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It's common and can be severe and pervasive after physical blunt trauma and surgery --especially plastic surgery, including face lifts and tummy tucks, and breast cancer mastectomy when lymph nodes under an armpit are often removed. The best treatment for swelling, which many surgeons refer, is MLD massage: Manual Lymphatic Drainage.
After a horse accident landed me in the trauma ER and serious injuries caused serious swelling, MLD massage worked liked magic with immediate visible results, under the experienced and gentle hands of Certified Lymphedema Therapist and Board Certified Massage Therapist Kathleen Lisson, CMT, CLT of Solace Massage & Mindfulness.
"Your body has to move to prevent serious swelling, which is why you're made to get up and move right after surgery," Lisson explains. "When you're debilitated or in serious trauma pain and not moving around, it means your lymphatic system can't move waste around, causing the intercellular fluid build-up."
MLD massage is very light touch with super gentle motions to get the fluid moving and absorbed. It also stimulates the parasympathetic system that helps us rest and digest (the opposite of the sympathetic system, which drives adrenaline for fight or flight.
"MLD is very calming, and has an additional somewhat metaphysical affect that helps nurture and relax our traumatized spirit as well as our body, and soothe our mind. People often fall asleep on the table, and that means it's working inside as well as out," said Lisson as I gently nodded off.
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