2007-03-08 06:45:05 · 6 answers · asked by Jen 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
Massaging a scar as it heals helps to model the scar, to make it as much like the surrounding tissue as possible.
If you look at a muscle or a tendon under a microscope, you will see that all the fibers in the tissue run in the same direction - along the line of force of the muscle when it contracts, for example. Scar tissue fibers go every-which-way, are not organized at all. Massaging the scar, and stressing it lightly as it heals, will eliminate the fibers of the scar that do not run the same way as the surrounding tissue's fibers. So, you end up with a scar that is strong and functional!
If you have more questions about this, your physical therapist can help you. Go to APTA.org, click on "find a PT", and search your home area.
Good luck!
2007-03-08 16:58:47 · answer #1 · answered by Jason W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people believe that massaging scars with cocoa butter helps them fade. I have never noticed a difference, myself.
2007-03-08 14:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suppose to loosening up and breaking up adhered tissue in muscles and fascia is called friction, where you use your thumbs/fingers/elbow to pin an area and rub it deeply.
2007-03-08 14:52:36 · answer #3 · answered by b c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
getting blood to the area. blood carries nutrients etc.
2007-03-08 14:48:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it gets blod to that spot so that that spot is not that pale
2007-03-08 16:37:52 · answer #5 · answered by ape 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baby, I'll do it for you.
2007-03-08 14:52:21 · answer #6 · answered by Zipps1986 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