42: Scars and Scar Tissue (with Cathy Ryan)

Til and Whitney talk to Cathy Ryan RMT about her book 'Traumatic Scar Tissue Management: Massage Therapy Principles, Practice and Protocols,' co-authored with Nancy Keenan Smith. 

Topics include: 

• How has fascial research informed our understanding of scars? 


• Is it about the "fuzz," or the fluids? 


• Erasing scars, once and for all. (Not really.) 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources and references discussed in this episode:

• Book: Traumatic Scar Tissue Management: Massage Therapy Principles, Practice and Protocols (save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout)


• Book: Oncology Massage (save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout)


• Email Cathy Ryan: [email protected]


• Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 


• Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com 

Episode image credit: Nancy Keenan Smith

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