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Scar tissue after knee replacement

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 10 8:31am | Replies (1550)
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@mpirruccel

Recommend you look into myofascial release therapy and shock wave therapy, the latter a small jackhammer like tool that sends sound waves in to break down scar tissue. It doesn’t hurt like the MFR but don’t mind the MFR as long as it’s working.

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Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | Jul 12, 2022

@mpirruccel Myofascial release isn't supposed to hurt, and it doesn't use aggressive tools. I know there was something called a fascia blaster, but that wasn't MFR. If it hurts and forces are too aggressive, you risk tearing the fascia causing more scar tissue and just making it worse. MFR is very gentle pressure and you just wait for the fascia to unwind itself. This is how the John Barns methods work as the inventor of the method through the skilled hands of the therapist who can feel the pathways of tight tissues and apply gentle pressure, like pushing to kneed bread dough, except you push and hold the pressure and just wait.

What were the methods that you were describing?

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