Coral Nash Massage & ScarWork Therapy
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August 2024: NEWSFLASH!!!!! I am taking a lovely long holiday and so won't be available between now and the 6th October 2024. Enjoy the rest of the summer and don't hesitate to get in touch in October. Big apologies to those that fancied a fab treatment before that.
Don't forget that Julie Anne Sparkes is on site on Tuesday afternoons. Try her out, she's fab - check her website for details - www.julieannesparkes.com
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If you are looking for ScarWork / Scar therapy / Scar treatment - please look at the details below.
ScarWork - the details
ScarWork - the details about this scar treatment
Emma Holly and Jan Trewartha are the UK's trainers of ScarWork techniques.
https://www.bodyinharmony.org.uk/bih-testimonials/
https://www.restoretherapyclinic.co.uk/
Which scars can be treated With ScarWork?
If there is MESH used to support the healing of your intervention, ScarWork therapists should ask you to get permission from your healthcare consultant but can treat if that permission is given. There remains lots of support that can be offered so please don't hesitate to get in touch to get further information about this.
All kinds of scars can benefit from this specialised ScarWork. Scars that are the result of an accident, or a burn can be treated; I have worked on scars resulting from the following:
Abdominal surgery
Abdominoplasty
Appendix removal
Breast augmentation
C-section
Cancer surgery
Knee surgery
Mastectomy and Lumpectomy
Open heart surgery
Tube/drain sites
Road traffic accident
Spinal surgery
Childhood injury
Facial scars
Foot surgery
Gallbladder removal
Hip replacement
Hysterectomy
ScarWork is not a replacement for conventional treatment and I would often expect to be working as part of a care team. If you are in doubt, ask your doctor or consultant if you can safely have this gentle work done on and around your scar.
If you are still under the care of a consultant then I would advise you to get their consent before I am able to work on your scar.
Keloid scars can be treated with ScarWork and this would be discussed during the appointment.
If MESH has been used to support the healing of your intervention it is not possible at this point to receive Sharon Wheeler ScarWork. If you'd like to discuss this point please don't hesitate to get in touch still.
My scar is sensitive, does treatment hurt?
ScarWork is gentle and works at a very superficial level. Your comfort is key and I wouldn't do any work without you being happy for me to do so. Improved sensitivity can result as the nerves in the scar area relax.
You may hate to have your scars touched but are interested in this therapy. I can start away from the scar area; there is much that can be done in the surrounding tissues. I would gradually progress onto the scar but only as your comfort levels permitted. Within just a few treatments big changes to sensitivity are possible.
How does it work?
There are over 30 techniques developed now and used in ScarWork, depending on the presentation of the scar. Although we believe ScarWork works on connective tissue or fascia, it is a different approach from ‘myofascial scar release’ or ‘fascial release for scars’. Movements are relaxed and the therapists hands sweep on and around the scar, gently moving deeper into the underlying tissues and pumping fluid with press and release motions. Clients are usually comfortable and relaxed and have been known to fall asleep.
More research has been done into manual therapies for scars, and these specific techniques are beginning to be understood. Some regional hospitals are now employing ScarWork therapists so that they can actually study and understand why it works. There is little question about whether it does work, just questions about how!
Our nerves, blood vascular and lymphatic vessels are wrapped in layers of connective tissue or fascia. Recent studies indicate that changes in connective tissue tension could effect the functioning of the enveloped structures within it. ScarWork therapy may be effective by releasing tension in the connective tissue and therefore improving neural function and fluid flow as the localised restrictions caused by the scar tissue are reduced.
What is ScarWork?
What is ScarWork?
Scars are much more than the mark left on your skin surface. Often tissue much deeper and over a broader area will be effected depending on the operation or accident.
Sometimes thinking about a scar, never mind touching it or letting someone else touch it, is hard and potentially impossible, but it is worth trying because experience shows that significant changes take place to improve how you feel about your scar and how your scar effects the functionality of the involved tissues.
ScarWork is essentially the art of integrating scars into the fascial web aiming to return the quality of the tissue to that of the surrounding unaffected areas. I, as a therapist, need to understand and acknowledge the solution the scar provided and then help the scar evolve as the tissue function changes.
After ScarWork your scar will often feel better and look better to you. It may look smaller, flatter, lighter and less prominent. The emphasis of the ScarWork though is on the underlying tissue changes. Dense scar tissue can reduce, nerve impairment such as numbness, pain, itching, irritation or extreme sensitivity may improve and these changes are usually permanent.
Tightness in surrounding tissues can reduce, and normal function can be restored. You may not even know that there is a connection between scar adhesions and dysfunction of other areas. Knots and tight ropey scars are often softened and loosened, ridges and holes may be minimised.
Results seem to happen quickly and after your first appointment you could see or sense changes but multiple treatments are recommended to give complete benefit. Sometimes it will only be sensible to work on the scar area for 10/15 mins to allow the body to make it's adjustments in response. Responses to treatment will vary for each individual of course.
Why are there adhesions?
As skin is healing after an operation or accident, different layers under the skin get adhered - stuck together - as the body rushes to close and heal the wound. ScarWork stimulates the area, these movements seem to encourage further natural healing to take place and help to release these stuck layers to allow better function and movement in the scar and surrounding tissues.
Is it too late for my scar?
It’s never too late...scars can be very, very old and still improve with ScarWork treatment, or they can be new - 10 weeks post operative.
