Tissue Healing and General Principles

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inflammatory phase

About days 0-5; protect, rest, control edema; no stress to tissue

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Proliferative (fibroplasia) phase

About day 5 to week 3; collagen is weak, so gentle protected motion only

during this phase the body creates collagen to fill in the open space of the wound

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Remodeling (maturation) phase

About week 3 to 12-24 months; scar maturation, scar management, progressive loading

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Scar massage and silicone

Begin after wound closure and suture removal, usually about 2-3 weeks

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Edema control

Elevation, retrograde massage, compression wrap or garment, active ROM

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Typical fracture bone healing (adult hand and wrist)

About 6-8 weeks for union