Lymphedema and Acupuncture: Exploring Alternative Treatment Options
This blog explores the role of acupuncture as an alternative treatment for lymphedema, examining recent scientific findings, expert opinions, and practical considerations.
How Much Can You Earn After Getting Lymphedema Certification?
Becoming a Certified Lymphedema Therapist (CLT) is more than just adding letters after your name—it’s a career investment that can pay off in multiple ways. Whether you’re a physical therapist, occupational therapist, nurse, or massage therapist, certification in Complete Decongestive Therapy (CDT) opens doors to higher pay, expanded clinical roles, and greater professional recognition.
How Clinics Can Build a Profitable Lymphedema Program
The demand for specialized lymphedema care is growing rapidly. Cancer survivorship, increased awareness of chronic conditions, and aging populations mean more patients need access to qualified lymphedema services than ever before. For hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and private clinics, starting a lymphedema clinic or adding a lymphedema program setup to existing services can be both clinically rewarding and financially profitable.
Lymphedema Surgery: Exploring Options Beyond Conservative Care
For patients living with advanced lymphedema, conservative treatments like compression and manual drainage may not always provide enough relief. In these cases, surgical options such as lymphaticovenous anastomosis (LVA), vascularized lymph node transfer (VLNT), and liposuction can offer new hope. Our latest blog explores when surgery is considered, how each procedure works, what to expect during recovery, and how long-term self-care remains essential to lasting results.
Understanding the Incidence and Prevalence of Primary Pediatric Lymphedema
This article explores the incidence and prevalence of pediatric lymphedema, the difficulties in diagnosing it, the subtypes of the disease, and why awareness and specialized care are essential.
A Complete Guide to Lymphedema Exercises
When performed safely, lymphedema exercises encourage lymphatic flow, reduce swelling, improve strength, and restore mobility. This comprehensive guide will walk you through the importance of exercise in lymphedema management, safe practices, targeted movements, and professional guidance to help you live more comfortably.
Post-Surgery Swelling vs Lymphedema: When to Start Compression — Timelines & Options
After surgery, some swelling is expected—it usually peaks within 48–72 hours and eases over 2–6 weeks. Lymphedema is different: a persistent, sometimes progressive heaviness or tightness that may appear weeks to months later, especially after lymph node removal or radiation. This Norton School guide explains how to tell the difference, when compression is safe to start.
Summer Exercise for People with Lymphedema: What Therapists Should Recommend
Warm weather brings fresh motivation to get moving, but for individuals managing lymphedema, choosing safe workouts requires extra care. Proper exercise can enhance lymphatic drainage, improve strength, and boost quality of life—but only when guided by evidence-based protocols. In this comprehensive guide, Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) will find summer-friendly routines, aquatic therapy tips, and resources to empower patients to stay active—and safe—all season long.
Seasonal Skin Risks for Lymphedema Patients: How to Educate and Protect During the Hot Months
As temperatures rise, lymphedema patients face a unique set of skin-care challenges. Humidity, sweat, UV exposure, and friction under compression garments create an environment ripe for heat rash, fungal infections, and sun damage. For Certified Lymphedema Therapists (CLTs) and other healthcare providers, educating patients about lymphedema skin care in summer is critical to preventing complications and ensuring safe, active lifestyles
Hydration & Lymphedema Management: Separating Myth from Medicine
Staying hydrated plays a crucial role in managing lymphedema by maintaining lymph fluid viscosity, enhancing the effectiveness of therapies, and preventing complications. The guide provides practical hydration tips for each lymphedema stage, clarifies misconceptions, and emphasizes recommended daily fluid targets, reinforcing hydration's importance alongside other treatment methods.