, Exercise, Analgesics and Treatments)

google dislocates - flexibility and mobility are important to your shoulders.
exercise - again depending on where you are at... completely screwed can't turn your head... "7 minute rotator cuff" achey... youtube "diesel crew shoulder rehab"

Analgesics... mmm rub a535

Treatment ART, myofascial and crossfriction massage.
myofascial... grab a tennis ball and roll on it against the wall.
cross friction... dig your thumb in the achey area and massage against the grain of the ligaments tendons.
sometimes pressure and circular massage on pain points can break up scar tissue that are sitting around nerve bundles that just "hurt" but aren't actually making you weak.

I found a good aggressive massage every 3 or 4 days gave me time to recover from the massage, reduce inflammation and get some mobility and exercise in.

In many cases if you have gotten chronic with your tendonosis it is as much because of adhesions//scarring in your tissue that has gotten "grabby" and tied your meat together. This can be even more of a pain if you have narrow ac openings or have built up shit/grit on the joint. The grit/shit can be reabsorbed if it's not too bad... Your doctor should be able to tell you how much damage you've done. Talk to him first as if you have done too much damage you may be looking at surgery to clear the ac joint or fix the tendons depending on the damage. Hopefully this is not you as tendons don't really fix.

I had to work through chronic tendonosis in both shoulders and elbows. Ongoing for several years and I finally got pissed off and decided I was going to fix myself. After about 6 months of fairly consistent self therapy I am down to mild tendonosis in 1 elbow that feels like it should be good by spring.

I am being careful with my bench and press at this point but both are stable and without pain.

 

[Jerkyboy]

Good reply robot, thanks for that

 

[RONJON]

do it yourself..awesome thanks robot..dont have extra cash for deep tissue massages right now. I will be looking into it

Any good reads on this that you suggest?

 

[Fa Seeshus]

i use a raquet ball and lacross bass instead of tennis ball. good stuff

 

[Nssca]

From physiological point of view there is no way to totally get rid of scar tissue but through the above techniques you can minimize adhesions which make range of motion more restricted. Vit. E can help with the cosmetic aspect of scar tissue.

 

[Muay Thai]

how about spa jets instead of deep tissue massage?