Scar Tissue Dry Needling

Do you have scars on your body?  Do you know that scars may:

• Limit range of motion
• Be extra sensitive to touch
• Contribute to pain

Limited range of motion or flexibility of scars can affect how your body moves and contribute to pain levels. Imagine that you have been duct taped around a scar, the skin and surrounding tissues are no longer gliding. You might feel like you have been “glued down” around a scar or it may be constantly tender to light touch or even your clothing.

At Orthopedic Physical Therapy, Inc., the physical therapists can help treat your scar. Manual techniques and teaching the patient “self-massage” of a scar are both helpful. Dry needling is also helpful when working to increase flexibility and range of motion around the scar.

If you have an old scar from c-section, surgery or trauma, manual and dry needling treatments may still help decrease your pain level and improve your mobility.