@@Letstalkaboutit-vividlylymphatic drainage is different than lymphoedema. Both involve the lymphatic system, but one is a condition, the other a procedure to help the lymphatic system drain excess fluid, especially when there is evidence of edema.
@emmachennofficial 🤦♀️🤦lymphoedema and venous edema, myxedema + are many different types of edema. Lymphatic drainage only works for lymphoedema.... what this person in the video has isn't lymphoedema
Lets not ignore the obvious question.... why is the patient swelling in the first place? Kidney Failure? Congestive Heart Failure? Lymphedema? Address the cause not just the symptoms
My doctor claims it’s because I’m depressed. And he kept trying to give me antidepressants. Then. I passed out was unconscious for 18 hours. ER saved me from heart failure n brain aneurysm along with liver issues. Drs have become lazy n don’t read patients reports or labs results like they should. Had to find a new dr
Only do this when swelling is not because of injury but because of like organ failure, swelling with an injury is there to protect the structures in the area so you dont damage them more!
I have bad kidneys, and in both my pregnancies, I had fluid retention and kindney infections, etc. After delivery, my legs were swollen, and I asked nurses to please massage my legs..yeah, they would come back...and never did! So my mum brought massage oil and came up daily and massaged my legs, after she massaged them, I would do a big wee and fluid finally started to move, and my kidneys kicked in!! If not for family caring, you die in hospitals!!! I was a nurse for 35yrs, always went the extra mile for my patients, and never got it reciprocated, but always stick up for my family members.
I was going to ask the question here, "where does that fluid go?" You just answered that for me in your answer. I'm sad that nurses don't do all they can for their patients. It's my understanding that they have more patients than they can handle and the paperwork is astronomical as well. Am I right?
@@elisamontero4495 the massage pushes the fluid back into the body. As she said, she had a really big pee afterwards. When the fluid is massaged back into the body, the blood picks the fluid back up and distributes it back to the kidneys to filter it out. Sometimes that is the kick the kidneys need to work to get the fluid out when they're not doing it with low blood circulation.
@@pinkroseyrose if you exercise regularly & have no lymph blockage from surgeries, car accidents, or war injuries, you should have a Healthy Lymph system & don't need that type of massage. They are highly specialized & trained to work with the lymph system.
I once went for a lymphatic massage but I'm pretty sure the woman actually had no idea what she was doing. Her technique involved lightly brushing her hands over my body in an upward motion which she claimed would activate my lymph system. 🙄 I had no change and thought it was a waste of money and time for that quackery so I never went back even though it was recommended to come for regular visits! 🤦🏻♀️
Not everyone who sees this short will be medical and will know or understand that not all swelling is due to fluid. Please be careful and get medical information about what is causing the swelling BEFORE massaging. You could cause BIG problems
7 weeks ago i had foot and ankle surgery. My doctor had to cut my calf muscle away from the fascia because it was too tight, he had to shave the bone on the inside of my ankle, he removed a growth similar to a bunion and shaved more bone and put in screws. He went into the toe joint and scraped and cleaned it out. He cut across the top of my foot and had to do a bone graft. He cut along the outside of my foot and under the outside ankle bone and put in more bone grafts and a rod.. I get so swollen and my foot turns purple if its down very long. I understand the swelling and the misery. 8 more weeks befofe I can have the rod removed then months of physical therapy to learn to walk on it again. Yep, I understand the misery and swelling. I wish i could get it massaged but everything is cut up and bone grafts everywhere.
During high school, I went on a trip to Disney World to perform with my school band. We were staying for 5 days, performing on the first day. The bus ride there took almost 23 hours due to an emergency on the bus. 23 hours of doing nothing but sitting down, save for the occasional bathroom stop. During our 5 day stay at Disney World, most of the trip was waking up early, heading to each if the parks at the time of opening, and spending the entire day at each of the parks, nothing but walking and standing in lines for hours. Now, I was not the most active person and took very poor care of my physical health when it came to exercise, and this trip destroyed my leg muscles lmao. It got so painful to walk that it felt like I was walking on broken feet, and I spent the last day in a wheelchair. When I got back home, I had informed my mom (who was a nurse at the time) about the pain in my legs. When she looked at them, my legs were swollen from my toes up to my knees. You couldn’t even tell where my leg ended and my foot began. I was bed ridden for three days because of the amount of swelling caused by the pitting edema. No wonder my legs were so sore that whole week.
It’s a technique to make it look like you’re making a difference. That fluid is gonna move right back in a few minutes. It doesn’t just disappear. The only way for that to do something is to massage that way through the whole body and then apply compression garments and in an about 4-6hrs you should start to pee some out. Depending on why it’s there, it’ll STILL be back with new fluid if the other fluid even left at all. I live this.
Dry roasted dandelion root tea for edema, swelling of the hands and feet..l looked up cure on Google search years ago and I still drink the tea daily..
Lymphatic drainage massage therapist here!!!! Massage is great yes but to access the lymphatic vessels you need extremely light touch pulling the skin slowly towards the heart. Because its superficial not deep.
