Listen to the live interview of Larry Wurn, Research Director, Clear Passage Therapies and co-author of Miracle Moms, with Dr. Derrick DeSilva, Jr. MD, host of Health Radio.

Click here to listen http://www.healthradio.net/archives/20091005/0941dd1b.mp3

Wurn talks with Dr. DeSilva about opening blocked fallopian tubes and treating adhesions causing small bowel obstructions, using the Wurn Technique, a nonsurgical manual physical therapy treatment.

Derrick DeSilva, Jr., MD

“Derrick DeSilva Jr., M.D. has his own radio talk show called “Ask the Doctor” , which airs on WCTC Radio in New Jersey (1450 AM), as well as his own television show, “To Your Health”, which airs on News 12 New Jersey.” More at http://www.askdrdesilva.com/

Adhesions in abdomen after surgery

Click here to download the free ebook, chapter 16  “Surgical Adhesions, Small Bowel Obstructions” from “Miracle Moms.” Includes theory, research, and heart-warming stories from individuals struggling with surgical adhesion pain and small bowel obstructions.
(http://www.clearpassage.com/resources/ebook.php)

“Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain” by Larry and Belinda Wurn with Richard King, MD is available now at amazon.com (Med-Art Press). Foreword by New York Times best-selling author Christiane Northrup, MD  and endorsed by physicians from Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, and other fine professionals.

Dr. Jacques Moritz, Director of Endoscopy Section and Division of Gynecology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center says, “As a gynecological surgeon I have seen first hand what happens after I operate on patients. As much as I try to prevent adhesions I know that most patients after surgery are going to develop some form of adhesive disease. In the past treatment for adhesions has been even more surgery which caused even more adhesions. Now with the amazing “Clear Passage” technique patients have a safe and effective alternative to surgery. “

Miracle Moms available September 15, 2009 (Med-Art Press)

Gainesville, FL (PRWEB) September 2, 2009 — Adhesions are a leading cause of female infertility, pain, and sexual dysfunction. Many women have avoided surgery for these conditions by using a ‘hands-on’ physical therapy, with proven scientific results.

In the upcoming book ‘Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain,’ research gynecologist Richard King, MD joins Belinda and Larry Wurn to share a 20-year medical journey examining a physical therapy treatment to help patients achieve goals of pregnancy, better sex, and a pain-free life. Born from Belinda’s debilitating adhesion pain after cancer surgery, ‘Miracle Moms’ is a pioneering work.

Endorsed by Christiane Northrup, MD, ‘New York Times’ best-selling author (who wrote the Foreword) and physicians from Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, and other fine medical schools, this book promises to usher in a women’s health revolution for the 21st century.

“A heartfelt thank you for providing women all over the world with such a safe, natural, and effective therapy to enhance fertility and pelvic health. Your work is a Godsend,” says Dr. Northrup.

With over 700 pages, ‘Miracle Moms’ is an elegant combination of more than 80 heart-felt patient narratives, and 20 years of theory, development, treatment, and published scientific research. More than 100 original illustrations provide a visual journey into the body and help explain how adhesions cause problems for so many patients and doctors, and why the unique manual therapy (Wurn Technique) was successful for so many women who were diagnosed “beyond help” by their physicians – until this therapy fulfilled their dreams.

The authors have published studies in some of the most respected peer-reviewed medical journals in the US. Studies in ‘Medscape General Medicine’ (2004) and ‘Fertility and Sterility’ (2006) showed that the therapy improved female fertility and decreased or eliminated endometriosis pain and intercourse pain in most participants. A major study in ‘Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine’ (2008) showed that the therapy opened totally blocked fallopian tubes in women who had been diagnosed infertile – a feat previously thought impossible. Most had natural pregnancies after their tube(s) opened. The therapy also provides hope for people with post-surgical pain and life-threatening bowel obstructions – common occurrences after surgery.

‘Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain’ will be published September 15, 2009 and available in bookstores for $29.95. www.miraclemoms.net 

‘Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain: A Remarkable Journey in Hands-on Healing for Infertility, Pain,
Sexual Dysfunction, and Adhesions’ by Belinda Wurn PT, Larry Wurn, LMT with Richard King, MD.
Original edition. 6 x 9” with 704 pages, 110 illustrations.  ISBN 9811868.  $29.95.

By Jackie

For years, I have seen patients come to Clear Passage Therapies (CPT) with secondary infertility and find success. I’ve spoken with many of these women and written their personal experiences with infertility for the upcoming book, Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain. I have also had the opportunity to write or edit 78 other stories for the book that discuss various forms of infertility, sexual dysfunction, and chronic pain. I’ve also followed-up with many more patients who came through CPT’s doors.

