@@Letstalkaboutit-vividlylymphatic drainage is different than lymphoedema. Both involve the lymphatic system, but one is a condition, the other a procedure to help the lymphatic system drain excess fluid, especially when there is evidence of edema.
@emmachennofficial 🤦♀️🤦lymphoedema and venous edema, myxedema + are many different types of edema. Lymphatic drainage only works for lymphoedema.... what this person in the video has isn't lymphoedema
Lets not ignore the obvious question.... why is the patient swelling in the first place? Kidney Failure? Congestive Heart Failure? Lymphedema? Address the cause not just the symptoms
My doctor claims it’s because I’m depressed. And he kept trying to give me antidepressants. Then. I passed out was unconscious for 18 hours. ER saved me from heart failure n brain aneurysm along with liver issues. Drs have become lazy n don’t read patients reports or labs results like they should. Had to find a new dr
Only do this when swelling is not because of injury but because of like organ failure, swelling with an injury is there to protect the structures in the area so you dont damage them more!
Not everyone who sees this short will be medical and will know or understand that not all swelling is due to fluid. Please be careful and get medical information about what is causing the swelling BEFORE massaging. You could cause BIG problems
I have bad kidneys, and in both my pregnancies, I had fluid retention and kindney infections, etc. After delivery, my legs were swollen, and I asked nurses to please massage my legs..yeah, they would come back...and never did! So my mum brought massage oil and came up daily and massaged my legs, after she massaged them, I would do a big wee and fluid finally started to move, and my kidneys kicked in!! If not for family caring, you die in hospitals!!! I was a nurse for 35yrs, always went the extra mile for my patients, and never got it reciprocated, but always stick up for my family members.
I was going to ask the question here, "where does that fluid go?" You just answered that for me in your answer. I'm sad that nurses don't do all they can for their patients. It's my understanding that they have more patients than they can handle and the paperwork is astronomical as well. Am I right?
@@elisamontero4495 the massage pushes the fluid back into the body. As she said, she had a really big pee afterwards. When the fluid is massaged back into the body, the blood picks the fluid back up and distributes it back to the kidneys to filter it out. Sometimes that is the kick the kidneys need to work to get the fluid out when they're not doing it with low blood circulation.
It’s a technique to make it look like you’re making a difference. That fluid is gonna move right back in a few minutes. It doesn’t just disappear. The only way for that to do something is to massage that way through the whole body and then apply compression garments and in an about 4-6hrs you should start to pee some out. Depending on why it’s there, it’ll STILL be back with new fluid if the other fluid even left at all. I live this.
Lymphatic drainage massage therapist here!!!! Massage is great yes but to access the lymphatic vessels you need extremely light touch pulling the skin slowly towards the heart. Because its superficial not deep.
@@Lucas-nx9zc, it certainly does. Another therapist here, and I see the results on my table immediately, and clients concur. A single session will not fix an issue, which is usually systemic. But regular sessions can bring lasting results
@@pinkroseyrose if you exercise regularly & have no lymph blockage from surgeries, car accidents, or war injuries, you should have a Healthy Lymph system & don't need that type of massage. They are highly specialized & trained to work with the lymph system.
I once went for a lymphatic massage but I'm pretty sure the woman actually had no idea what she was doing. Her technique involved lightly brushing her hands over my body in an upward motion which she claimed would activate my lymph system. 🙄 I had no change and thought it was a waste of money and time for that quackery so I never went back even though it was recommended to come for regular visits! 🤦🏻♀️
I've had leg and foot edema since i was 17 and I'll be 39 next month. One thing I've learned is that attempting to do what she just did is torture, just pure agonizing pain.
Dry roasted dandelion root tea for edema, swelling of the hands and feet..l looked up cure on Google search years ago and I still drink the tea daily..
I live with pitting edema, massage gets rid of it while your massaging it, when you stop it comes right back. Displacing tissue fluid doesn't treat it, diuretics do.
7 weeks ago i had foot and ankle surgery. My doctor had to cut my calf muscle away from the fascia because it was too tight, he had to shave the bone on the inside of my ankle, he removed a growth similar to a bunion and shaved more bone and put in screws. He went into the toe joint and scraped and cleaned it out. He cut across the top of my foot and had to do a bone graft. He cut along the outside of my foot and under the outside ankle bone and put in more bone grafts and a rod.. I get so swollen and my foot turns purple if its down very long. I understand the swelling and the misery. 8 more weeks befofe I can have the rod removed then months of physical therapy to learn to walk on it again. Yep, I understand the misery and swelling. I wish i could get it massaged but everything is cut up and bone grafts everywhere.
