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C-Section Scar and Recovery Care

A cesarean is major abdominal surgery, and the scar it leaves can stay sensitive, tight, or numb long after it has healed on the surface. Scar-focused therapy helps restore comfortable movement and reconnects you with your core.

Sound familiar?

A tight, sensitive, or numb scar

Pulling when you stretch or stand tall

A shelf or weakness above the scar

Discomfort with waistbands or touch

Back or pelvic pain since your cesarean

How I can help

Scar tissue responds well to specific, graded care. Treatment usually includes:

Gentle hands-on scar mobilization to improve tissue glide

Desensitization strategies for touch and clothing comfort

Core reconnection work that respects the surgical repair

A home routine so progress continues between visits

I had a really long labor that resulted in a C-section and her dry needling and scar massage is seriously so amazing! She really knows her stuff and I am very grateful for all her help.

Katrina Froelich

★★★★★ · Google review

What your first visit looks like

We look at the scar itself

How the tissue looks, feels, and moves, always within your comfort.

Then the bigger picture

How the tissue around it moves, and how your core is functioning as a whole.

You leave with a plan

I teach you how to work with your own scar at home, so progress continues between visits.

Common questions

How long after my cesarean can scar work start?

Once your incision is fully closed and your provider has cleared you, usually after six weeks. Older scars, even many years old, still respond to treatment.

My scar is years old. Is it worth treating?

Often, yes. Scar tissue can keep affecting how your core and pelvis move long after surgery, and improving its mobility can change symptoms you may not have connected to it.

Wondering if this is what you're experiencing?

Tell Dr. Kylie what's going on and she'll get back to you within one business day.

Request a visit

or call 720-588-3533