Scar tissue

Scar tissue is dead tissue that is formed from fibrotic especially in the muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and joints. Scar Tissue occur as a result of injury or surgery. When muscles, tendons, or ligaments are torn (strained or sprained) or nerve is damaged, healing occurs in three stages, namely acute inflammation, repair, and renovation. In acute inflammation, redness, swelling, heat and pain occur. This phase lasted about 3 days. After the inflammation subsided, the improvement began with the healing of damaged tissue with adhesions or scar tissue formation and the formation of new tissue.

When the muscles tightened through repetitive movements such as typing or after swelling occurs, it limits the supply of oxygen to the muscles and tissues (hypoxia). Lack of oxygen also causes scar tissue to form. Scar tissue that follow the muscle fibers, preventing them to shift back and forth properly. And this can cause carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic back pain or another.

Scar tissue binds many layers of muscle and connective tissue, it causes varying degrees of pain. Research has proven scar tissue becomes weaker, less elastic, more vulnerable to injury and 1000 times more pain than healthy tissue. Chronic pain is a result of the pain that remained for years after the initial injury.