How do you massage an achilles tendon post surgery to break up scar tissue?
deepeddie1974 asked:
I had surgery one month ago on my left achilles tendon to have it “cleaned up” from tendonosis. My doctor recently recommended I begin massaging it twice daily at home. But how exactly is best to break up scar tissue and encourage my healing?
I had surgery one month ago on my left achilles tendon to have it “cleaned up” from tendonosis. My doctor recently recommended I begin massaging it twice daily at home. But how exactly is best to break up scar tissue and encourage my healing?
One Response to “How do you massage an achilles tendon post surgery to break up scar tissue?”
use a tiny bit of lotion or cream…but not too much because then it will just be slippery. you want it to be able to have friction so that the movement goes deeper, not just superficial on your skin. You should go up and down the length of the tendon to be helping realign the collagen fibers along with the tendon. You should also do it perpendicular to that, called cross friction. This is used to break up the collagen that is aligned the wrong way and making adhesions…. When collagen is layed down it just lays down randomly, it gets put in alignment with things like massage and active movement. So things like stretching are still just as important, and heel raises. But make sure your dr or therapist says those activities are okay… you don’t want to rupture the tendon if it’s at all weak….