LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF LYMPDOEDEMA TREATMENT

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IT IS A FORM OF MASSAGE THAT HELPS STIMULATE THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND ENCOURAGES THE FLOW OF LYMPH FLUID. 

 

MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE (MLD) IS A TYPE OF GENTLY MASSAGE WHICH IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE THE NATURAL DRAINAGE OF THE LYMPH, WHICH CARRIES WASTE PRODUCTS AWAY FROM THE TISSUES BACK TOWARD THE HEART.

THE LYMPH SYSTEM DEPENDS ON INTRINSIC CONTRACTIONS OF THE SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IN THE WALLS OF LYMPH VESSELS (PERISTALSIS) AND THE MOVEMENT OF SKELETAL MUSCLES TO PROPEL LYMPH THROUGH THE VESSELS TO LYMPH NODES AND THEN BEYOND THE LYMPH NODES TO THE LYMPH DUCTS WHICH RETURN LYMPH TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM.

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MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE USES SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF PRESSURE (LESS THEN 9 OUNCES PER SQUARE INCH OR ABOUT 4 kPa) AND RHYTHMIC CIRCULAR MOVEMENTS TO STIMULATE LYMPH FLOW

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