Recently, I had a 20 year old woman come to me with a complaint of not being able to lie on her back. Within seconds she would not be able to breathe.
As part of the initial exam I had her lie on her back. Sure enough, within 5 seconds she was having a hard time breathing. She was visibly distressed and panicked.
This had been going on for over 10 years. Doctors didn’t know what to do. Some said because she was larger chested her airway was being pressed on.
I reasoned she had scar tissue restricting her airway and upper lungs.
Why did she have this? I don’t know. Nothing in her history pointed to it except for her symptoms.
But I do know that after less than a minute of treatment I had her lie back down to retest. She had ZERO symptoms of not being able to breathe. She even continued to lie there another 20 minutes as I performed the rest of the new patient exam with no distress whatsoever.
A week later…
STILL no signs of a breathing problem.
If her large chest were the problem, then every woman with a large chest would have similar problems. But it wasn’t the problem. Scar tissue is extremely common and something I work with on a daily basis.
Some of the scar tissue is:
- Minimal, causing nervous system abnormalities according to medical reflexes
- Some is denser in the soft tissue, causing nervous system abnormalities by pulling on soft tissue
- And some scar tissue is found in and around joints, causing nervous system abnormalities by disrupting the function of the joints