Through these experiences, I’ve come to recognize subtle nuances between the different groups of women who come to CPT. In women with secondary infertility, I’ve recognized their distinct frustration and confusion. Many of them ask, “Why was it so easy to become pregnant before, but now now?” I’ve also noticed a twinge of guilt in this group of women: a sense that because they already have a child, they should be more grateful and not “complaining” about the difficulty of conceiving a second child.

I find it incredibly sad to hear women question their desires to expand their families due to conflicting feelings of guilt and frustration. I largely feel this way because I feel they have a high chance of discovering the cause of their infertility and resolving it.

A woman who had no problems conceiving her first child has, in a way, a “leg up” on other women because her doctors can look and see what has changed since that pregnancy. If a doctor performs routine tests and cannot find a cause, a woman is still not out of options. At CPT, we believe that many causes of unexplained infertility are mechanical in nature and thus due to adhesions. Adhesions may form after any type of injury or trauma to the body. They can constrict, cover, and pull on important tissues and organs, leading to infertility. The birthing process itself can cause trauma to the body and subsequent adhesion formation. Our therapists have also seen a correlation between secondary infertility and previous c-sections or episiotomies. When examining a patient, our therapists also review a patient’s history for any trauma that has occurred since childbirth – perhaps a severe fall, car accident, yeast or bladder infection, or surgery. These events signal adhesion formation.

CPT has had success treating unexplained infertility and secondary infertility by addressing adhesions that form in the body. However, we have never advertised this fact on our website until recently. After speaking with so many women who had success after being treated for secondary infertility at CPT, I worked with the CPT team to design a web page specifically about how we treat this condition. The page was loaded in late February and I happy that women who suffer from secondary infertility can learn about a new treatment choice. I encourage you to review the site and let us know what you think below. If you feel there’s something else we should address on this page, just leave a comment below. To read more about secondary infertility, see 10 Clues to Solving Secondary Infertility,

By Jackie

An episiotomy is a surgical incision of the perineum (the area between the vagina and the anus) that is made while a woman is giving birth in order to enlarge the vaginal opening for delivery. Following the birth, the doctor then sutures the area closed. After a few weeks, most women no longer experience pain around their stitches, though doctors generally recommend that a woman wait six weeks to have sex again.

When women continue to experience pain near the episiotomy site after six weeks has passed, it is a sign that adhesions may have formed. When any part of the body is injured, collagen rushes to the area to contain incoming bacteria, prevent the loss of blood, and enable the area to be healed. However, this sticky collagen builds to form adhesions that can also adhere to neighboring structures or constrict the tissues it covers.

Women who have episiotomies experience trauma to the peritoneum, pelvic floor muscle, and vagina. If the pelvic floor muscle has adhesions, a woman may experience pelvic pain, painful intercourse, urinary incontinence, and infertility (see Secondary Infertility). The peritoneum and vagina are very pain-sensitive structures and minimal adhesion formation can cause great pain, especially during intercourse or urination.

The “hands-on” work practiced at Clear Passage Therapies® clinics (see What is the Wurn Technique?) is designed to reduce or eliminate adhesions, crosslink by crosslink. After treatment, many women find that the constant pulling or tightness sensation is gone, intercourse pain is eliminated, and sexual function is increased (for more info, read The G-Spot and Sexual Dysfunction).

By Jackie

When our blog first started in fall of 2009, I wrote a post entitled 8 Steps to Decide if Our Treatment is Right for You. While looking back over that post recently, I realized there was much more helpful information I could provide. There was so much, in fact, that I expanded it to 16 steps and packed this post full with relevant articles and links.

Whether you are trying to conceive or to find your way out of pain, I know it is difficult to choose a treatment option. The amount of choices can be overwhelming and it’s hard to know if a treatment is viable or if it will work for you. The 16 steps below are designed to help you learn more about us, our treatment, and decide if our treatment is right for you:

