Tag: Chronic Pain

Understanding Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists for more than 3 to 6 months, often outlasting the usual healing time for an injury or illness. Unlike acute pain, which is a natural response to injury or inflammation, chronic pain can continue even after the underlying cause has been resolved. It can affect any part of the body, including the musculoskeletal, nervous, and visceral systems, and may be caused by a variety of factors, including injuries, surgery, infections, or conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, and chronic back pain. Chronic pain can also be linked to nerve damage or the development of adhesions or scar tissue following surgeries.

Living with chronic pain can lead to a significant decline in quality of life, affecting physical function, emotional well-being, and mental health. Individuals with chronic pain often experience sleep disturbances, depression, anxiety, and reduced mobility. Traditional treatment approaches may include pain medications, physical therapy, and invasive surgeries, but for many, these options provide only temporary relief or come with undesirable side effects.

Causes and Symptoms of Chronic Pain

The causes of chronic pain vary greatly, with many individuals experiencing pain due to scar tissue, adhesions, or inflammation from previous surgeries, injuries, or conditions like fibromyalgia or arthritis. Over time, the nervous system may become sensitized, making even small stimuli trigger pain responses. Symptoms can range from mild discomfort to severe, constant pain and may involve areas such as the back, neck, pelvis, joints, or abdomen. People with chronic pain often describe the pain as aching, burning, sharp, or throbbing, and it can be constant or intermittent. The pain can also spread, known as referred pain, where the discomfort felt in one area is actually caused by a problem in another area of the body.

Treatment Options for Chronic Pain

Traditional treatments for chronic pain often focus on managing symptoms through pain medications, physical therapy, or injections, with the goal of reducing inflammation and improving mobility. While these treatments can help alleviate pain in the short term, they may not address the underlying causes of chronic pain. In some cases, surgery may be considered to correct physical issues like nerve compression or structural abnormalities, but many people seek non-invasive treatments to avoid the risks, costs, and recovery time associated with these procedures.

The Wurn Technique®: A Non-Surgical, Non-Drug Treatment for Chronic Pain

For individuals suffering from chronic pain due to scar tissue, adhesions, or muscle imbalances, Clear Passage Physical Therapy offers the Wurn Technique®, a hands-on, non-surgical, non-drug treatment designed to address the underlying causes of pain. The Wurn Technique® is particularly effective for individuals with chronic pain resulting from adhesions formed after surgery, injury, or conditions like endometriosis. The therapy involves gentle, manual manipulation that targets adhesions and restricted tissue to improve mobility and reduce internal restrictions that contribute to pain.

By breaking down scar tissue and improving blood flow, the Wurn Technique® helps restore normal tissue function and reduces muscle tension and nerve compression that often lead to chronic pain. This technique has been proven to be effective in treating conditions such as pelvic pain, chronic back pain, and abdominal pain. Patients often experience pain relief, increased mobility, and improved flexibility as the treatment works to address the root causes of their discomfort. The Wurn Technique® offers a safe, natural alternative to invasive surgeries and medications, providing lasting relief for chronic pain sufferers without the need for drugs or surgical procedures.

Post-Surgical Pain and Adhesions

Treating Post-Surgical Pain Clear Passage®️ is a world leader in decreasing or eliminating adhesions through manual physio/physical therapy. With over two decades of experience, studies on our work have been published in peer-reviewed U.S. and international medical journals. Because our work is non-surgical, new adhesions do not appear to form after therapy. Complete our online […]

Chronic Pain

Non-Surgical, Drug-Free Chronic Pain Treatment Chronic pain is a core focus of our work at Clear Passage®️. Whether debilitating or simply annoying, pain robs our patient of their quality of life. The focus of our manual physio/physical therapy is to decrease adhesions — the internal scars that form after injury, surgery or infection and decrease […]

Jenny, PT

Jenny, PT Director, Clear Passage Dallas location I am a Doctor of Physical Therapy with over two decades of wide-ranging experience in the practice of Physical Therapy. Among others, I have worked in inpatient, outpatient, home health, and academic settings. I have specialized experience with neurological diagnoses as well as a PWR!Moves certified therapist for individuals […]

Spring Newsletter | Spring 2021

The Clear Passage Connection WE’RE OPEN: Clear Passage® clinics are open and receiving patients. Staff and therapists follow CDC guidelines and safety procedures to ensure everyone’s health and wellbeing, while providing world-class care and life-saving treatment. Welcome! Our quarterly newsletters bring you event announcements, exciting news and helpful resources. Inside this issue: Two New Forums […]

Leonard Weinstock, MD

Leonard Weinstock, MD Clear Passage affiliation: Research Guidance Study Author Academic history and affiliations: 1985-1987 Gastroenterology Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 1984-1984 Chief Residency in Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 1981-1984 Residency in Internal Medicine 1981 Medical Degree University of Rochester School of Medicine 1977 […]

Charmaine, DPT

Charmaine, DPT Charmaine is a Doctor of Physical Therapy based in the Midwest (Michigan). She has over 20 years of experience in the practice of Physical Therapy in inpatient, outpatient and home health settings. She also has experience in specialized areas of Women’s Health and Traumatic Brain Injury rehabilitation. Originally earning her bachelor’s degree in […]

Eva, Chartered Physiotherapist

Eva, Physiotherapist MSC, HCPC, MCSP, AACP, APCP Director, Clear Passage London Eva qualified as a physiotherapist in 1980 from the Medical College of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland and earned a Master’s in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at the Academy of Physical Education in Warsaw. She worked for two years at the Rehabilitation Centre- STOCER in […]

Anita MSPT, WCS

Anita MSPT, WCS Director, Clear Passage Reno, Nevada location With a Bachelors of Science in Exercise and Sport Science from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Masters in Physical Therapy from the University of Delaware in 2000, Anita Lendach has vast experience as a therapist — and many more as a teacher/aide […]

Belinda Wurn, PT

An image of Belinda Wurn treating a patient with back pain.

Belinda Wurn, PT International Director of Services Over 45,000 treatment hours Author of Miracle Moms – The Clear Passage Story Author of Overcome Infertility and Pain – Naturally Author of Adhesions – The Body’s Hidden Menace Co-Developer of the Wurn Technique® and Clear Passage Approach® Belinda Wurn is Director of Services for Clear Passage, a network of […]

Larry Wurn, LMT

Larry Wurn, LMT President & CEO About 50,000 treatment hours Author of Miracle Moms – The Clear Passage Story Author of Overcome Infertility and Pain – Naturally Author of Adhesions – The Body’s Hidden Menace Co-developer of the Wurn Technique® and Clear Passage Approach® Larry Wurn is CEO of Clear Passage. With his wife Belinda, he co-developed the […]