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Evidence Informed Physiotherapy

Wound & Scar Management

KEY POINTS

- in both the Sports and Post-operative environments, your rehabilitation Physiotherapist is in a great position to monitor and assist with wound healing and scar tissue management
- infection is one of the most common complications after Orthopaedic surgery, and incision sites are a direct line toward to joint/soft tissues that have been operated on
- the infographic below goes through the stages of wound healing and scar management (inflammation phase,  proliferation phase, & remodeling phase), and gives best evidence practice suggestions to achieve good skin healing

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