@@Lucas-nx9zc, it certainly does. Another therapist here, and I see the results on my table immediately, and clients concur. A single session will not fix an issue, which is usually systemic. But regular sessions can bring lasting results
I've had leg and foot edema since i was 17 and I'll be 39 next month. One thing I've learned is that attempting to do what she just did is torture, just pure agonizing pain.
We had renal patients that sometimes their lower hands will swell up like a boxing gloves. When we needed an extra IV we would do the same thing to the hand to expose their veins to start the IV. It worked like a charm. And old RN taught that to me in the 1970’s. And I use to teach all my new nurses on the floor that trick
My mother was an IV therapy nurse who studied at a training hospital in the 50's. She always referred to her time there as nurse:s training. Nowadays they call it nursing school.
@shirleyhardy891 no way sherlock. But what's that got to do with the original comment? It's obviously painful but massaging it might take away the pain temporarily but it doesn't solve the problem does it? Because it will come back
Please please make sure your doctor is ok with this: depending on what chronic conditions you have as a lot of people would not want to do this. It will move right back or you could displace a blood clot. Like I said depending on your diagnosis. Always elevate your feet/legs first and foremost
That's what kept coming to my mind. If there is a clot why push it upwards? They need to inform us of medical diagnosis etc before someone at home does this up the leg and there's a clot, goes to lungs pulmonary embolism and no more patient
That's not true. They aspire to get to the root problem. It's not always possible to figure out, and even when it is, often times treating the symptoms is more feasible, practicable, effective, etc.
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Raise feet so that fluid will go toward calf muscles. They are called your second heart. Fluid will be sent back to the heart and will encourage circulation. Drink water to help eliminate excess water.
@annblake3993 Because (and assuming you have no other condition that is contributing to your excess fluid retention) your body can swell with fluid if you're dehydrated, this is due to a higher sodium concentration in your body. It's one way for your body to prevent complete loss of fluid. When you hydrate, that dilutes the sodium concentration. The kidneys absorb excess sodium, and where salt is water follows , it leads to excreting the excess fluid you were hanging on to. Now, there is probably more involved, but that is as far as I know. If I made any mistakes, feel free to correct me.
Inflammation can cause swelling but they’re not the same thing. For example you can get excema and psoriasis without swelling and edema can happen without inflammation.
My feet got like this when I was pregnant. My husband use to rub the fluid out of my feet everyday. It hurts like hell to try and walk when they are like this.
Light Grey salt by Celtic is a great reversing agent. Just use on food. Ny kidneys are great so I did a 1 day challenge of 12 talls, 10 to 12 oz. of water and 2 teaspoons of Light Grey on tomatoes. Huge reversal of edeema day 2.
@@user-iq5qh1wx3c, my tall water glass holds about 15 oz. So I was drinking a lot of water to really push the exchange . Likely the reason for so much change that quickly
Swelling is usually because of heart issues especially swelling like this.also the swelling will come back after pushing it out of the way they need Lasix it helps remove excess fluid
If doctors were acting as massage therapists who would be the doctors? A doctor is a completely different job. He does his job and he orders physical therapy occupational therapy massage therapy speech therapy etc for people who need those things. If he wanted to be one of those therapists he would be in a different School
Someone recommended compression socks for postop recovery. It’ll minimize or stop swelling all altogether, and lessen your chances for getting blood clots.
OMG i love doing this! My friends feet were like garbage cans all up to her knee when pregnant. They were the biggest I've ever seen and I'm a health care worker. She'd lay on the floor and id sit in a chair and rub her feet for hours. Until they were almost back to normal. If there is no pain I'll do this. Sometimes i try to go softly when there is pain, knowing they'll feel much better. I think I've read your not supposed to do this on bed ridden pts though. Just in case you unlodge a blood clot. Idk if its true or not. But be most feel so much better even with the new wrinkles in the feet 😂
With my pregnancies, I retained so much water that my feet always looked like this. I always tried to put my feet up above my heart level to relieve it as much as possible but I could only do so much till birth 😅
Address the cause of the fluid . Just moving it from one area to another doesn’t alleviate the problem that caused it in the first place . Kidneys , heart & so many other things may be going on .
Hospitals need to hire more Licensed Massage Therapists that specialize in lymphatic drainage massage! We can do a great job at this. I plan on doing hospital work in a few years, and noticed they’re hiring more and more LMTs. 😊
It all depends on what is happening, and why they r swelling. This video doesn't give us any information, except that a doctor is taking the time to do this in an OR or post op. If it wasn't important, no way a doctor or nurse would be doing this at this point in care.
@@forza-kr4bxI don’t believe so because I’ve asked about this myself and my cardiologist and other doctors have never mentioned that method to me so I’m thinking no.
I have been experiencing edema in just my left foot, ankle and leg. I didn’t know to do this, but I started doing it anyway. Now, I know that I did the right thing. Thanks for your video.
