Lympho drainage massage to reduce swelling

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

Thanks for this .

I think the problem is that my technician didn't really understand

what exact type of procedure I was having (although she said she was

also a nurse) so didn't think that I could have my face touched too

much right after surgery. I guess I will have to ask my surgeon. I

plan to do a session the day before my surgery and then hopefully one

just over a week later. I'm really glad to see that lymphatic

drainage technique is finally coming over to North America. I used it

in Italy after I had nose surgery a few years back and it really

helped reduce the swelling in record time as well as regenerate my

numb nerves.

One last question - were all the sessions that you did post-surgery

just to the face or did you also do whole body?

Thanks,

Sara

> > 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