Lymph flow is required for the valves to form and function, and now we know that endothelial cells can ‘sense’ the flow and respond.

My issue is that therapists and clients pick up on studies like this and start thinking that it means we should do something different

Proper diaphragmatic breathing is essential to the normal functioning of the cardiovascular and lymph vessel systems.

Could the inclusion of waving equidistant tapes over a large area of unaffected skin account for the better results observed during taping?

More than 20 years ago during my first training in lymphoedema management, I learned about lymphatic filariasis (LF), and I knew straight...

People are often surprised when I start talking about MLD to resolve trigger points, or treat conditions like adhesive capsulitis and CRPS

I just did a quick search on the National Lymphoedema Practitioner Register #NLPR to see where people affected by lymphoedema have...

Understanding that lymph nodes and vessels are so active in lymph flow and immune management, reinforces the need to treat holistically...

One of the most important things about this study is that it used self-reported-symptoms (SRS) to determine if lymphoedema was present,...

When I teach MLD we talk a lot about the way the body responds to stress. We're all familiar with the symptoms, sweaty palms, knotted stomac

Next time one of your clients tells you they don't have time to do their own self-treatment for lymphoedema - tell them it only takes 10...

Our lovely Koby Blanchfield (Instructor) getting her techniques checked. Yes, we all go back to 'the source' for refinement and...

The study I am involved with through #CNTD on enhanced #self_care for people affected by moderate to severe #LymphaticFilariasis and...

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...

What ICG fluoroscopy can't tell us, is what is happening in the deep system, nor the systemic effects of MLD which were shown by Heutzschenr

I had an email recently from a therapist who described her client as having deep #pitting_oedema and heavy #fibrosis. Technically this is...

A recent SR and MA on standard therapy (compression with or without exercise and skin-care), compared to standard therapy with MLD, concl

An area of great excitement in lymphatic research - and I think great confusion - is the ‘new discovery’ of ‘lymph vessels’ in the brain. Th

Also called near-infrared fluorescence imaging (NIRFI) or near-infrared fluorescence lymphatic imaging (NIRFLI) the technique uses a very sm