abdominal adhesions Archives - Alignment Monkey

Breath, Visceral Slide & Pelvic Floor Health

by Barbara Horsley | Mar 9, 2020 | abdominal adhesions, Alignment, Classes, digestion, Happy Belly, pelvic floor

The respiratory diaphragm and the pelvic floor work together for stability, strength, visceral mobility and fluid dynamics. How we breathe matters.

Podcast-Free The Belly

by Barbara Horsley | Mar 25, 2018 | abdominal adhesions, Classes, Podcast | 1 comment

I chatted about the belly, abdominal adhesions, movement for gut health and my past life as a cigarette mule with my friends at the Eat Move Live 52 podcast Galina and Roland also interviewed me a while back for the poop chapter of Eat Well, Move Well, Live Well.... READ MORE

Self-Care For Abdominal Scars and Restrictions

by Barbara Horsley | Feb 18, 2018 | abdominal adhesions, Classes, digestion, Happy Belly, Happy Uterus

Self-care course for working with abdominal adhesions. This course is wonderful for scars and adhesions related c-sections, appendectomy, fibroid removal and scars from laparoscopic exploratory surgeries.

Manual Therapy For SIBO Treatment

by Barbara Horsley | Sep 17, 2017 | abdominal adhesions, constipation, digestion, Happy Belly, SIBO | 5 comments

Abdominal massage for SIBO helps to improve gut motility, reduce restrictions, and improve intestinal sphincter function. Slow motility can lead to SIBO, a difficult recovery, and SIBO relapses. Abdominal massage can help.

C-Sections Scars & Adhesions

by Barbara Horsley | May 17, 2017 | abdominal adhesions, c-section, Classes, Happy Belly, Happy Uterus | 6 comments

C-section scars and adhesions can cause abdominal and pelvic pain, fertility issues, bowel obstruction, trapped fluid, negatively affect the surrounding organs (bladder and intestines) and even change how the cells of an organ act via mechanotransduction (the conversion of mechanical stimuli into chemical activity). Severe adhesions can also affect posture.

Abdominal Adhesions

by Barbara Horsley | Mar 3, 2016 | abdominal adhesions, Happy Belly, Happy Uterus | 6 comments

Abdominal adhesions are fibrous tissues that can form between abdominal tissues and organs. When adhesions are present the tissues no longer glide and the internal organ’s motility is inhibited, organ function may be affected, pain may result. Manual abdominal therapy can help mobilize tissues and increase internal organ motility.

Ovary Pain and Restrictions

by Barbara Horsley | Aug 3, 2014 | abdominal adhesions, abdominal massage, fertility, Happy Belly, Happy Uterus, ovaries, visceral manipulation | 3 comments

Is your ovary pain digestive-related? Have you been told you have fallopian tube restrictions? Because of the proximity to the cecum and appendix, problems with the right ovary could have a digestive root cause. A right ovary may become inflamed if there are problems with the cecum (poor diet, or adhesions from surgery or infection).