I just spoke with a woman in her 40’s who had a hip replaced 18 months ago and is preparing for her second. I asked how her 18 month scar looked. She said “It’s not so great. I wish I’d done more for it.” Scar care is like caring for a fern or a goldfish. It needs just a little bit… Continue reading Overview of Scar Care
Category: 7+ weeks post-surgery
Scar Minimization (advanced)
If you’ve been giving yourself the scar treatment daily (or twice daily) for a few weeks, you’re ready to take it up a notch. Here is a more extended scar treatment, with two new techniques added. Enjoy! No seriously, enjoy. Don’t do this like you’re clipping your nails. Slow down- let it take 2 full minutes. If you’ve… Continue reading Scar Minimization (advanced)
Four Perfectly Good Reasons to Skip Prehab
It’s Expensive Money is tight and I have to keep my powder dry for when I’ll really need it- after the surgery. Or I can just do what my HMO Physical Therapist gives me. I don’t have time or attention for this I have to get ahead on my work and make all these arrangements. I’m… Continue reading Four Perfectly Good Reasons to Skip Prehab
Strengthening Happens on Rest Days
Mustering the motivation to perform our exercise routine and staying active through the day to reach our step goal (whatever that is) can be a challenge. We might be sore, or tired, or feeling discouraged. Or imagining fatigue or discomfort after exercise with dread. What does one day matter, anyway? (that’s the voice of discouragement talking, btw).… Continue reading Strengthening Happens on Rest Days