We started a new segment when we visited Therapy Expo called "Change My Mind". In this Jack Chew posed the statement that "We Can't Meaningfully Alter Tissue With Manual Therapy".

It is a contentious statement especially at a show with a lot of massage booths, tape and tissue sports guns. A really interesting conversation that will test bias on both sides of the argument.

About Emma Holly

Emma is a specialised clinical scar massage therapist, a leader in her field, with a clinic in Harley Street. Emma is the education director of UK's leading scar therapy training school, Restore Therapy. She regularly teaches courses to sports and clinical massage therapists, physiotherapists, lymphoedema and occupational therapists, both within private practice and within the NHS.

Check Out Emma Here:

www.restoretherapy.co.uk

Mechanobiology and scar treatment approaches

MDPI and ACS Style

Van Daele, U.; Meirte, J.; Anthonissen, M.; Vanhullebusch, T.; Maertens, K.; Demuynck, L.; Moortgat, P. Mechanomodulation: Physical Treatment Modalities Employ Mechanotransduction to Improve Scarring. Eur. Burn J. 2022, 3, 241-255. https://doi.org/10.3390/ebj3020021

Thompson WR, Scott A, Loghmani MT, Ward SR, Warden SJ. Understanding Mechanobiology: Physical Therapists as a Force in Mechanotherapy and Musculoskeletal Regenerative Rehabilitation. Phys Ther. 2016 Apr;96(4):560-9. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20150224. Epub 2015 Dec 4. PMID: 26637643; PMCID: PMC4817213.

Physical Management of Scar Tissue: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Carlina Deflorin, Erich Hohenauer, Rahel Stoop, Ulrike van Daele, Ron Clijsen, and Jan Taeymans

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2020 26:10, 854-865

Scar classification and symptoms (cosmetically inferior keloid and contracture scars are pathological with ongoing symptoms)

Farrukh, O., Goutos, I. (2020). Scar Symptoms: Pruritus and Pain. In: Téot, L., Mustoe, T.A., Middelkoop, E., Gauglitz, G.G. (eds) Textbook on Scar Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44766-3_10

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/scars/

https://scarfree.org.uk/about-scarring

Research Emma Holly has participated in

Beverley de Valois, Teresa Young, Clare Scarlett, Emma Holly,

An evaluation of a ScarWork service for cancer survivors experiencing adverse effects of surgery and/or radiotherapy,

European Journal of Integrative Medicine, Volume 44, 2021,101327,ISSN 1876-3820,

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1876382021000457