Every year on July 24, International Self-Care Day reminds us that self-care is a 24/7 necessity, not a luxury. But while the word “self-care” may conjure images of spa days and scented candles, the reality is far more powerful, and essential for those living with chronic pain.

With greater anatomical variability than other body system, the lymphatic vasculature can be difficult to represent in standard textbook diagrams. New students of lymphatic therapies often struggle to understand and memorise the location of the lymph vessels and nodes, however observation and research on guided imagery in the classrooms show that it can enhance relaxation and receptivity to learning, and lead to greater subject mastery through embodied, sensory-rich learning.

Although most surgical wounds will heal well, almost half will result in persistent post-surgical pain, with as many as 40% of post-op patients reporting symptoms consistent with neuropathic pain. Physiologically different to usual post-surgical pain which resolves naturally as tissue healing progresses, neuropathic pain is a complex and often misunderstood condition that may persist long after wound healing has occurred, and can significantly reduce quality of life (1,2)

Lymphoedema is a daily challenge, even for those with access to the best specialty care. For most, poverty, ignorance and stigma with amply

In 30+ years of teaching lymphology, the topic most students struggle with in the beginning is the lymph pathways.

Whether it's long-COVID brain fog, frozen shoulder, or long-term inflammatory disease, Applied MLD offers a lymphatic approach to treatment.

Releasing a frozen shoulder makes it much easier to apply effective CDT in arm lymphoedema, and reducing piriformis pain will certainly help

explain the scientific basis of the effects of MLD, the specific tissue or system effects achieved by individual techniques, and the expecte

Across two decades of teaching therapists how to interact with lymphatics through MLD and Lymph Taping, I have witnessed an explosion in...

My main role at the Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases #CNTD - so far - has been to design and implement a study to see if we can...