During high school, I went on a trip to Disney World to perform with my school band. We were staying for 5 days, performing on the first day. The bus ride there took almost 23 hours due to an emergency on the bus. 23 hours of doing nothing but sitting down, save for the occasional bathroom stop. During our 5 day stay at Disney World, most of the trip was waking up early, heading to each if the parks at the time of opening, and spending the entire day at each of the parks, nothing but walking and standing in lines for hours. Now, I was not the most active person and took very poor care of my physical health when it came to exercise, and this trip destroyed my leg muscles lmao. It got so painful to walk that it felt like I was walking on broken feet, and I spent the last day in a wheelchair. When I got back home, I had informed my mom (who was a nurse at the time) about the pain in my legs. When she looked at them, my legs were swollen from my toes up to my knees. You couldn’t even tell where my leg ended and my foot began. I was bed ridden for three days because of the amount of swelling caused by the pitting edema. No wonder my legs were so sore that whole week.
Raise feet so that fluid will go toward calf muscles. They are called your second heart. Fluid will be sent back to the heart and will encourage circulation. Drink water to help eliminate excess water.
@annblake3993 Because (and assuming you have no other condition that is contributing to your excess fluid retention) your body can swell with fluid if you're dehydrated, this is due to a higher sodium concentration in your body. It's one way for your body to prevent complete loss of fluid. When you hydrate, that dilutes the sodium concentration. The kidneys absorb excess sodium, and where salt is water follows , it leads to excreting the excess fluid you were hanging on to. Now, there is probably more involved, but that is as far as I know. If I made any mistakes, feel free to correct me.
Please please make sure your doctor is ok with this: depending on what chronic conditions you have as a lot of people would not want to do this. It will move right back or you could displace a blood clot. Like I said depending on your diagnosis. Always elevate your feet/legs first and foremost
That's what kept coming to my mind. If there is a clot why push it upwards? They need to inform us of medical diagnosis etc before someone at home does this up the leg and there's a clot, goes to lungs pulmonary embolism and no more patient
@shirleyhardy891 no way sherlock. But what's that got to do with the original comment? It's obviously painful but massaging it might take away the pain temporarily but it doesn't solve the problem does it? Because it will come back
I have been experiencing edema in just my left foot, ankle and leg. I didn’t know to do this, but I started doing it anyway. Now, I know that I did the right thing. Thanks for your video.
We had renal patients that sometimes their lower hands will swell up like a boxing gloves. When we needed an extra IV we would do the same thing to the hand to expose their veins to start the IV. It worked like a charm. And old RN taught that to me in the 1970’s. And I use to teach all my new nurses on the floor that trick
My mother was an IV therapy nurse who studied at a training hospital in the 50's. She always referred to her time there as nurse:s training. Nowadays they call it nursing school.
I am in a wheelchair i make sure I do lymphatic massage myself either sitting down on lying down too,,,,,ly phatic massage to the face too can relieve sinus problems ,,,ect the feeling afterwards is so incredible,,,,inner thigh lympathic massage all those in wheelchairs should do,,,,inner calf inner thigh ect from the foot upwards ....
Swelling is usually because of heart issues especially swelling like this.also the swelling will come back after pushing it out of the way they need Lasix it helps remove excess fluid
Extracellular edema will do this and we have known this for a very very long time. the other part is that it will return very quickly once the patient stands up after surgery. The biggest reason why we say rest and elevation when dealing with an injury to an extremity. .
Address the cause of the fluid . Just moving it from one area to another doesn’t alleviate the problem that caused it in the first place . Kidneys , heart & so many other things may be going on .
Light Grey salt by Celtic is a great reversing agent. Just use on food. Ny kidneys are great so I did a 1 day challenge of 12 talls, 10 to 12 oz. of water and 2 teaspoons of Light Grey on tomatoes. Huge reversal of edeema day 2.
@@user-iq5qh1wx3c, my tall water glass holds about 15 oz. So I was drinking a lot of water to really push the exchange . Likely the reason for so much change that quickly
My feet got like this when I was pregnant. My husband use to rub the fluid out of my feet everyday. It hurts like hell to try and walk when they are like this.
I wish more modern doctors were more open minded about indigenous healing practices. This is a technique that has existed for thousands of years in many indigenous communities, so it's fascinating to see it being presented here as some new found wisdom or technique. We have to find a way to bridge the gap between indigenous and modern healthcare practices.
