Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Lymphatic massage can relieve the swelling that occurs with medical treatment or illness blocks.
With years of experience, our specialists work with passion and expertise in manual lymphatic massage, pilates, physiotherapy, dry needling and massage.
We give our utmost efforts to our customers, by sharing our knowledge on how to function, perform and achieve their goals. This includes discussing with you the knowledge on preventative care, injury rehabilitation, pain management and general wellness.
What is manual lymphatic drainage massage used for?
Manual lymphatic drainage, otherwise known as lymphatic drainage massage is a type of soft massage which relieves painful swelling in arms and legs as a result of lymphedema. People often have lymphedema when recovering from breast cancer surgery.
This pain occurs from retained fluid located in your tissues, which are left behind after your cardiovascular system sends blood to tissues and organs. The fluid left behind, lymph, collects in your arms and legs, resulting in swelling. The body of a person who doesn’t suffer from lymphedema will return the lymph to the heart via a network of lymph vessles and nodes, this, unfortunately, isn’t the case for people living with lymphedema.
Here at Walking On Clouds, we help relieve pain for people with lymphedema by using lymphatic drainage massage techniques to move lymph from your tissues to your lymph nodes, easing the painful swelling in your tissues.
What conditions can be helped by lymphatic drainage massage?
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This is a type of arthritis located in the joints causing pain, swelling and stiffness
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This condition makes it difficult for blood in the leg veins to return to your heart.
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This is a condition which causes joint and chronic muscle pain.
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Lymphatic pathways are blocked by excess fat accumulation in the lower body in this condition.
Although this type of massage is primarily to relieve lymphedema, there are other conditions that can be helped by lymphatic drainage massage.
What should you expect when getting a lymphatic drainage massage with us?
Don’t worry, you don’t need to be prepared (apart from wearing comfortable clothes!), you can come straight to the session and we will talk to you about the whole process. Before your session starts, you can expect that we will ask a few questions regarding your symptoms, medical history and what you’re expecting out of the treatment with our massage therapist. Before we start the lymphatic drainage massage, we will talk you through what we plan to do and how this will improve your symptoms.
How can we support you?
Here at walking on clouds, we don’t just provide you with a massage, we provide you with expert advice, great customer service and improve your overall wellbeing. Over the years we have focused our efforts on improving our service by taking additional training so that we know we can give you everything you need.
Our services include lymphatic drainage massage, deep tissue massage, sports massage, hot stone massage, pregnancy massage and signature massages. Our massage therapists are trained in all these practices and have a degree in physiotherapy- so you know you’ll be in good hands when you choose us.