Why should women perform Scar Exercise, Mobilisation and Massage?
Scar tissue therapy is generally overlooked by health professionals as they fail to acknowledge the physiological extent these scars affect the body. Body workers understand that even the slightest restriction in the body’s connective tissue (fascia) that is weaved throughout our body, can have major repercussions from one end of the body to the other.
A scar can have a lifelong effect both physically and mentally. Scar tissue has the potential to spread in any direction including internally throughout the body. It can also restrict movement or function anywhere in the body from a joint to an organ.
Scar tissue release therapy is extraordinarily simple to learn, easy to apply and yields powerful results that can prevent a lifetime of compensation, complications and pain. Thus, women need to understand the physical long term consequences of having a caesarean birth, and how to care for the scar and deeper layers beneath. It is so important to give your abdomen some real TLC. There are many issues that can be caused by the scar tissue under and around the incision area.
Some of the issues reported by women who have scarring are:
Who is this workshop for?
Scar massage is beneficial for all scars following operations such as:
The Stats
As these are common operations, they can often be overlooked as being a major form of surgery.
There are lots of techniques you can learn to get your scar looking good and for your body to feel like it is functioning better.
Exercise, mobilisation and massage of the scar are essential for freeing up deeper layers of stuck scar tissue and helping to improve posture, mobility, core stability, reduce ovulation and other pain, improve intercourse plus many other benefits!
What to Wear
Loose comfortable clothing is preferable. If you wish, you can massage over clothing (a thin baggy T shirt works best), there is no expectation for you to reveal your body if you don’t want to. You will be laying down for the massage on a mat. We will be carrying out some gentle stretching exercises to help with scar release and improving blood flow to the area, so please wear clothing that allows movement. It is recommended that you bring a towel, pillow or cushion and a mat to the session.
Who can attend?
Anyone who has a scar on their body will benefit from this course.
If you are a recent or years after surgery, accident or injury that has produced a scar, then this course is for you. Please note: you should be at least 10 weeks post injury/operation with a healed scar to attend the workshop. You should not be currently undergoing a course of radiation therapy. There should be no open areas, scabs, oozing or bleeding from your wound. I allow for small numbers per workshop to give adequate focus to each individual.
“Having had three C-sections in 5 years, I had been left a pouch where my scar lay, and also a ‘ledge’ a few inches above my scar. It was noticeable through clothing and I was getting more and more self conscious of it. After a bit of googling I found that it was quite possible myofascial massage I needed to help break down scar tissue. I found that this was something Nina offered and having already met her, didn’t hesitate to book an appointment.
The first appointment was quite uncomfortable, but it made me realise there was a lot more going on in all the layers under my skin than I had thought. Nina identified areas of tissue adhesions and has been working on these over a number of sessions and gave me ways of massaging myself in between sessions.
Although it might not be hugely noticeable to some, I can feel a big difference and can now wear clothes I wouldn’t have previously, including a bikini!
I’ve also noticed that since having myofascial massage, when I’m ovulating on one particular side, I no longer experience the excruciating pain that I was previously, which is something I hadn’t even thought would be down to the scar tissue.
I would definitely recommend this treatment to anyone that feels their scar doesn’t feel right, or suffers with pain in that area”.
Saturday 24th May 3-5pm
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