Lymphedema

Robert Ashley, an internist and assistant professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles has written an article explaining that techniques of massage can help with lymphedema.

Lymphedema causes pain and swelling that is very uncomfortable to the patient and can be a very difficult condition to treat. The lymphatic system is part of the circulatory system and circulates lymph, a clear fluid that contains waste products from proteins rather than circulating blood. These waste products are cells, including white blood cells and sometimes bacteria. The lymph nodes filter out the lymph of infection and possible …read more