The Scar Therapy Practitioner is a blended course, providing first class education in manual treatment for clients after ANY surgery or injury that creates scar tissue, fibrosis or adhesions. The Scar Therapy Practitioner is at the heart of our scar therapy education program.
The Scar Therapy Practitioner covers all the basic information and a diverse range of techniques for scar tissue treatment. Our flexible course program is designed to layer information. Ideally complete this course in conjunction with Understanding Scars: Advanced online theory. Together these courses layer detailed theory and focussed practical skills to leave you with a comprehensive and wide range of knowledge and modalities to bring results when treating people with scars. Courses are designed to be taken in any order with our flexible learning structure, or can be used as stand-alone training, depending on your needs.
On completion of this course therapists will be able to:
1. Assess and describe a scar after any type of open or keyhole surgery or a scar from a traumatic injury (including C-Section, oncology, orthopaedic surgery, burn, hand trauma, cosmetic surgery and other specialties).
2. Evaluate and select scar massage and scar stretch techniques appropriate for the type, location and age of the scar with consideration for the treatment objectives.
3. Treat clients with facial surgery or injury using intra-oral techniques in addition to external scar massage.
4. Use NPT (negative pressure treatment or cupping) for scar tissue.
5. List contraindications to scar massage and the specific contraindications for NPT and inter-oral scar treatment.
6. Prescribe a client with self-scar care including topical products and self-scar massage or cupping for home use.
7. Describe the key benefits of scar therapy for clients with problematic scar tissue, underlying fibrosis and internal adhesions after a surgery or injury and the optimal time to commence with treatment.
8. Describe how kinesiology tape can influence mechanical forces and scar tissue development.
This course is perfect for all therapists, including clinical and sports massage therapists, physiotherapists, lymphoedema therapists, osteopaths and chiropractors working with people after injury recovery. If you are hospital based nurse specialist or occupation therapist who would be using scar massage within your clinical role, you will also find this course beneficial.
This comprehensive training program is designed to be delivered over 8+ weeks. Further details:
- Commence with pre-course self paced online theory (3-5 hours in bite-size sections depending on your learning style)
- Live Zoom lesson: Join your tutor and group one week before your in-person class (90 minutes)
- In-person training: Two full days (14 hours)
- Case study completion: Give two different clients two scar therapy treatments and complete the case study pro forma. Four weeks are allocated to complete the four treatments. (6 hours)
- Online self-paced technique review, observe two treatments for early and mature scar care to reinforce technique choices and provide support as you work through your case studies. (3 hours)
- Submit your case studies for review and tutor feedback.
- Live Zoom lesson: Join your tutor and group six weeks after your in-person class to discuss your case-studies and ensure you have no outstanding questions (90 minutes)
Our course format has recently changed for our newly advertised 2025 courses. Private group courses not advertised online and courses outside the UK may not include a case study requirement or live Zoom session, see the individual course details for clarification.
If you have not completed any scar training in the past, this is a great introduction to scar tissue complications and treatment. If you already have training in another method of scar tissue treatment (MSTR, ScarWork or other modality) this course will add new techniques and provide useful information to compliment your existing knowledge and skills.
We include a variety of video demonstrations to support your practical skills development:
- Basic techniques: Scar massage, scar stretch, negative pressure techniques and k-tape application.
- Hip replacement treatment series starting from 6 weeks post surgery.
- Fracture repair surgery series from 5 weeks post surgery.
- Burn injury form fire mature scar.
- Nephrectomy keyhole surgery treatment series, maturing scar.
- Laparotomy surgery.
- Client with multiple scars from historic abdominal and pelvic surgery.
- Client after a traumatic injury with facial scarring.
- Knee replacement.
- C-Section.
- 80% burn injury at one year post-injury.
- LymphaTouch NPT medical device after knee replacement.
- Deep Oscillation medical device demonstration.
You must have a qualification in a manual therapy at a minimum of level three and one years experience in your field of healthcare to book onto this course. Example: Massage therapy level three; Physiotherapy degree; Lymphoedema therapist; Occupational Therapist etc. If you do not have an existing qualification in a form of hands-on treatment and eligibility to gain professional insurance as a therapist with your existing qualifications, this course will not provide adequate training to work in private practice as a scar therapist.
It should be easy to add-on scar therapy to your existing insurance, scar massage, inter-oral scar massage and NPT (Negative Pressure Treatment or cupping) are all extensions of manual modalities for body treatment.
We provide additional resources to help you:
- Scar Therapy Practitioner badge image for your website and marketing materials
- Early scar care patient information leaflet pdf
- Social media “Newly certified’ image
- Scar Therapy patient information leaflet pdf
- After Scar Therapy patient information leaflet pdf
- Invitation to list your business and join the Restore Scar Therapy Directory at www.restorescartherapy.com
This course can also be booked as a private group training for your therapy team or as a hosted course by a UK or international therapy school.
Designed with your busy schedule in mind, with theory video lessons that can be viewed in just 10-15 minutes with multiple choice quiz questions to reinforce the key facts. After completing the course materials therapists will be equipped with a wide range of manual techniques to treat any kind of scar, enhancing their ability to deliver effective, personalised care after any injury or surgery.
- Self-paced online learning from two weeks before your in-person training is delivered in short easy to follow bite-size lessons (around 10 minutes each)
- We maximise your time, using the online training portal to teach theory in advance of your in-person learning
- In-person training time is focused on practical skills and interactive discussions
- Supervised class clinic sessions enable you to treat members of the public under expert guidance
- Blended learning avoids lecture style delivery
- Re-visit the online portal as your ongoing resource, providing technique and treatment video demonstrations
- Review or revise important theory online if needed
Professional Development certificate included. Re-certification training NOT required. Invitation to join our global ‘Find a scar therapist’ directory.
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Limited places available, contact us at admin@restoretherapy.co.uk if your preferred dates are fully booked and you wish to be added to the waiting list and bring the benefits of these skills to your clients.
Previous attendees comments from this course:
“Without a doubt the best CPD course I have ever done (in 8 years). Emma’s knowledge & expertise is clear & the training is pitched perfectly to engage & enthuse. Having the clinical sessions gives so much confidence & the results from the techniques we were shown was amazing.”
“Emma encouraged us all, from varied therapy backgrounds, to blend her techniques into our everyday practice which was such a refreshing approach. I will certainly train again with Emma & strongly encourage anyone interested in this fascinating area to attend this course.”
“Great training, it was good to get plenty of hands on experience to boost confidence in the skills.”
“Loved every second of this course. Claire (Stone) made it so much fun.”