1. Understand the foundation of our treatment: Adhesions. Adhesions are collagenous cross-links that form whenever you heal; they are what make up scar tissue. To learn more about how adhesions form and impair fertility, read our adhesions and fertility page or our blog post on How Adhesions Form and Impair Fertility in Women.
2. Review your medical and personal history to see if you have experienced events that cause adhesion formation. Have you had an infection, inflammation, surgery, fall, car accident, or other event that causes adhesion formation? You can learn more about adhesions in your body by reading How do You Recognize Adhesions in Your Body? But don’t just take it from us! Check-out this article by Conceive that helps you determine if your body might have scar tissue that prevents you from getting pregnant.
3. Explore how we address specific infertility conditions. If you are experiencing a particular type of infertility, you can read our pages specifically devoted to blocked fallopian tubes, advanced age, unexplained infertility, secondary infertility, and more. Unsure about what category you fall into? Try starting with our page that broadly discusses our treatment for female infertility.
4. Learn how we started. How a treatment is created often says a great deal about the intent of its practitioners and the treatment itself. Learn about how Clear Passage started here.
5. Discover our Treatment Philosophy. Our treatment philosophy varies greatly from what you may have experienced in the past. We believe in the importance of patient participation and intuition. To see if your expectations of health care align with our treatment philosophy, click here.
6. Watch our video. If you are more of a visual learner, then our video is perfect for you. With visual explanations, patient interviews, and staff commentary, our video will help you learn more about us and our treatment.
7. Read our patient testimonials. We have numerous stories and quotes from women who have struggled with many different types of infertility on our patient testimonial page. You can also search our blog for stories by women with different conditions. Some of our personal favorites include “Naturalist” Finds Success after Hormonal Infertility and Patient Highlight: Overcoming Infertility due to Endometriosis.
8. Review our medical studies. See our medical studies page to read seven medical studies and abstracts that evaluate the success of our work. If you are wondering, “How many patients does this treatment actually help?” then our medical studies are a great place to find that answer!
9. Enjoy a chapter of our new book. Our new book, Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain, contains over 19 chapters and 700 pages of educational material. Each chapter contains a thorough explanation of our therapy, patient stories, and informative images. You can read the table of contents and then email us and request a copy of an upcoming chapter.
10. Discover our newsletters. Every quarter we release a newsletter filled with patient stories, explanations of our treatment, relevant articles, free e-chapters from our book, and much more. You can view our previous newsletters here and sign up to receive upcoming issues.
11. Request more information. Is there more you would like to learn about? Email us and we will gladly mail you a guide to services and other helpful information.
12. Ask our Experts. Have a specific question you would like answered by Belinda and Larry Wurn, the founders of CPT? Visit our Ask the Experts page and post your question.
13. Give us a call! Want to know more about our treatment or statistics in an actual conversation? Call our staff at 352-336-1433. Our administrative staff can give you basic information about our treatment. If you want to understand how our treatment can specifically help you, move on to the next step.
14. Speak with one of our physical therapists for free. After filling out a medical questionnaire online, you can schedule a free consultation with one of our therapists. Our therapists will discuss your condition with you and determine if treatment is appropriate. Why do we make you fill out a medical questionnaire first? We take a holistic approach to your health and believe that past events in distant areas of the body can have a lasting impact today. Furthermore, you may think that we accept everyone for treatment, but at Clear Passage Therapies our main concern is your health and certain conditions may make you inappropriate for treatment. To get started on your medical questionnaire, click here.
15. Speak with a previous Clear Passage patient. After you send us your medical questionnaire, we can match you with a previous patient with a similar medical history. You can then email or call her with any questions.
16. Take personal time for self-reflection and meditation. Choosing a medical treatment option is an important decision. We strongly believe in intuition and feel that you should listen to how your gut is guiding you . . . even if that means not coming to us. We want you to choose the best option for YOU.

Have ideas for other steps that would help you decide if treatment is right for you? Please feel free to leave a comment below.

By Jackie

When women think of menstrual cramps, we normally think of the constant ache or throbbing pain in the pelvis. We seldom think cervix, but it is a key player in menstrual cramps.

During menstruation, the lining of the uterus detaches and exits the body through the cervix. The cervix is the opening to the uterus. In its natural, midline position, it opens slightly, allowing menstrual blood to pass into the vagina.

When adhesions form around the cervix or within its delicate tissues (as shown in the zoombox), the opening of the cervix can be narrowed

But if the cervix has been damaged or adhesions have formed on or near the cervix, the cervix can elicit a great deal of pain during menstruation. If the cervix is pulled or pushed forward, backward, or to one side, it can make the passage of menstrual blood difficult and painful. If adhesions have formed on or near the cervix, the opening of the cervix can be constricted. When blood tries to pass through the constricted opening, it can elicit a great amount of pain.

Because the cervix is protected inside the vagina, many women are not aware of how easily the cervix can be damaged. Sexual intercourse or sexual abuse can physically push the cervix out of alignment. Any surgery in the pelvis can cause adhesions to form that constrict the cervix. Sexually transmitted diseases can create inflammation that leads to adhesion formation. STDs can also inflame the cervix, making the passage of menstrual blood painful. Radiation therapy causes the same process of adhesion formation and can leave the entire pelvis adhered. Even vaginal or yeast infections can lead to adhesion formation that constricts the cervix or pulls it out of alignment.

