In my Singapore personal training center I do the soft tissue work. I read all about therapy and massage and am planning to learn Active Release Technique next year. I have recently had to “strip” several basketball and martial art’s clients knees of scar tissue on their ligaments.

This is caused by lots of starts and stops and it causes irritating pain that does not get better and does not get worse. I had this problem myself till I got Coach Poliquin to help me fix it last month in Australia.

But for the past few days I was dealing with my own scar tissue of a different kind. It’s scar tissue from 29 years ago! I had a hernia operation as a baby and there was a scar from the operation.

One side of that scar (just below belly button) was “stiffer” than the other side, the skin and the fat beneath it was just hard and tight. I had to break it up with my thumbs and fingers. It HURT for 3 days! But now, just a week later, the entire area is soft and moves like it should!

So take care of your scar tissue. It makes life alot better. Any traumatic or overuse situation can cause it. In fact even over doing static stretching can cause it!