Scars After Surgeries in the Abdominal Area - by Michaela Liedler (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In this guide, you will receive comprehensive insights into dealing with scars related to complaints after abdominal surgery and their effects on the rest of the body. You will learn practical self-help techniques that provide quick and effective relief. At the same time, you will learn to understand pain as a form of communication from your body and how to manage acute and chronic pain. From the content: expert knowledge about the functioning and dysfunctions of the body, adhesions of fascia in the tissue and adhesions in the abdominal area, indications and contraindications for scar treatment, self-exercises for every stage of wound healing, everyday movements and sleeping positions, questions and answers from daily life with scars.

From the Back Cover

Self-Treating Scar-Related Complaints

Do you have scar-related complaints after an abdominal surgery and wonder how you can alleviate them? Since the surgery, have you experienced chronic tension in other areas of your body? In this guide, you will receive comprehensive insights into dealing with scars and their effects on the rest of the body. You will learn practical self-help techniques that provide quick and effective relief. At the same time, you will learn to understand pain as a form of communication from your body and how to manage both acute and chronic pain.

From the Contents

• Expert knowledge about the functioning and dysfunctions of the body, adhesions of fascia in the tissue, and adhesions in the abdominal area
• Indications and contraindications for scar treatment
• Self-exercises for every stage of wound healing
• How everyday movements and sleeping positions influence the formation of adhesions after surgery
• Questions and answers from daily life with scars
• Additional material: Videos with exercise instructions available in the Springer Nature More Media app

This way, you can alleviate your complaints while simultaneously improving your mental and physical well-being.

The Author

Michaela Liedler, M.Sc.D.O. is an osteopath and physiotherapist. She is the founder of the "Center for Postoperative Scar Therapy" in Vienna and is also active as a lecturer on the topic of scars in Europe, in addition to her practical work.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

About the Author

Michaela Liedler, M.Sc.D.O. is an osteopath and physiotherapist. She is the founder of the "Center for Postoperative Scar Therapy" in Vienna and is also active as a lecturer on the topic of scars in Europe, in addition to her practical work.