Many women who have adhesions in their reproductive tract or have cervixes that are out of alignment also experience pain during sexual intercourse. The same adhesions that constrict the cervix can also constrict the vaginal walls, leading to pain when stretched. To read more about the role of the cervix in intercourse pain, read Three Common Causes of Deep Penetration Pain.

Conventional treatment for adhesions involves laparoscopic surgery to lyse (burn) any adhesions. However, few women are willing to undergo surgery in a very delicate, personal area when their chief complaint is menstrual pain.

Clear Passage Therapies (CPT) offers a unique and effective alternative that directly treats adhesions and the cervix. Using manual physical therapy techniques, CPT therapists deform and detach adhesions. They also gently enable the cervix to move back to its natural position. Following treatment, may women report that their menstrual pain is significantly decreased or gone. Many women who previously experienced pain with intercourse also report that sex is no longer painful. To learn more about our treatment for menstrual cramps or how CPT can decrease painful intercourse, see our menstrual pain page or intercourse pain page.

“The mystery of unexplained infertility is truly no mystery. There is always a cause; discovering the cause is the challenge.” – Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain

The new book, Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain, seeks to demystify health conditions considered “unexplained” or “untreatable.” Authors Belinda and Larry Wurn devote an entire chapter of the book to unexplained infertility. They believe that when no known cause for infertility can be found, adhesions are the likely culprit.

Adhesions are composed of tiny strands of collagen. If the body is injured, collagen rushes to the area to help contain and repair the site. As the strands of collagen continue to build, they form adhesions. While helpful, these adhesions can also attach to neighboring structures, constrict organs and structures, and impair proper function in many ways.

Adhesions in the pelvic cavity

Adhesions can form after a variety of common life events – so common that many women would never consider them as a probable cause for their infertility. Common events include bladder infections, yeast infections, inflammation of any kind, car accidents, falls, surgery, etc. When these events occur in or near the reproductive tract, pelvis, or abdomen, adhesions can constrict the area and prevent proper function. The sensitive structures of the reproductive system can easily become restrained, pulled, or adhered – leading to infertility.

The Wurns and other Clear Passage Therapies (CPT) therapists treat unexplained infertility by addressing adhesions. When a woman attends CPT for treatment of unexplained infertility, the therapists design an individualized treatment plan based on the patient’s medical history and a thorough physical evaluation. During the evaluation, therapists examine the patient’s body for signs of adhesion formation, including areas of pain, tension, immobility, imbalance, and malfunction.

Once the therapists have identified areas of adhesion formation, they use manual physical therapy techniques (collectively known as the Wurn Technique ®) to detach, deform, and disfigure these adhesions. The Wurn Technique ® enables proper mobility and function to be restored, thus decreasing pain, increasing function, and improving fertility.

In Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain, over nine women with unexplained infertility share their journeys through infertility and how they eventually became pregnant with manual physical therapy. To learn more about manual physical therapy and fertility, please visit our female infertility or unexplained infertility pages.

Blog Post By: Jackie

By Jackie

Small bowel obstructions are no matter to take lightly. In addition to causing devastating pain, an obstruction can prevent waste from leaving the body and nutrients from being absorbed by the body.

If a patient suspects s/he has a bowel obstruction, s/he needs medical attention immediately. A visit to do the doctor is vital because s/he can ascertain if the bowel is actually blocked (obstruction) or isn’t functioning properly. If the doctor suspects an obstruction, s/he will normally monitor the patient over a period of time to see if the obstruction goes away on its own.

Why be so cautious before moving forward with treatment? Because doctors know that surgery is a serious matter – especially surgery to the delicate tissue of the intestines. Patients who undergo surgery for obstructions risk developing more obstructions as a direct result of the scarring (adhesions) produced by the surgery to remove an obstruction.

If your doctor currently suspects you have a bowel obstruction, it is important you know that the number one cause of obstructions is adhesions. Adhesions are what form scar tissue. They form after the body heals from any sort of trauma – such as an infection, inflammation, surgery, car accident, etc. Although they help an injury heal, adhesions can also bind nearby structures. If they form in the intestines, they can cinch the small bowel closed or pull on the intestine. The constant pull can create inflammation and thus more adhesions.

How can you know if adhesions are the likely culprit for your obstruction?

