Re: Lympho drainage massage to reduce swelling

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Hi Sara,

Yes, it was me who broke new ground in this area. My specialist was

Vodder-trained (although she doesn't advertise on their site), and

also teaches this technique. I had my first session the Thursday

before my Tuesday morning surgery. Then I returned the day I was

released from hospital, which was also on a Thursday. I think I had

several sessions a week, for an hour each, then tapered off to half

hour sessions as things improved. I would go with your therapist's

suggestions, though, I'm not suggesting you follow my schedule. I

also did self exercises for the period leading up to my surgery, and

also as soon as I was back in my room and awake.

As for chakras, we didn't discuss that at all, but since my

therapist is experienced in a range of alternative therapies, she

did some polarity work to " ground " me. It was interesting but I've

never explored it further. I am now a yoga practitioner (recommended

by my cranial massage therapist) so I'm more familiar with chakras

although it is not a focus of my practice.

Hope that helps,

> I think it was Fiddlesticks that posted on her site about

lympho

> drainage manual massages and how they helped reduce her swelling

post

> surgery. I actually did this type of massage regularly when I was

> younger as they are quite popular in Italy and it helped my water

> retention and circulation problems a lot. I was intrigued by

's

> experience so today I went to try out a lympho drainage technician

to

> see whether she would be able to also help me post-op. While the

> massage was great she went on a lot about my chakras...something I

had

> never heard about before and was not aware was associated to the

lympho

> drainage technique. What I would like to know from those members

who

> made use of this massage to reduce swelling post surgery is:

> 1) Did you use only a specifically certified technician i.e. only

> Vodder technique? The technician I used today said she was trained

in

> Canada but when I mentioned Vodder she gave me a blank look.

> 2) How much in advance did you get your first massage done pre-op?

Is

> one day in advance too short a time span?

> 3) How long did you wait after surgery to have your first post-op

> massage done? Today the technician told me 10 days but I thought

one

> could even do it sooner.

>

> Thx, Sara