Natural Scar Treatment After Surgery To Improve Scar Tissue Adhesions, Pain, & Mobility
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- I am a big fan of self-scar massage, a natural scar treatment after surgery that you can perform on yourself to improve scar tissue adhesions, pain, and mobility! In this video, we discuss tissue healing and the potential benefits of scar massage, before walking through how to perform different self-scar massage techniques in real time. Cheers to natural scar treatment at home!
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Timestamps / Table of Contents:
✩ Intro: 0:00
✩ Scar Tissue Healing: 1:33
After a deep wound is inflicted, like a surgical incision, tissue healing occurs in three phases: the inflammatory phase, the proliferation phase, and the remodeling phase. Scar maturation happens during the remodeling phase, which lasts anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 years after initial injury.
Because of the way that collagen grows during the remodeling phase, scar tissue can affect the muscle tissue that lives beneath it, making it more difficult to activate those muscles than before the injury. Scar tissue and its surrounding skin can also become numb, hypersensitive, or painful.
✩ Potential Benefits of Scar Massage: 4:04
We think scar massage might be able to break up “adhesions,” or improve scar tissue’s mobility, flexibility, and range of motion. We also think scar massage might be able to restore normal tissue sensation and decrease pain. Finally, we think scar massage might improve blood flow, decrease excessive scarring, and improve the overall appearance of the scar.
→ Learn more about adhesions: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
→ Can scar massage “break up adhesions” after burns/surgery? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24630... & www.termedia.pl/Kinesiotherap...
→ Can scar massage improve pain, itch, anxiety, and depression in people with burns? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10850... & pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17435...
→ Can scar massage prevent excessive scarring? www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... & pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22005...
→ Can scar massage improve the appearance of a scar? pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16837...
✩ Self-Scar Massage Overview: 5:57
Feeling some minor discomfort-like itchiness, tenderness, or burning-during scar massage is normal. While some people like to use lotion/oil during scar massage, I prefer not to, as I feel it makes it more difficult to hold and stretch the tissue.
✩ Scar Massage for Younger Scars: 6:38
I usually use these techniques when working with someone’s scar that is 2-4 months old; however, please ask your surgeon if these techniques are safe for you. You will need clean hands and a hand towel for these techniques.
Ideally, these techniques are both performed 1-2x/day.
→ Mobility: up & down, side to side, clockwise & counterclockwise x 5-10 times per movement, moving the skin all around the entire length of the scar
→ Desensitization: using a dry or wet hand towel, perform the same up & down, side to side, clockwise & counterclockwise motions x 5-10 times on the skin surrounding the entire length of the scar
✩ Scar Massage for Older Scars: 16:22
I usually use these techniques when working with someone’s scar that is 5+ months old; however, please ask your surgeon if these techniques are safe for you. You only need your hands for these techniques.
Ideally, these techniques are both performed 1-2x/day.
→ Mobility: place 2-3 fingers directly on the scar, up & down, side to side, diagonal stretches x 5 seconds per stretch, 5-10 times along the entire length of the scar
→ Skin-Rolling: using thumb and index, or thumb, index, and middle finger, pinch and roll the scar tissue x10 seconds per area along the entire length of the scar
→ “Lazy” Day Technique (or if Skin-Rolling is too difficult): play piano directly on the scar tissue for 2-3 minutes
✩ Outro: 23:58
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I am a big fan of self-scar massage, a natural scar treatment after surgery that you can perform on yourself to improve scar tissue adhesions, pain, and mobility! In this video, we discuss tissue healing and the potential benefits of scar massage, before walking through how to perform different self-scar massage techniques in real time. Cheers to natural scar treatment at home 🤗
I have had a lot of success working with a women with C-section scars as well as other patients with scars from surgery. And honestly the clients I have that have the best results are those who do take the responsibility to do some self massage on a regular basis. this video is great
Thank you for sharing your success with scar massage in your practice! I am a huge proponent of it, and while some people will benefit from only having it done by professionals 1x/wk or so, I, too, have found that the people who take responsibility and actually do it at home have the most success in their healing.
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What if I've had multiple c sections and my last one was 3 years ago . Can I still benefit from this?
I have worked with women with C-section scars 10 years past the pregnancy and chest still enable to improve the mobility of the connective tissue. Even though you might not get or start working on an area within the optimal time there is always time to improve and heal
Yes, I echo what Laura shared 🙌
While we can't point to evidence in the literature (because it hasn't been studied), I know other body-workers who would agree that scar massage can still improve mobility/access to underlying musculature/sensitivity in a scar that is older than 2 years-old. Like Laura said so perfectly, there is always time to improve and heal 💛
Thank you both very much for your feed back. I have done some at home self scar massages when I have the time. I am looking for an actual pelvic therapy via my OB's help too! I am trying not to go straight to surgical intervention but with the built up scar tissue it doesn't hurt to take this route first.
@@denisesullivan-stotts9688 Yes, I think surgery can be incredibly helpful sometimes; however, unless the situation is urgent, I also think it is worth exhausting conservative interventions before going under the knife. So happy you're seeking pelvic therapy! If you have trouble finding a therapist via your OB, you can also use this directory to find a provider near you if you live in the US: pelvicrehab.com/
Wishing you the best 💛
I appreciate all the help I can get ! Thank you for the link and all the guidance this channel offers. Surgery is a route I may seek due to how my scar is so tight and embedded/deep. This all gives me hope to seek out help for the discomfort and pain I have at times! Thank you ladies!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