How Can Scar Therapy Help Me?

 Have you ever been told that nothing can be done about the pain caused by your surgical or trauma scar, and that you'll just have to live with it? We all deserve to feel good. Sometimes the pain and discomfort from scars can prevent us from doing what we want and from feeling good about ourselves. 

Wounds from surgeries and traumas heal differently for everyone, and the resulting scar tissue can cause stress and interfere with every system in your body. Scar tissue has the potential to impact your nervous system, musculoskeletal system, blood and lymph flow, and even organ function. Because a scar and its adhesions cause restrictions in your body's fascial system, you may experience restricted movement or function, pain or other symptoms in another area of your body that are directly related to your scar. Sharon Wheeler's ScarWork Method (TM) consists of gentle manual therapy and mobilization techniques which focus on integrating the scar tissue into the surrounding fascial web. Improvements to the texture and quality of the scar occur not just on the surface, but also the underlying and surrounding tissue. Changes to the appearance and function of your scar are usually immediate and depending on the complexity of your scar, you may only need a few treatments to achieve your desired result. 

If your surgery or injury is recent, early treatment to your scar can help to stimulate healing and soften fibrosis as the scar matures, preventing potential challenges from developing years later. Scar Therapy is also extremely beneficial to older scars since our body is constantly renewing cells, so your old scar can improve when given the right stimulation. 

Scar Therapy is appropriate for ALL types of surgical, trauma and burn scars; no scar is too small or too old to benefit from this work.