[mspennyloafer]

do cortisone shots actually help break up scar tissue or is that a myth?

i read on docs sites it does but i dont trust docs to know anything lol

[boytos]

No, only in the acute phase. But pentoxifylline + tocopherol for 6 months - 2 years can

[mspennyloafer]

ive been taking vit e oil for a few months but not the other

how do people even know they have scar tissue without being cut open

[mspennyloafer]

actually i dont think it would be a good idea for me to take too many blood thinners i already have very low bp, in the mornings. a few years ago i actually fainted.

[boytos]

it's a little blood thinner.

[boytos]

how do people even know they have scar tissue without being cut open


Because TOS is know since antiquity

[mspennyloafer]

what do you mean?

i have tos on both sides and have had it pre what-i-think-is scar tissue

[Jomar]

one of the other threads mentioned scar tissue (but not in the title) and I was hoping some that had testing, or a dr say they had it for sure, would reply but I don't think anyone has yet.
This might be a better thread to get specific replies on scar tissue..

I wondered too if there is a MRI or MRA that would show it, or some other test or if it had to be seen/found for sure during surgery??

And I wonder if scar tissue is something totally separate from adhesions and /or sticky tissues..?

Maybe?? the adhesions & sticky tissues can possible become scar tissue over a long period of time? And if they are not reversed by proper therapy and treatment??

Good question...

On cortisone shots -
I'm pretty sure multiple cortisone shots in the same place can dissolve health tissue/tendons. I think 3 in the same place is the limit and has to be some time in between those shots.

[mspennyloafer]

yeah i guess 1 cortisone shot probably wouldnt even dissolve scar tissue

[mspennyloafer]

i am confused

scar tissue vs sticky tissues (vs inflammation for me) and when they interact

sticky tissues i think of as putting heat on to loosen. (i cannot do this in the area that i suspect is scar tissue or inflammation..whatever it is..)

i think of scar tissue more of a postsurgery injury type phenomena. and if that develops into chronic pain then sticky tissues.