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Jun 201 min read
Booking a Consult / What to expect
Wound specialist virtual consult to help clients with complications and slow wound healing after plastic surgery
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betterwounds
May 82 min read
Getting rid of this yellow stuff!
Removing yellow slough from a wound is needed to heal
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betterwounds
Nov 1, 20232 min read
Stitches! Sometimes they spit & pop and have to go
Stitches may need to come out for the healing to really get started. Don't worry it's not hard or scary.
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Better Wellness
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Red light therapy to improve skin and healing
Red light and LLLT devices for use at home for pain, incision healing and hair. Discount code available
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Better Wellness
May 3, 20232 min read
Manual Lymphatic Drainage Massage for Optimal Wellness and Healing
Manual lymphatic drainage MLD Optimal Wellness and Healing: Benefits Women's Health, Pregnancy, Lipedema and Post-op Care
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Better Wellness
Nov 26, 20224 min read
7 of the best back pain products to deal with flare ups
Items you can keep handy at home to manage a back pain flare-up fast
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betterwounds
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Boosting wound healing is possible at home with stimulation
Boosting wound healing needs proper nutrition, mobility and electrical stimulation may help.
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betterwounds
Jun 6, 20222 min read
Wound Drainage Tells a Story
Understanding the story your wound drainage is trying to tell you will help your healing progress.
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betterwounds
Apr 3, 20222 min read
Caring for your new closed incision
In the early first few weeks after your surgery, it is a key time in your healing. Obviously, you want this incision to stay closed and...
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betterwounds
Nov 4, 20212 min read
Get Moving After Surgery
One of the best ways to prevent surgical complications like swelling, infections, skin breakdown, respiratory issues like pneumonia and...
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betterwounds
Sep 29, 20212 min read
5 Ways you can improve healing...TODAY!
Normal healing can take weeks or months for a full recovery and return to "normal" be up to a year after your surgery if there were...
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betterwounds
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Inflammation vs. Infection
Inflammation is a normal part of the healing process and slight redness around an incision less than an inch can be considered normal,...
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betterwounds
Jun 22, 20212 min read
When can you start scar care?
Whether your procedure was elective like a tummy tuck or knee replacement or more unexpected like a c-section or fracture, most of us...
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betterwounds
Jun 15, 20213 min read
Prevent swelling after surgery
Swelling is a natural phenomenon after a procedure. It's a traumatic event and part of the body finding homeostasis again is to attempt...
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betterwounds
May 18, 20212 min read
Infected and Frustrated
Infection can be a common delay in wound healing. There are many causes of infection but ultimately the wound will not close until the...
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betterwounds
Apr 12, 20212 min read
Did you know that Physical Therapists can do wound care?
PT's may not be the first thought to heal your wound PT's are absolutely qualified to perform many wound care tasks plus improve mobility!
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betterwounds
Mar 8, 20212 min read
Holistic adjunctive modality to enhance wound healing
If you are already working a specialist, following all the recommendations for nutrition and activity, and are still having delayed...
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betterwounds
Mar 2, 20212 min read
Honey, Hydrogel, Enzyme or Sharp? Do you need a debridement?
If you have an open wound you may need debridement to help the body heal it faster. Debridement is the removal of any non-viable or dead...
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betterwounds
Feb 23, 20212 min read
8 Things You Can Do If Your Incision Starts to Go Dark
Necrosis after a lift or tuck can be common. Necrosis is dark, black, leathery tissue. It does not necessarily mean there is an...
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betterwounds
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Healing Home Program for Wound Healing
Working in the hospital the last few months has been like nothing I've ever seen before. With good reason, people are only going to the...
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Better Wellness
Sep 173 min read
The Science Behind Energy Medicine: How Do These Discs Really Work?
Holistic health through biomedical hacking with frequency energy medicine managing pain, inflammation, wounds, stress and immunity.
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betterwounds
Aug 172 min read
Scar Care and when to start
After your wound heals you can start on your scar care self care with some simple at-home resources and tools for a simple routine.
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