Scar massage is a common method used to help remodelscar tissue that has developed in injured tissue it is a treatment used in physical therapy after surgery fracture or soft tissue injury like sprains and strains scar massage is also known as scar mobilization what is scar tissue t inevitably forms whenever our bodys tissue is damaged most people understand scars that form as a result of a cut as they are easy to see but scar also forms internally when we injure our muscles ligam