Scars: in the days when keyhole surgeries make up a larger percentage of surgeries than ever before, it’s not what’s on the surface that always matters. When there is fascial injury (surgery or trauma) there is dysfunction with the resultant fascial distortions causing problems either in the local area associated with the alteration, or, in…
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It’s not just the ladies which suffer pelvic floor issues, or scars in that region for that matter. A client was recently referred to me for general leg pain, although it typically focused around his knee. In the initial consultation, we discovered that his intrinsic core had virtually shut down. As I explained in session,…
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Episiotomy – a surgical cut made at the opening of the posterior vagina down into the perineum during childbirth, to aid a difficult delivery and prevent rupture of tissues 😷 These procedures are becoming more and more frequent, unfortunately because people’s intrinsic core, breathing patterns and pelvic floors aren’t ready before they get pregnant –…
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Knee pain – it usually comes to us all at some point, sometimes when we do something daft, at other times for seemingly no reason. Sometimes you might need an operation, and increasingly these are done with keyhole surgery – they have many many benefits, but Rehab is rarely completed effectively. But more often than…
Continue Reading Many people have an aversion to their own scars. After skin or body tissue is damaged either through surgery or misadventure, it is well known the scar tissue is inferior to the pre injury tissues as it lacks the organisational structure it once had. Each scar is unique. No two are exactly the same, even…
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Breasts, we’ve all got them some more than others. We’ve talked about bras before, the importance of correct fitting etc, but today I thought we’d look at implants. There are a multitude of reasons for someone to have an implantation procedure performed. Most due to health issues, occasionally cosmetic. Whatever the reason, there is still…
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First ScarWork client today. We were both quite happy with the results from the one session. A few more and it should be looking much better. Full disclosure, a fair amount of neuro based work has been done on the scar before to clear various movement based issues / pain, but the look of the…
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Skin grafts are another type of scarring we work with in clinic. A skin graft is a surgical procedure where a piece of healthy skin is transplanted from one site to a new site, typically on the same persons body. See example picture. A client presented at clinic who had needed several grafts after a…
Continue Reading Radiation burn scarring is an increasing occurrence in clinic. Whilst it’s not great news people are suffering these burns from radiotherapy, it is wonderful people are surviving, and seeking treatment to get their lives back on track. One of the more recent scars worked on was on a leg. Approximately 30cm by 10cm, over the…
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Three weeks after being released from hospital for back to back pneumonia infections, a client presents still feeling breathless. There were three keys elements to this treatment: 1. Work on the scarring which had occurred to the lungs / plural lining. 2. Work on the limbic emotional associations linked to hospitalisation. 3. Work on the…
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