Oncology Scar Specialist

The Oncology Scar Specialist course is a blended online and in-person course providing hands-on skills and theory to support oncology clients with scar tissue, fibrosis, adhesions, cording and common complications such as capsular contracture and fat necrosis after cancer surgery and radiotherapy. 

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the benefits of scar treatment after cancer surgery and radiotherapy
• List common complications and considerations for treating oncology clients
• Give a holistic scar massage treatment to an oncology client
• Use active and passive techniques for cording (axillary web syndrome)
• Check your clients breathing and apply techniques to promote healthy diaphragm function
• Deliver techniques to mobilise the ribs, shoulders and diaphragm
• Help a client with self-scar care to promote scar healing and reduce common symptoms associated with cancer surgery and radiotherapy

Restore Therapy have been leading education in oncology scar treatment, training physiotherapists and lymphoedema therapists at many leading centres and hospitals across the UK and internationally in Australia, New Zealand and Europe. This highly practical course will leave you with practical skills to reduce pain, improve range of movement and soften scar fibrosis. You will cover client self-scar massage and the use of topical products to help scar symptoms. 

The course commences online with self-paced theory learning, delivered in short video lessons and interactive quiz questions. The content is designed with busy schedules in mind. Contine with face-to-face learning to master practical techniques. Skills are developed further with a 'real life' experience treating members of the public in a supervised clinic session with scars from cancer surgery, AWS and radiotherapy fibrosis.  Return online with 12 months to access multiple treatment video examples, marketing materials and more. Join our scar therapist directory and use the RESTORE Oncology Scar Specialist logo.

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