Category: Lymphatics

Review Overview Treatment Steps Video Tutorial:

Indication Treatment Steps This is a technique that can be taught to a patient to perform on themselves or others (children, parents, grandparents, etc.) Video Tutorial:

Overview Contraindication Treatment Steps Video Tutorial:

Overview Indications Treatment Steps Video Tutorial:

Be able to instruct your patient how to perform the lymphatic pump on themselves! This is a technique that can be performed at home, no equipment needed and helps in promoting lymphatic flow Video Tutorial:

Overview Indications Contraindications Make sure the patient doesn’t have any gum/candy/loose teeth/dentures/other objects in their mouth Passive Technique Video Tutorial: Active Technique Be sure you KNOW the difference between the active and passive techniques! Video Tutorial:

Used for removing restriction to flow Indication: Most often used in a postoperative setting to treat somatic components of viscerosomatic reflexes. This technique normalizes sympathetics: Heart: T1-T5 and Lungs: T2-T7 Steps for Treatment: In Supine: Seated: This technique should be performed bilaterallyRemember to reevaluate the tissue tension to assess the […]

Used for removing restriction to flow and for treating lymphatic congestion distal to diaphragm and/or respiration that does not fully extend to the pubic symphysis  Contraindications Any patients with… Steps for Treatment: The goal of the treatment is to remove myofascial obstruction to lymph flow Video Tutorial:

Indictions for Treatment Acute somatic dysfunction Infection Inflammation Pregnancy Pathologies with significant venous and/or lymphatic congestion Contraindications for treatment Compromised integument/fracture Thrombosis Hemorrhage Malignancy Bullous emphysema  Subclavian line Where to begin when treating lymphatics: Always treat the Thoracic Inlet first to remove obstructions to lymphatic flow Myofacial Release/Steering Wheel HVLA […]