Re: Bioflex laser / Massage

[Guest guest]

After my first surgery, my PT did massage where I had the surgery. I kept

swearing it felt like the imaging site was going to tear open. She said

certainly not. That sensation was the scar tissue that had been forming

breaking up. She does that massage to prevent the scar tissue so the area

isn't stiff. But, that only works for soft tissue scar tissue. Not the

intradural kind that causes retether.

Jenn

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On Mar 1, 2011, at 22:06, " bluegrass.momma "

wrote:

Dee, how long does it take to get a hold of one of these lasers, and what is

the price range for one, if you don't mind me asking? If my son ends up

having surgery, I want to have one of these gadgets!

Also, does anyone know if massage of the surgical site is contraindicated

after the wound has healed?

[Guest guest]

Please ask your son's doctor, but I had a special type of massage (can't

remember the name of it!) that my PT did - she first applied moist heat and left

me alone with it on my back for about 20 minutes (it was sooo wonderful) then

did massage to help break up keloids (sp) and any scar tissue. She did a great

job with the knots that were starting after the surgery, but scar tissue? Not

so much - think the scar tissue that mattered was too deep. But - for me it was

definitely worth it.

Kathy

Bioflex laser / Massage

Dee, how long does it take to get a hold of one of these lasers, and what is

the price range for one, if you don't mind me asking? If my son ends up having

surgery, I want to have one of these gadgets!

Also, does anyone know if massage of the surgical site is contraindicated

after the wound has healed?

[Guest guest]

Kathy,

This sounds exactly like what I had done after my first surgery. Those

first few visits I swore to hear that my incision was going to rip open (not

that it hurt, but it felt like the incision site was going to open up). The

therapist said that sensation came from the breaking up of scar tissue that

had been forming. But, as Kathy said, this type scar tissue is in the soft

tissue (can become keliod). She said it would keep the inscision site from

being tight after healing. I don't think there's really anything that can

be done to prevent the formation of scar tissue inside the dura. Every

surgeon has his/her tricks that they think reduces it, but my first surgery

used bovine pericardium as a dural graft, and that just made everything 150%

worse for me (my body didn't like it and recognized it as a foreign

substance and attacked it with scar tissue).

I think the key is to find a PT that is familiar with back surgeries (esp

NTD) for post-op recovery. They can be hard to find, though.

Jenn

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> Please ask your son's doctor, but I had a special type of massage (can't

> remember the name of it!) that my PT did - she first applied moist heat and

> left me alone with it on my back for about 20 minutes (it was sooo

> wonderful) then did massage to help break up keloids (sp) and any scar

> tissue. She did a great job with the knots that were starting after the

> surgery, but scar tissue? Not so much - think the scar tissue that mattered

> was too deep. But - for me it was definitely worth it.

>

> Kathy

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> Bioflex laser / Massage

>

> Dee, how long does it take to get a hold of one of these lasers, and what

> is the price range for one, if you don't mind me asking? If my son ends up

> having surgery, I want to have one of these gadgets!

>

> Also, does anyone know if massage of the surgical site is contraindicated

> after the wound has healed?

>

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