Researchers are testing whether smartwatches can help detect lymphedema early, when it is easier to treat.
In medical settings, lymphatic drainage is used to help patients withlymphedema(chronic swelling due to damage or removal of lymph nodes, usually as part of cancer treatment). It’s also been shown toreduce swelling and visible puffinessin those recovering from injuries. Research is still a littl...
Lymphedema is an under-recognized, progressive, life-long condition estimated to impact 2-3 million people in the United States. The incidence of breast cancer related lymphedema varies greatly in the literature largely due to different measurement techniques, competing thresholds for defining lymphedema...
How often you should get a lymphatic drainage massage depends on why you’re seeking one in the first place, Bailor-Goodlander says. Lymphedema patients may need to have a lymphatic drainage massage once or twice a week for a few weeks, for example. Massage therapists will then evaluate the...
If you get surgery to remove your lymph nodes, you may have swelling. Called lymphedema, this happens if lymph fluid builds up. Compression garments can reduce the swelling. These tight sleeves or stockings, which fit over your arms and legs, help move the fluid back through your body. Thes...
The article focuses on the rehabilitation of patients with arterial disease, patients with venous disease, and patients with lymphedema. It states that the use of supervised exercise programs has shown to have improved absolute walking distance and heal venous ulcers of the patients with arterial dise...
, other treatments like chemotherapy or radiation might be needed. One of the problems with removing lymph nodes to remove cancer cells is that this leaves the body without a way to balance fluids and remove tissue waste, which cancause tissuesto become swollen and painful, called lymphedema....
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Decongestive PT:Often called complete decongestive therapy (CDT), this form of therapy treats a condition called lymphedema, which is damage to the lymph nodes that may be caused by some cancer treatments. Geriatric PT:Some physical therapists specialize in working with older women and men to tr...
Decongestive lymphatic treatment (DLT) is still the gold standard for treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL). With up to 17% of the patients