Lymphatic Treatment

What’s the most powerful system in your body that you don’t hear much about? The lymphatic system. It’s the clear liquid that surrounds the cells of your body. Except for cartilage, nails, and hair, your entire body is bathed in the lymph.

Why lymphatic treatment at Physical therapy?

If you have chronic pain or illness like Lyme, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, IBS, Crohn’s Disease, etc., you will have a lymphatic problem. Ever wonder why your pain doesn’t get better despite all your therapy and medications? Your lymphatic system may be the problem. If the body can’t rid of cellular waste during the healing process, the inflammation simply stays in the tissues causing pain. If it can’t get out of the body, you can’t get better.

What does it feel like?

Lymphatic treatment is considered a manual physical therapy treatment. It is a light, skin stretching massage that helps promote the movement of lymphatic fluid out of the swollen limb or affected area. It should not be confused with a traditional massage. It is specifically focused on the lymph vessels to help the flow of lymphatic fluid. Therapy is applied to your unaffected areas first, making it possible for the fluid to move out of the affected area, or “decongest” the region. It helps open the remaining functioning lymph collectors and move protein and fluid into them, as well as help speed up lymph fluid flow through the lymphatics.