A young boy came to my office with a complaint of chronic headaches. The onset seemed to be after he had a tongue tie surgery where they used a laser and released tongue so it can move more freely.
At first I thought maybe they had jammed some of the plates of his skull when they did the surgery. But although he had cranial problems to be corrected, it wasn’t the problem causing the headaches.
So I turned my attention to the actual tongue. Scar tissue can occur in any area of the body. It can happen in the skin, muscles, tendons, organs, and even on bone.
This young boy had scar tissue form where they used the laser. I released the scar, which was somewhat painful, but he took it like a champ. I fixed all the residual tender areas that were bound up with compensations and sent him on his way.
It’s now several months later as I write this and he hasn’t really had any headaches. Maybe a few mild ones, but nothing like he had before.
Any area of the body bound up by scar tissue can have far reaching effects.
In this case the mouth is very close to where he was having his headaches. But in other cases it may be very far removed. For example, scar tissue in the head or neck could be causing a lower leg or foot problem.
The body works as one interconnected unit.
The fascia the covers everything in the body can transmit problems to any other part. You just never know until you do an exam.