Dooley Noted: 3/11/2015
In Immaculate Dissection I: Core Concepts, we discuss abdominal scars in detail.
We note the changes of abdominal stability in patients with abdominal incisions. Scars absolutely alter motor control, while people often avoid touching them.
They even avoid talking about them.
And they certainly avoid showing them.
But my collaborator, Danny Quirk, pointed out something special at our workshop.
He said, “I was so surprised how people at the seminar took something seen as negative and made it positive. Like, ‘Here’s my scar!'”
I had to agree. The workshop attendees weren’t afraid to bare their skin and show the scars they’ve endured.
Also, they weren’t about to let scars stop themselves from finding ways to take their abdominal control back.
They showed the scars and let people palpate their depths and distances.
People with scars helped other people with scars get internal and external cues to build proper core stability.
They received renewed hope that they were not broken.
They learned new approaches to the scars and how to gain back motor control over the abdomen.
You can marry the scars and pretend you’re broken and doomed.
Or, you can embrace the scar and let nothing – including the scar – stop you.
As always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley