Victoria S. DorsanoFounder, Be Victorious Coaching · Be Victorious Coaching · Systems > Willpower

ACL tip for scar tissue

30 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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In this short instructional video, Victoria S. Dorsano shares a post‑operative care tip that many patients overlook: regularly massaging the scar tissue from an ACL reconstruction. Even two years after surgery, she notes that scar tissue can remain sensitive, and continued cross‑massage helps prevent adhesions, supports patellar‑tendon healing, and promotes better scar quality. She recommends performing the massage early and often, and suggests applying vitamin E oil to lessen the scar’s visual appearance over time. The video ends with a call‑to‑action to follow her for additional ACL recovery tips.

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ACL tip of the day that not many people will tell you about. Please ignore all the mosquito bites on my leg, but you're going to want to massage your scar tissue. So I'm 2 years out of ACL surgery and I still want to massage this scar tissue. Why? Because there's still certain areas of it that are sensitive. You'll know if you've had ACL surgery that this still feels sensitive. The scar tissue will still feel sensitive for the first couple months, definitely, but it'll still continue on. So you want to continue to cross-massage that scar tissue and prevent adhesions. Doing this frequently and as early on as possible, it's really going to help with the healing of the patellar tendon and all the tissue underneath the skin and really help that scar tissue heal up well. And you can use vitamin E oil to help reduce the appearance of the scar over time. And don't forget to follow for more ACL tips.