Author Topic: External scars causing pain after knee surgery (Read 723 times)

ranier21 · « **on:** June 28, 2012, 06:07:45 PM »

Hi,
I have full range of motion with my knee; however, I have rather LARGE and painful scars on the outside of my knee that causes me great pain when I do my PT exercises. In fact, I am at least 2 months behind in my PT because these scars are causing me pain. I am 4 months past surgery, however, my PT never told me to put pressure and rub out my scars, so I didn't do that. In any case, these scars are hard and I know they are holding me up with my Physical Therapy. Rubbing them out these past 2 weeks has not helped at all.
Any advice/guidance for what to do? Should I go see a doctor who specializes in scar treatment removal? An orthoped? A dermatologist? Should I find out about Astym? Any help would be so appreciated!!
Thank you!

captainruss · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2012, 03:38:06 AM »

Ranier,

The simple answer is yes, yes, yes, and yes! Basically, you need to seek help from every source. Dermatologist, surgeon, ASTYM.com, and any other source you can find.

I rub my scars every day with Vitamin E skin cream. I have more trouble with my skin around the scars. The skin is tight and painful. When I was doing PT, my therapist also did deep tissue massage. It hurt quite a bit, but was fantastic in reducing the pain from my skin and scars. It improved the color of my skin and scars.

I would definitely have your OS write you scripts for deep tissue massage and ASTYM.

Let me know what your find out.

Russ

Author Topic: External scars causing pain after knee surgery (Read 723 times)

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External scars causing pain after knee surgery

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