Lymphatic Drainage Massage by a Lymphedema Physical Therapist- Why it's Important & How to Do it

Lymphatic Drainage Massage plays a major piece in lymphatic health. Lymphatic health is essential to your well-being and overall health. In this video, I explain how lymphatic drainage massage works and then show how to complete lymphatic drainage massage at home correctly. As a certified lymphedema physical therapist (CLT-LANA), I think it's important to visually see and understand how the lymphatic system works so when you're doing the lymphatic drainage massage that you do it effectively. Enjoy!

𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗟𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲?

00:00 Intro
01:11: What are the benefits of doing lymphatic drainage massage
01:28 : The Lymphatic System Explained
02:24 : What to use lymphatic drainage massage
03:05 : Showing how to do lymphatic drainage massage of the abdomen!

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[CancerRehabPT]

𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐭?

[SuperPhotome]

Thank you so much I’m getting better by taking care of my Lymphedema just in a month I lost 10 lbs and my leg already looks better and even inches my husband had noticed I was looking better but I didn’t realize how important this was key I also use a vibration plate and wrapping my leg Thank you for sharing

[vincentsirois]

I'm just a guy who recently had/has some inguinal lymph and leg swelling due to cellulitis from a spider bite.
I've always been in great shape my whole life (60 now), but when this happened I knew that there was an area of my life/body that needed attention. I watched my mom suffer with horrible lymphedema before her death, never believing it could happen to me since I was exercising a couple times a week
Running across YouTube, your videos are by far the most explanatory and detailed and simple to follow. Thanks for sharing your hard work and knowledge with the world. I'm subscribing right now.
I'll be using this lymph massage for the rest of my life.

[bludog]

All I can say is thank you for doing this. I just included lymphatic message along with nasal breathing. Feeling great! Love from Albuquerque 😊

[oAgL]

Chamomile tea. I had swollen lymph nodes on my neck, they were very pronounced, especially at the bottom of my chin/neck which was the size of a shelled pistachio. I drank 2 cups of chamomile a day with 2 tea bags in each cup. By day 3 they were gone, of course they came back again as I stopped drinking the tea but the 2nd time appeared I started drinking tea and I haven't gotten any more swollen lymph nodes. Chamomile is great for this.

[GypWomLou]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. After my 5th spine surgery I suddenly started getting petechiae in my lower legs and feet as well as edema. At the same time my face would swell. I started with the lymph messages and it has reduced the swelling considerably. I’m starting to feel better to.
Thank you again.

[skywalkerthwrld]

Incredible how much better this makes me feel... even just the ten minutes worth is night and day difference

[meoan]

Thank you! Your video is so helpful. I hate to learn something without really understanding how and why I do it, and your video gives me exactly what I need! I will definitely go through all of your videos in the coming days.

[kimhenning]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I just realized that I have so much fluid in my body that is stagnant! You have explained the massage very well and it something that I can continue helping my body by doing it everyday! Now on to watch all your other videos!!

[roxiesoliz]

Thank you for sharing this. I am 2 weeks post mast. and got 1 drain removed last week. Today I have alot of fluid building up. I'll try lymph massage and calendula oil and see if it helps. Much nicer than having the fluid drained with a needle. I hope it works 🙏

[raymondbove]

Really good instructional video, thank you. I have been doing remedial for 24 years and needed to brush up on Lymphatic drainage. Perfect - thanks again :)

[dflfd]

thank you, this is a great lesson! I've trained in lymphatic drainage basics so I know your information is accurate.

[kristinareed]

Mine was so bad when I would have a PTSD episode I would call my therapist and tell her my body felt like it was being constricted by a boa constrictor and then I couldn't breathe. I cannot believe all the specialty doctors I've seen over all the decades that have allowed me to suffer through surgeries and prescriptions when all I needed to do was rub my own body....baffling

I have to say I'm a little peeved because I showed my oncologist what I thought were knots or lumps and she waved them off and so did my gynecologist and so did my endocrinologist all the while they were pushing for me to get a hysterectomy and here I sit exactly today finding out this information on my own, not to mention this is what killed my mother in 2020, and I'm doing these exercises because I stopped going to any specialty doctor because they didn't want to help they just wanted to remove things. Thank you thank you thank you thank you for this video thank you. And I went to school for Western medicine .. ha! They want everyone ill. Cleaning this toxicity up & out and getting back to nature. Cities are HIGHLY TOXIC!!

*I did NOT get surgery either. I walked away from all of it

[elainebates]

Thank you for your instructions and explanations of the Lymphatic Drainage Massage.

[rosejohnson]

After r that massage I feel amazing glory to God thank you so much for posting this 🙌❤️❤️

[JA]

Have long term covid and out of the woods but a clear fluid cough is exacerbating and I'm trying this. Thank you

[ushakalpana]

Very useful and your videos really helped me in clearing my lymph nodes swelling on the neck area.
Thanks a lot 🙏

[JyotiShivShakti]

A wonderful lymphatic drainage massage. I've recently had it done 🧿❤

[crischui-so]

Thank you for taking the time to share and for explaining things slowly making things easy to understand. I appreciate you! ❤

[deborahholzer]

I want to thank you so much for making these easy to follow videos. They have been extremely helpful to myself & my husband. Oct.4th I had some tongue cancer removed as well as some lymph nodes in my neck area. I also had 6 wks/5days a week of radiation treatments on my face and neck area. Healing has been going very well until a month ago when I was told I now have Lymphedema in these areas which has caused pretty painful neck pain and headaches. I was given some instructions & a couple papers with instructions about how to do lymphatic massages . Having a bad memory & not fully understanding the proper amount of pressure & sequence for doing these massages, I was making my situation worse. After watching your instruction videos, & seeing the pictures you present of the different areas of our lymphatic system, I feel so much more educated on the proper way to do these massages. I am so thankful I was able to find you on YouTube. Thank you again. You have no idea how much I appreciate your presentations, the relief I feel, & the improvement to my head, face & neck areas.