Post Surgical FAQ
Please note that massage therapy is never a substitute for medical attention.
Clients may make a post operative appointment for whenever their surgeon clears them to receive treatment. Clients may not receive massage therapy over an area for 2 weeks that has been treated with any injectable treatments, such as Botox or Juvederm, or an area of fat transfer for at least 6 weeks.
If a client is showing any signs or symptoms of post operative complications or any illness, services will not be rendered. The client will be advised to follow up with their physician or report to an appropriate medical facility. Post operative clients MUST be cleared by their surgeon to receive lymphatic drainage. If your surgeon has not cleared you to receive lymphatic drainage, please contact them to discuss whether you may begin treatment.
Clients who attend appointments while knowingly experiencing post-operative complications will be responsible for the full cost of the scheduled session.
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Incisions must be fully covered with a waterproof bandage if they are still open or draining any fluids. You may not attend any appointments if you have fluids freely draining from incisions. Mend does not perform incisional drainage and will not provide any type of deep or painful massage techniques to post operative patients.
Mend will not open incisions with any type of implements. Mend will not perform needle aspiration of seroma or remove JP drains or sutures.
Please note that it is not within the scope of practice of any massage therapist in any of the states in the USA to perform any of the aforementioned tasks.
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