Surgical Aftercare

As a therapist with a clinical work history and years of experience working with clients fresh out of surgery, rest assured if you choose to book your aftercare with me, you'll be in safe hands. Ideally, you will block book your sessions in advance to ensure continuity of care, and I will see you for the first time approximately 2 weeks after your surgery. In your consultation, we will discuss your full medical history, exactly what your surgery entailed, and your expectations from treatment. I will then perform a full wound check to ensure treatment is safe and appropriate before commencing with the treatment itself. 

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I will use two key modalities in treating you post-surgery. Manual Lymphatic Drainage will be used to reduce excess swelling, reduce the risk of post-operative infection and optimise your body's ability to heal naturally. Scar Tissue Management will be used to ensure that you re-stablish a functional brain-body connection to the trauma site. This involves using a variety of sensory and soft tissue manipulation techniques (dependent upon the stage of tissue healing) to minimise the risk of pruritis (itching and tingling) and numbness, and to optimise mobility of the scar tissue itself and the surrounding tissues. I would like to point out that this is not about reducing the appearance of scars or 'breaking down scar tissue', since there is as yet nothing that is clinically proven to be able to achieve those outcomes. 

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This combination of therapies is not currently offered anywhere else in the North East, so I truly believe that if you choose to invest in recovering with me, you will be giving yourself the best chance of optimal healing.