Sharon Wheeler’s ScarWork In Central London 

ScarWork looks into how to integrate different types of scar tissue into the fabric of your body. It is a very gentle approach and there is no attempt to “get rid of” or “break down” scars – they are necessary. However, if we can make the scar softer, sit better in the muscle, even out the texture of the area this will improve how it looks and feels. 

Sharon Wheeler discovered ScarWork during her decades of clinical practice

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There is far more going on with many scars than meets the eye. There are normally deeper, invisible adhesions (connections between parts of the body which are not normally connected) which can restrict the natural movement patterns of organs, muscles and bones in significant ways. And often the event which caused the scar did other damage to that area which needs help for full recovery.   
 
Scars are surprisingly easy to change and it is often possible to remove tension, fill in dips in and around the scar, soften raised sections, change how the edges match up, move tissue which has been shifted during an operation or accident, and detach scar adhesions from deeper layers of the body. As a result, hypersensitive and numb areas can both become more normal. 
 
All kinds of scars can be worked on. Keloids and burn scars are the least predictable, but there is often reasonable change even to these. There is no upper limit on when scars can be effectively treated: my current “record” is a scar that had been there 59 years!

Does My Scar Need Work?

​We all have scars, and, while many of these scars are not terribly important, some are. Work is needed if:

• the scar itself still gives you trouble (pain or restricted movement) 
• you have developed a problem in the same area
• you have issues elsewhere in the body which won’t respond properly to treatment
• you have several scars in the same area 
• your scar is in a significant location (eg head/face, pelvis/abdomen, a major joint). 
• your scar was the result of surgery and/or trauma 
• your scar bothers you 

 
To be suitable for work, your scar must be healed (so 6-8 weeks minimum in most cases). Nothing is lost by leaving it longer. If you were under medical supervision you need to have been discharged. I recommend AT LEAST 6 months wait before working on a C section scar. I do not work on people with active cancer. 

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