Results from people whom have had scar therapy treatments
(Please note: before/ after pictures below are kindly provided by Emma Holly of Restore Therapy – whom own the copyrights)
A form of scar therapy, developed by American therapist Sharon Wheeler (to differentiate it from other forms of scar massage, you might see it referred to as Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork). It’s a very gentle treatment, that is given without oils or creams, to help post operative, accident or burn scars.trainers empower members of all shapes and sizes to become healthier, happier and more confident. A short video detailing why ScarWork ™ is a value treatment. Need additional pricing info? Get in touch for custom and corporate group training pricing. A scar is a mark that indicates the skin’s attempt to heal itself. When damage to the skin’s top layer occurs, cells quickly multiply to form new cells to fill in the gap. When a wound goes deeper into the underlying skin tissue, cells that form collagen are stimulated and they fill in the gap, producing abundant fibrous connective tissue. If the density of this new tissue is relatively small, it is usually replaced by normal a skin layer over time. When the mass of new tissue is extensive, it is associated to cell damage and the fibrous tissue remains. Genetic factors are believed to play a role in the scarring process. Certain ethnic groups – Asians, Latinos and blacks – may have a predisposition to form more prominent scars, such as keloid or hypertrophic scars.. I am based in Aldershot however I do cover most of Surrey. These are scars that have healed with an excessive buildup of collagen, causing them to be thick, raised and sometimes darker than your surrounding skin. A hypertrophic scar won’t grow beyond the initial injury or incision site and may resolve on its own over time. A keloid scar may grow larger than the injury site and continue to grow without treatment. Keloids may also remain itchy and uncomfortable.. New scars are red or purple in color as a result of damaged blood vessels and inflammation. These are hyperpigmented scars. Older scars are usually white in color or hypopigmented as a result of inflammation and damage to blood vessels and loss of pigment-producing cells. Yes home visits can be pre-arranged however there may be an additional charge based on distance. Call or email me to discuss further.
I use ScarWork ™ techniques in my therapy treatments…
Do you have a scar that is tight, lumpy, bumpy, puckered, numb, feels funny, ugly, dippy, red, raised, stuck or causes any other problems? Is your scar new or 20 years old? Has your doctor, or surgeon, told you that really nothing much can be done and you will just have to live with it? ScarWork™ is used to soften the scar, release tightness, ease redness and assist with any adhesions into the underlying tissue after injury, surgery or burns. Why does it work? There is no definite idea but much empirical evidence exists that it does. ScarWork™ has been developed over the last 40 years by an American, Sharon Wheeler. Originally Sharon trained with Ida Rolf and since then has been training other therapists and teaching her amazing techniques.
Everything in the body is inter-connected through the fascia. The fascia is our spider web that runs through and over everything inside of you. Imagine a spider’s web in your garden, attached to the leaves of a tree, the fence and other branches. If you pull one side of the web, there is give and take across the whole web which helps to balance everything out. Someone takes a pair of scissors (scalpel) and cuts through the web. Now, when you pull on one side of the web there is an area of no connection to the other areas and so normal functioning is affected. This is what happens to the fascia during surgery, injury or burns – the normal ‘give and take’ of the tissues is affected. If there is a problem in one area it will transfer, through the fascial network, into other areas and cause problems over there.
What are adhesions? Adhesions join tissues that shouldn’t be joined and so they restrict the range of movement in a limb or interfere with the functioning of organs. We see this often with women who have had Caesarean sections or hysterectomies and then find they are having incontinence problems or pain during sexual intercourse. Once we start to loosen the adhesions, clients often find that movement and general body function improves. ScarWork™ is very gentle and should never cause pain; if it does, I change the way I’m working.
When doing ScarWork™, the bigger picture of you is treated, not just the scar. I look at the whole body, not just the scar, because the Whole of You has been affected by the surgery or injury, including emotional effects i.e. what has shifted emotionally for you.
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We’ll meet for an initial consultation to have a look at the scar and also to discuss what bothers you the most about it, what you would like to be improved, to plan the work. In the beginning I may do gentle work only on the areas surrounding the scar for a number of reasons e.g. surrounding tissue will most probably have been damaged during the surgery due to swabs being inserted or tissue drying out during lengthy surgery; some people will feel uncomfortable with anyone seeing, or touching their scar and so we’ll progress slowly, at a rate that suits them.
At the start of each session I shall take a photo of your scar, we shall both feel the scar to get an idea of where we are in terms of the improvement and further direction of the work, and what you would like to be worked on during that session. At the end of the session we’ll both feel it again to determine what has improved and I’ll take another photo; the photos are a record of the changes. The length of the treatment depends on the scar.
If you would like to have your appointments at The Treatment Hub, please call me directly to make a booking.
I trained as a massage therapist in 2015 and afterwards did training in deep tissue massage, pregnancy massage and cancer massage – http://www.marulatreemassage.co.uk. It was when I did the cancer training, in May of 2019, that I realised the direction in which I wanted my therapy to go – I want to help people who are really struggling with major health issues such as cancer, Parkinson’s Disease and after strokes. I came across the ScarWork TM through one of the other women on the cancer course who had done her training with Emma Holly, of Restore Therapy. Something clicked in my head and I booked immediately to do the 4-day course. From there I booked myself onto the specialist course Scars after Breast Cancer. And the Spirit of Enthusiasm was aroused! The massage helps with cancer, Parkinson’s and stroke, and the scar therapy is a line of its own plus it ties in nicely with the cancer work. Happy Days.
Surgery scars, injury scars, keyhole surgery scars, drain-site scars, burn scars – any type of scar. I can work on scars from 10 weeks post-surgery to 20 or 30 years afterwards – a difference can still be made – but it is better if we can start work on it as soon as possible.
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