Scars shows a journey.
Whether your scar is fresh or years old, our holistic approach is designed to alleviate pain, decrease inflammation and tightness, and enhance mobility, comfort, and aesthetic appearance—empowering you to move with renewed confidence and ease.
Scar Therapy is a non-invasive physical therapy technique designed to address scar tissue, fibrosis, and adhesions following surgery or injury. It incorporates specialist scar massage, fascial release, therapeutic tools, and tailored self-care guidance to support optimal healing and promote a healthy recovery process.
Benefits of Scar Therapy
There are many benefits to receiving Scar Therapy. If you have recently had surgery or an injury, we can treat your scar to help stimulate healing and soften fibrosis as the scar matures, and suggest self-care for you to continue at home.
Healing
Scar massage plays a vital role in the healing process by encouraging collagen remodeling, minimising adhesions, and relieving discomfort and pain commonly associated with scar tissue.
Massage increases blood flow to the scar site, ensuring the delivery of vital oxygen and nutrients that support tissue repair and healing.
Movement and restrictions
Scar massage can help to improve range of motion by loosening restrictive scar tissue and facilitating tissue remodeling. This helps to decrease stiffness, boost flexibility, and treat any associated functional changes and compensatory pain patterns.
Appearance
We can’t make a scar disappear however, scar therapy can help to promote cosmetic improvements after surgery or injury.
Scar massage can enhance the appearance of scars by helping them soften, flatten, and become less visible. It also aids in reducing redness, swelling, and sensitivity, while improving the overall texture and mobility of the scar.
Emotional Support
Whether resulting from a planned surgery or an unexpected event, scars often carry a story—and the trauma associated with them can have a significant psychological impact.
Scar massage can have a positive psychological impact by helping to reduce emotional distress and enhance overall well-being. Through gentle, therapeutic touch, it supports individuals in reconnecting with their bodies, easing anxiety and depression associated with scarring, and fostering a more positive body image.
Treatment is for ALL scars.
We treat a wide range of scars, including abdominal scars such as C-section, hysterectomy, appendectomy, and laparoscopy scars, as well as scars from knee and hip replacements, and breast surgery. This list is not exhaustive—if you’re unsure whether your scar is suitable for treatment, please get in touch to discuss how scar therapy can help.
Treatment will always stay within your comfort levels.
Scar Therapy techniques are superficial and non-invasive and we do not advocate causing pain to generate improvements to your scar and any underlying adhesion’s or fibrosis.
FAQs
What happens during a Scar Therapy appointment?
New clients will need to have a 60 minute session. This allows us time to properly to do a thorough consultation and assessment of scars and movement patterns.
At your first session, we will agree on a treatment plan. This plan may include work directly over the scar itself. We will also consider the whole body to release compensatory pain and movement patterns.
You will receive tailored aftercare advice, including lifestyle exercise rehabilitation, how to look after your scar and which products may be beneficial for healing.
How many sessions will I need?
Normally a course of approximately 6 sessions is recommended, however it will be dependent on the scar issues and symptoms you are experiencing.
If your scar is less than 12 months old, it is advisable to have shorter more frequent sessions (every 1-2 weeks), while the immature scar is still active and (hopefully) compensatory patterns and muscle wastage are less established.
If your scar is more than 12 months old, it is advisable to have longer more infrequent sessions of scar therapy (2-3 weeks apart). This allows for readjustment to normal movement and addressing the compensatory patterns.
When can I start receiving Scar Therapy treatment.?
It is advisable that treatment starts a minimum of 8 weeks after your operation./injury, although this will be considered on a case by case basis. There are self care strategies which you can do at home as soon as you have had your operation or injury (please get in touch and we will be happy to advise).
For us to work on the scar, the scar needs to be healed with no signs of infections, scabbing, open wounds, weeping, oozing or haematoma (or suspected).
How much does the Scar Therapy cost?
At Wildwood Clinic, Scar Therapy is £60 for an hours appointment. Follow up appointments are £56 for 45 minutes.
Are there any contraindications for Scar Therapy?
Scar therapy can only take place once the scar has healed (normally 8 weeks post surgical intervention.) If you are unsure, please get in touch.
Scar Massage Therapy cannot take place whilst you are receiving Radiotherapy. Therapy can commence a minimum of 2 weeks after radiotherapy has finished.
Please note in some cases we may need permission from your medical team before you receive Scar Therapy.
Want to find out more?
Schedule your free Discovery Call and find out if Scar Therapy is suitable for you?
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