Scar and Pelvic Health Occupational Therapy
Scar & Pelvic Health Occupational Therapy in North Wales
Supporting recovery after surgery, birth, cancer, or injury.
Scar & Pelvic Health OT - Helping You Achieve Your Goals
What Is Scar & Pelvic Health?
Scar Therapy
Scar therapy is a gentle, hands-on treatment that helps restore mobility, comfort, and function after surgery, injury, or trauma.
Scars — whether new or old — can affect the way your body moves and feels. They can create tightness, pulling sensations, pain, reduced range of movement, and sometimes even impact the nervous system or emotional wellbeing.
Scar therapy works by:
- Softening tight or restricted tissue
- Improving circulation and lymphatic flow
- Reducing pain, sensitivity, or numbness
- Supporting smoother movement and flexibility
- Helping the body heal more efficiently
- Reducing the appearance of scars (when possible)
- Restoring confidence and comfort in your body
It is suitable for all types of scars, including:
- C-section
- Hysterectomy
- Abdominal surgery
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Breast surgery
- Burns
- Traumatic injuries
- Keyhole/laparoscopic scars
- Scars affecting posture, pain, or movement
Scar therapy is safe, gentle, and tailored to your needs. Many people feel relief and noticeable changes within just a few sessions.
Pelvic Health Support
Pelvic health is essential for comfort, movement, bladder and bowel function, sexual wellbeing, and core stability. As an Occupational Therapist, I support people in understanding their symptoms, restoring function, and improving quality of life.
Pelvic health OT can help with:
- Pelvic pain
- Painful sex (dyspareunia)
- Scar-related pelvic discomfort
- Pelvic floor dysfunction
- Bladder urgency, frequency, and leakage
- Bowel issues (constipation, incomplete emptying, post-surgery changes)
- Postnatal recovery
- Caesarean and perineal scar discomfort
- Abdominal wall tightness or weakness
- Core, breath and posture retraining
Support may include:
- Gentle hands-on treatment
- Scar and fascial work
- Breathwork for pelvic floor function
- Core and postural retraining
- Education and self-management strategies
- Rehabilitation exercises
- Nervous system and pain-science-informed approaches
I work holistically to help you understand your symptoms, reduce discomfort, and get back to daily activities with confidence.
How These Therapies Help
Scar and pelvic health therapy can make a significant difference to everyday life.
People often report:
- Less pain or pulling
- Better mobility and flexibility
- Improved pelvic floor coordination
- Reduced bladder or bowel symptoms
- More comfort with sex, movement, or exercise
- Confidence returning to work, hobbies, or parenting
- Feeling more connected and in control of their body
It’s never “too late” to seek support — even older scars and long-standing pelvic symptoms can improve.
Coming Soon: Lymphoedema Support
I am currently completing accredited Casley-Smith lymphoedema training, which will allow me to offer specialist, evidence-informed support for people experiencing lymphatic swelling, heaviness, discomfort, or post-surgical changes.
This advanced training will enable me to provide:
✔ Clinical Assessment of Lymphoedema & Oedema
Understanding the type, stage, and contributing factors behind swelling, including post-cancer treatment, surgery, trauma, immobility, or chronic conditions.
✔ Safe, Gentle Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) Techniques
Casley-Smith training teaches targeted, effective lymphatic drainage skills to reduce swelling, improve lymph flow, and increase comfort.
✔ Compression Support & Garment Guidance
Helping you understand which compression options may be appropriate and how to use them safely and effectively.
✔ Skin Health & Infection Prevention Advice
Including evidence-based guidance to reduce the risk of cellulitis and maintain skin integrity.
✔ Exercise & Movement Strategies to Support Lymph Flow
Tailored movement and breathwork programmes that help manage swelling long term.
✔ Self-Management Tools for Daily Life
Including positioning, pacing, hydration, home techniques, and lifestyle factors that improve outcomes.
✔ Oncology-Informed Approaches
Understanding the impact of cancer treatment on the lymphatic system and offering safe adaptations for recovery.
What This Means for You
Once training is complete, I will be able to offer:
- Lymphoedema assessment and personalised management plans
- MLD sessions tailored to your condition
- Post-surgery and post-cancer lymphatic support
- Ongoing monitoring and progress tracking
- Education and empowerment to manage swelling confidently
- Integrative approaches using OT, clinical reasoning, scar therapy, and lymphatic knowledge
This service will be especially beneficial if you are experiencing:
- Swelling after breast, pelvic, abdominal, or orthopaedic surgery
- Lymphoedema following cancer treatment
- Chronic swelling in arms, legs, trunk, or abdomen
- Heavy, tight or painful limbs
- Lymphatic congestion after trauma or immobility
This service will launch once Casley-Smith Lymphoedema training is fully completed.
If you would like early updates or to join the waiting list, please get in touch.
If symptoms are getting in the way of life, I’d love to help — message me to get started.
Hello!
I'm Ceridwen a specialist occupational therapist passionate about supporting people to continue doing what they want, need and is meaningful to them. My mission is to provide compassionate, evidence-informed scar therapy, pelvic health support, and therapeutic massage that helps people feel safe, understood, and fully at home in their bodies. I combine skilled hands-on treatment with the holistic lens of occupational therapy to restore comfort, confidence, and movement — empowering every person I work with to return to the activities, relationships, and experiences that matter most to them.
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