I am here to help you recover from abdominal adhesions, pain, and distress.
I have been working with people in chronic pain since 2007 when I became a licensed massage therapist (LMT). I am also a Registered Nurse (RN) with a strong background in wound care and hold my certification in Lymphedema and Wound Therapy (CLWT).
I own and work at Surgery Recovery Clinic in Portland, OR.
In the beginning of my work, I had no idea people were suffering so much from abdominal adhesions. I also didn’t understand the extent of the complications that can come with adhesions … obstructions, bowel and urinary changes, debilitating pain, etc.
When I worked with my first abdominal adhesion client in 2009, “Nancy”, I was not surprised when she felt better so quickly. I mean, this is what manual therapy is for: to relieve soft tissue problems, whether they’re caused by surgery or other stresses and traumas.
Nancy, who had already been through a failed adhesion surgery and assumed only another surgery could help her, was very surprised by her recovery, and excited. She insisted that I google for myself and see the level of suffering happening and the number of people who need this help.
And so this site was born.
Since 2009, I have had the privilege of working in-person and remotely with so many people who were desperate to regain normalcy in their life . . . and who have!
The information and online programs I offer here are made to help you avoid Emergency Room trips for the pain, to help you recover from too many sleepless nights of fear, from too many days unable to work or spend quality time with your family.
I’ve dedicated this whole site to offering you the tools you need to make significant changes in your abdomen for the better. Whether through the All-In Membership, Getting Started, the Recover, the Your Health Why, or the Practitioner Training program, or the other workshops I offer … I aim to give you practical, straight-forward, and above all the most useful information I have learned and taught over the course of my career.
I update my programs regularly to keep up with peer-reviewed evidence and modern clinical practice.
I hope you find the information and help you are looking for here!
All my best,
Isabel Spradlin
(BA, BSN, RN, LMT, NCBTMB, CLWT)