Scar Therapy
Never heard of it right?
Well, scar therapy is a type of non invasive physical therapy, which we use to treat scars, adhesions and fibrosis, of all kinds, including burns.
Why? Even though our bodies are amazing at healing after a wound, surgery or injury, sometimes how we heal, can impact our quality of life.
After procedures like liposuction, people can be left with hard feeling lumps. This is fibrosis. Sometimes a surgery isn’t planned, like an emergency caesarean, and it is a scar someone wasn’t expecting to have. A scar can represent and remind someone of a trauma. We can also look at scars and be proud of them, for they tell a story.
Scar therapy is something to consider to help with;
Reducing symptoms such as pain, sensitivity or numbness
Aesthetic improvement, such as puckering, or coloration
Promoting function, such as reducing tightness, pulling or restricted movement
Stimulating changes to superficial scar tissue, and deeper, underlying fibrotic and adhered tissues
Q & A
Will my scar vanish?
No, sadly not, but this therapy is designed to try and make improvements to how scars look, feel and move
What can you work on?
Cancer surgeries, cording, mastectomies, reconstructions (DIEP/TRAM/TMG) etc
Cosmetic procedure scars, from abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), breast augmentations (lifts/implants/reductions), brachioplasty (arm lift) to name a few
Orthopaedic surgeries, like knee and hip replacements
C sections
Burns
Spinal , open heart, organ transplant surgeries
Road traffic accidents
Oral (mouth) surgeries
Scars new or old - the list is endless
What don’t you work on?
Keloid scars (although I can work around the area)
Stretch marks
Acne scarring
Get in touch if you would like to see how I can help you.