Adhesions and Surgery: New Book, “Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain,” Examines Breaking the Endless Cycle of Pain
Post-surgical adhesions can cause chronic pain and dysfunction if left untreated. In the new book ‘Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain,’ researchers examine a non-surgical therapy developed to treat adhesions.
Belinda Wurn, PT, treats a patient with her manual physical therapy for pelvic and abdominal adhesions
Gainesville, FL (PRWEB ) –Surgeries save lives, but they often create glue-like adhesions as the body heals from surgery. Post-surgical adhesions can cause pain and even life-threatening problems, such as bowels that become blocked and lose their function.
In the new book, ‘Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain,’ researchers examine a non-surgical therapy (Wurn Technique) that has decreased or eliminated adhesions in many patients, including abdominal adhesions and post- surgical adhesions.
Many pelvic and abdominal surgeries require repeat surgery – to remove the adhesions that formed from the earlier surgery. Abdominal adhesions occur in over 90% of patients after major abdominal surgery and pelvic adhesions occur in 55-100% of women who undergo pelvic surgery, according to a study in the journal ‘Digestive Surgery’ (2001). In a large study published in ‘Lancet’ (1999), over a third of patients who underwent major abdominal or pelvic surgery were re-hospitalized at least twice to treat adhesion related conditions.
The Wurn Technique® was created to treat the adhesions physical therapist Belinda Wurn developed after pelvic surgery. “I had double-over pain,” she said. “I could not work or stand up straight. It hurt to sit and even to breathe; the pain was always there.”
Wurn did not want to undergo a repeat surgery, knowing that more adhesions would likely form. Her husband, Larry Wurn, joined her in a search for a ‘hands-on’ answer. “We basically searched the world for an answer,” he said. “Each new piece we learned brought us that much closer to a cure.”
The Wurns have now published several studies on the manual physical therapy in peer-reviewed medical journals.
“Our biggest surprise was the variety of conditions that responded well to the therapy,” Belinda said. “Post-surgical pain patients responded well – then, we started seeing improvements in infertile women. When the therapy opened blocked fallopian tubes, we named our clinic Clear Passage Therapies.”
Studies in ‘Medscape General Medicine’ (2004) and ‘Fertility and Sterility’ (2006) showed that the therapy improved fertility and decreased or eliminated endometriosis and intercourse pain in most participants. In a study from ‘Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine’ (2008) the therapy opened blocked fallopian tubes in women who had been diagnosed infertile. Most had natural pregnancies after their tube(s) opened, and several had second natural pregnancies – indicating that the results of therapy lasted for years for some women.
‘Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain’ by Larry and Belinda Wurn with research gynecologist, Richard King, MD, is available now at amazon.com.
Comments
Wow. What a reassuring discovery this website is! I’ve had pain and tenderness, and even a trip to Urgent Care with abdominal pain in recent years. Moreover, I’ve always known my abdominal troubles have been the result of my C-section five years ago. No one ever tells you after this “major abdominal surgery” is performed about the aftermath–which is surprising given the frequency of it. My OB cut right over an old hernia operation scar from 1971, and I just wonder how this may have added to the adhesion scars.
Regardless, my abdomen swells immensely before my period. I get a dull pain around my ovaries. When I wear jeans, the snap that sits on my belly button can really hurt at the end of the day with just the slightest snug fit. Finally, last May, I hurt so bad that I went to Urgent Care, and they were sure I had an appendicitis. After the MRI, the tech and the doctor said they couldn’t see into the area well enough to make an accurate diagnosis. I’m guessing that scar tissue may have been blocking their view, but they made no reference to this possibility. So they gave me some pain medication, and sent me home. This is one of those situations when I wish that homeopathic and heroic medicine would work together, combining the wisdom of both traditions for an overall hoslistic result. Nonetheless, I’m grateful I found out about the Wurn Techniques, and would like any advice as to how to perform it…as finances will surely preclude me from seeing a practitioner. Does anyone have any suggestions?
October 6th, 2009 at 11:06 am
Miracle Moms is now available online.