A fee days ago my left foot started hurting a bit, yesterday I noticed it was slightly swollen near the instep area feels like a muscle sore or something lol I stand up all day at work as well lol
tell her to take epsom salt baths atleast a couple times a week.. I did that on my last pregnancy and I didn’t swell at all.. I usually swell so bad you can’t see my ankles.
I had a fractured ankle surgery about 7 weeks ago cast is now off but foot still swelling any advice? Because that guy looks like you guys are currently doing operation on him.
@@akashsood9950 honestly if your off the cast get yourself a ankle brace that looks like a sock and compresses the ankle and your swelling will be temporarily away.
8 months after surg for fractured ankle. i still have a fat ankle swells and muffintops shoes and socks. i recommend yeezy foam rnnr shoes. look for knockoff.
Find a MLD therapist to assist you for a treatment block to retrain your pathways to uptake the lymph. A garment without work won't often eliminate the swelling. 🌹
Hello doctor, I am from india. I did MRI of my right foot ankle and doppler as well, reports of MRI and doppler are normal. Conclusion mentioned in the report says there is intermetatarsal bursal fluid. Foot surgeon to whom i showed says there is no cure for this. Doctor said i will have to tie crepe band and compression stocking everyday and properly moisturize my foot. My foot aches when swollen. May I request you to suggest me medication or treatment that can be done please.
I am not a doctor, but reduce salt intake. Salt causes your body to hold more fluid. Eat less carbs and more like Keto diet, but be careful with higher protein. I am only turning 52 and while I sit at the desk all day I would get swollen feet. By having the right diet I reversed this. I am also Indian by the way. My problem came down to lower kidney function. I am working on this by losing weight as I am obese and increasing water intake. By not drinking enough water I can have lower kidney function. It could have been high blood pressure, but I am only borderline hypertension. Read online and educate yourself, don't just depend on doctors as they have been scripted by big pharma to just push pills. Diet is 80% cure. I am living proof as so many before me.
I’ve had horrible edema after my appendix removal. Can’t wear shoes. Heart and other things are fine. Starting dry brushing today & hubby is going to be doing the messages
Just Brands Indica CBD Pen will blow your mind it has no THC, nor hemp oil, it is straight CBD. I suffered needlessly post-op and couldn't take NSAIDS and I couldn't get my swelling down for a month. This caused complications and I researched my butt off to find a way. They have a website! The disposable pens are a game changer for swelling. I was blown away after my second dose all my swelling went down. Docs didn't care and told me to just take Tylenol. 😕 I knew then I had no choice but to find a way to help myself. I hope this helps someone pre-op and post-op. And you can sleep better, and soon move better, so you can heal properly. Do the massages and this yo you are good to go. 🙏✨️
A carnivore diet has completely eliminated edema for me. Inflammation CPD test has gone from 20 to 11 in six months and continues to decrease. Carnivore for survival.
I am in a wheelchair i make sure I do lymphatic massage myself either sitting down on lying down too,,,,,ly phatic massage to the face too can relieve sinus problems ,,,ect the feeling afterwards is so incredible,,,,inner thigh lympathic massage all those in wheelchairs should do,,,,inner calf inner thigh ect from the foot upwards ....
I have had swelling for four year😢 never goes away, I’ve had my kidneys, heart, veins, blood work and everything is normal. Please begging for a miracle and something to help cause I can’t take it anymore. I haven’t worn regular shoes only slide in sandals and slippers.
I forgot to say I don’t massage my feet or legs. I have peripheral neuropathy but I could have a blood clot and could massage right to my lungs or heart. I use lotions but I don’t rub them in but gently
I wish more modern doctors were more open minded about indigenous healing practices. This is a technique that has existed for thousands of years in many indigenous communities, so it's fascinating to see it being presented here as some new found wisdom or technique. We have to find a way to bridge the gap between indigenous and modern healthcare practices.
This is what I tell everyone when they have a sprained ankle. I basically lived with sprained ankles as a teenager. These hard massages really help repair.
Doctor working for the elites pharma: If we removed the symptoms. It's healed. Here, you just need this maintenance medicine. (so symptoms won't show and we earn a living out of you for life.)
It really helps try it yall 🦶🏾🦶🏾 I had swelling on my right feet only it positioned the fluid blood flow and veins to circulate better through my feet 🙌🏾
Acute inflammation and swelling is good and wanted. Chronic swelling and inflammation is deadly and exasperates every problem you have. You do not want this like of selling. Usually it is a sign that there is something terribly wrong with your heart
This isn't swelling from inflammation. This is heart not being able to pull fluids up from the lower extremities. So the body's fluid pools in the legs or feet.
I am a registered ICU nurse btw. When you do distal massages it upsets the natural flow of blood in the veins which can cause swirling and pooling of blood around the vein valves. I used my sons phone (TheGamerWhoGames) when mine was getting a new screen. So, piss off to all who hated on “him”…. Research before you dismiss rudely someone’s comment
