A field that was dominated by Swedish and Sports Massage when I entered, has expanded into a sophisticated array of bodywork specialties. Today, remedial and allied health professionals embrace a suite of modalities to address complex physiological needs. Some techniques, such as Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) and Myotherapy, have moved from niche postgraduate studies to mainstream clinical essentials. New clinical groups have also emerged, reflecting the growth in medical aesth

Groundbreaking evidence that changed our fundamental understanding of fluid dynamics at the capillary was published by Mortimer and Levick in 1999 (1), However, the 'old' model, where most interstitial fluid was thought to be resorbed at the venous end of the capillary, is still being taught in most lymphatic programs, and even Chat GPT gets it wrong!