Self-Lymphatic Massage Routine for LYMPHEDEMA after Breast Cancer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- This video shows how to do self-lymphatic massage for lymphedema after breast cancer. This is one of the strategies that helped me the most when I had lymphedema.
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SELF-LYMPHATIC MASSAGE STEPS:
1️⃣ Neck
Back neck together and down
Top of shoulder to terminus
2️⃣ ArmPit (can be on the affected or unaffected side or both)
Side of trunk to armpit
Top of inner arm into armpit
3️⃣ Trunk - Mid-trunk to armpit
4️⃣ Breast
If directing towards affected side:
Side of breast to armpit
Inner breast to armpit
If directing towards unaffected side:
Across chest
5️⃣ Upper arm
If directing towards armpit:
Elbow to armpit along inner arm
If directing towards terminus:
Inner to outer arm
Outer arm to terminus
6️⃣ Elbow
Use fingers
Then palmar surface
7️⃣ Forearm - Wrist to elbow
8️⃣ Hand - Knuckles to wrist
9️⃣ Fingers - Tip of fingers to knuckles
Repeat each a total of 15x
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After so many surgeries, lymphatic massage really does help make the soreness go away almost immediately! I’m grateful my FT showed me how, and then you came along and reinforced the message. I will keep working at it, thanks so much!
Thanks for sharing! The self-lymphatic massage really does help. That’s great that someone recommended it for you.
Thank you so much for this video.
It's my pleasure
Thank you!
You're welcome!
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When can you start after surgery?
You should be able to start right away post surgery. It's always best to check with your healthcare team for your case. At the time I didn't know to start doing self-lymphatic massage after surgery but had I known that I would have started right away.
After radiation my breast shrunk so now there is a dramatic, very noticable difference in sizes. Is this going to help with that?
Unfortunately not! Mine shrunk a bit but it sounds like not as much as yours.
Hello i have a question i had radiation six month ago and i never went to a therapist to do a lymphatic massage and i was wondering if i can still go and get massage since my skin is kind tight even do I fallow you with your exercises mayb i did it wrong but mayb can i still help my sking to be more loose
You can definitely still see a lymphedema therapist at this stage. My lymphedema improved with a combination of self-treatment and seeing a therapist. You can have tension/tight skin post-radiation even if you do all the self-care strategies. It wasn’t anything that you did wrong…radiation side effects are just stubborn!
I'm thinking they should have told me this was possible.
Yes, knowing what to expect can definiely be helpful going through cancer treatment!
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This is great, thank you!
You're welcome! Hope it helps.