• First, you need to visit the doctor to rule-out serious conditions such as Crohn’s disease.
• Second, examine your medical history. Have you had any recent illnesses that cause inflammation or infection? Were any of them in your abdomen or pelvis? For example, diverticulitis causes infection and inflammation in protrusions from the colon. Even if the doctor has treated this condition, you may still have adhesions in your body that developed because of the infection and inflammation. Other infections or inflammation to keep in mind are hernias, gallstones, Crohn’s disease, etc. Another important question to ask yourself: Have you been in a car accident? Although the only physical effects you may have felt were whiplash, the internal organs often absorb the shock of such sudden trauma. This could have caused internal damage, which then caused adhesions to form in the healing process. Examine your life for any serious injuries, falls, accidents, or surgeries.

• Third, have your symptoms subsided? Obstructions caused by adhesions generally do not subside because the body has no natural way of dissolving the collagen that forms adhesions.

If you or your doctor suspect adhesions are the cause of your obstruction, our trained therapists can help. Through hundreds of manual physical therapy techniques, our therapists can identify areas of restriction and adhesion formation, then work to loosen the area. Gradually, over a 20 hour program, the adhesions are detached and deformed, allowing the bowels to function properly. Most patients who come to Clear Passage Therapies for bowel obstructions choose to complete therapy in an intensive week of treatment due to extreme health risk of a bowel obstruction. Clear Passage Therapies can resolve adhesions that create an obstruction, but if the bowel is completely obstructed, it is a life-threatening condition that requires emergency surgery.

To learn more about our treatment for bowel obstruction, please visit our bowel obstruction page.

By Jackie

A small bowel obstruction can be a life-threatening condition. As the bowel slowly cinches closed, the helpless victim may find herself unable to eat or have a bowel movement. If these serious symptoms continue, doctors have no choice but to perform surgery. While surgery can successful remove the blockage, a large percentage of patients will experience a subsequent obstruction.

Why? Let’s look at what causes a mechanical obstruction. In the majority of patients, the obstruction started after inflammation, infection, trauma, or surgery near the intestines. Whenever an injury occurs in the body, collagen rushes to the site to repair the damage and contain the area. As these sticky strands of collagen continue to build layer upon layer, they form adhesions. Adhesions are extremely beneficial – they help a wound seal and perform many other vital functions. But because of their “sticky” nature, they can also attach to nearby structures or cause restriction within a structure or organ.

For example, if an infection occurs within the intestinal tube, collagen will rush to the site. As it forms adhesions to repair the area, these adhesions may attach to both sides of the tube, causing it to cinch together. If adhesions form on the outside, it may cause one part of the intestine to be pulled and attached to another part. Over time, this constant pulling can create more irritation, inflammation, and subsequent adhesion formation – thus worsening the problem.

The only existing method to remove adhesions in conventional medicine is surgery. Unfortunately, surgery itself is a cause of adhesion formation. After the surgeon has made her incisions, removed the adhesions, and sealed the wound, collagen rushes to the area to help it heal. Thus, the awful cycle of adhesion formation starts again, possibly creating another bowel obstruction.

When a patient returns to the hospital with another bowel obstruction, doctors can only offer another surgery. As far as the patient knows, there is no other treatment and s/he must submit to surgery if they want to be able to eat solid food, have a bowel movement, or be free from pain. But another surgery only perpetuates the cycle, leaving the poor victim with cyclical surgery for life.

Clear Passage Therapies (CPT) has successfully treated numerous patients with small bowel obstructions and we say it is time to put an end to cyclical surgery. When a patient begins to experience the tell-tale signs of another bowel obstruction, we can help! Our therapists have been using manual techniques to break-apart adhesions within the body for over 20 years. Using solely their hands, our therapists can locate areas of tension, restriction, and adhesion formation and slowly deform and detach adhesions.

One former patient, Ginny, came to us after eight surgeries. She explains, “I had already undergone a resection surgery to remove bowel obstructions (essentially adhesions) by cutting, then rejoining my intestines. I soon found myself in a vicious cycle of pain and hospitalizations. I needed surgery to reduce the adhesions and my pain, but the surgeries would cause more adhesions to form, necessitating more surgeries.” She began attending treatment at CPT two hours a week. She reported, “I can still remember the first day I was finally able to have a bowel movement without pain or laxatives, or to be able to eat without pain. It was amazing.”

Ginny’s full story will be featured in our upcoming book, Miracle Moms, Better Sex, Less Pain. Our book showcases the stories of over 80 patients, including five women with bowel obstructions. If you would like to read a sneak-peak of two stories, please see Resolving a Bowel Obstruction and You Have a Right to Refuse Any Drug or Surgery. To learn more about our treatment to reduce adhesions and resolve bowel obstructions, please visit our bowel obstruction page.