In the first session with a newly diagnosed lipedema patient, I almost always hear some version of the same story. They tried every diet. They were told the women in their family just have big legs. They were sent home with instructions to eat less and move more, and they ...

Most of my lipedema patients spent years before their diagnosis describing their leg pain to doctors and being told it was normal. Normal for their size. Normal for their age. Normal for how much they were on their feet. What they knew, without being able to prove it, was that ...

Best Body Position for Effective Lymphatic Drainage at Home Patients ask me this more than you might expect, usually when I am teaching them self-MLD to do at home between sessions. Can they do it sitting up? Does lying flat actually matter, or is it just more comfortable? It matters. ...

Three of the most common things I hear from patients who have been managing lymphedema or lipedema on their own for a while: I have a compression pump and I use it every day, but my swelling is not getting better. I wear my compression garments consistently, but the volume ...

Three tools come up frequently in conversations about lymphatic care outside of the clinic: manual lymphatic drainage performed by a therapist, compression pumps used at home, and vibration plates. Each has a legitimate role in specific clinical contexts. Each also has a contraindication profile that most people never encounter before ...

Kinesiology tape has become one of those things patients bring up frequently, usually after seeing it on social media or noticing it on someone at their gym. The colorful strips applied in fan patterns over swollen limbs look promising, and the question I hear regularly is: should I be using ...