That's not true. They aspire to get to the root problem. It's not always possible to figure out, and even when it is, often times treating the symptoms is more feasible, practicable, effective, etc.
I'll tell you one of the best kept secrets for a long time that has finally been trickling out over the years about diseases, treatments, and keeping the populous ill. That's what happens when pharmaceutical entities become the greatest benefactors to med schools and supposed research facilities and are placed (unfortunately for the infirmed and the general populous) in the position of being able to behind the scenes, structure their curriculum to the point of miseducation all to the benefit of ....you know who, yes, since corporations ARE classified as people, so I didn't err when 'who' was used. Do some digging you'll be surprised 😮 at what you may still be able to uncover about our med school curriculum.
A fee days ago my left foot started hurting a bit, yesterday I noticed it was slightly swollen near the instep area feels like a muscle sore or something lol I stand up all day at work as well lol
This is what I tell everyone when they have a sprained ankle. I basically lived with sprained ankles as a teenager. These hard massages really help repair.
Hello doctor, I am from india. I did MRI of my right foot ankle and doppler as well, reports of MRI and doppler are normal. Conclusion mentioned in the report says there is intermetatarsal bursal fluid. Foot surgeon to whom i showed says there is no cure for this. Doctor said i will have to tie crepe band and compression stocking everyday and properly moisturize my foot. My foot aches when swollen. May I request you to suggest me medication or treatment that can be done please.
I am not a doctor, but reduce salt intake. Salt causes your body to hold more fluid. Eat less carbs and more like Keto diet, but be careful with higher protein. I am only turning 52 and while I sit at the desk all day I would get swollen feet. By having the right diet I reversed this. I am also Indian by the way. My problem came down to lower kidney function. I am working on this by losing weight as I am obese and increasing water intake. By not drinking enough water I can have lower kidney function. It could have been high blood pressure, but I am only borderline hypertension. Read online and educate yourself, don't just depend on doctors as they have been scripted by big pharma to just push pills. Diet is 80% cure. I am living proof as so many before me.
OMG i love doing this! My friends feet were like garbage cans all up to her knee when pregnant. They were the biggest I've ever seen and I'm a health care worker. She'd lay on the floor and id sit in a chair and rub her feet for hours. Until they were almost back to normal. If there is no pain I'll do this. Sometimes i try to go softly when there is pain, knowing they'll feel much better. I think I've read your not supposed to do this on bed ridden pts though. Just in case you unlodge a blood clot. Idk if its true or not. But be most feel so much better even with the new wrinkles in the feet 😂
I never had kidney problems, got bad compartment syndrome and a fasciotomy, almost lost my leg. The swellin was disgusting. 55lbs all below the waist. My kidneys bounced back from 1% to almost 80% within a month. Makes me think theres someone up there it wasnt supposed to happen. Wasnt supposed to keep my leg either or be doing as well as I am today. Wouldnt take it back every day I feel grateful and I never really felt that before
I was an OTD and certified lymphedema therapist for many years. Trained at the Folidi Clinic in Germany. Light massage is best, once one understands the difference between edemas and vascular circulation. Deep mass pushing fluid to an alternative area is not best. It's not all fluid, it is also blood plasma proteins. I agree with every lymphedema therapist responding.
Inflammation can cause swelling but they’re not the same thing. For example you can get excema and psoriasis without swelling and edema can happen without inflammation.
I want to tell everyone that not every swelling can be treated like this. This is edema caused by poor lymphatic drainage. If you have swelling go to the doctor it can be fracture too not only bone fracture it can be tendon tear. So first of all visit to the doctor
If doctors were acting as massage therapists who would be the doctors? A doctor is a completely different job. He does his job and he orders physical therapy occupational therapy massage therapy speech therapy etc for people who need those things. If he wanted to be one of those therapists he would be in a different School
It all depends on what is happening, and why they r swelling. This video doesn't give us any information, except that a doctor is taking the time to do this in an OR or post op. If it wasn't important, no way a doctor or nurse would be doing this at this point in care.
I did this for my mom at the end of her life. She had a lot of fluid retention because her lungs were no longer working, and her legs would balloon up because she always had or be upright. I was seventeen when I did that for her, I’ll never forget the relief it brought her. It’s why I went into nursing. But our healthcare system is so broken that the focus of nursing now is so backwards. I hope that we can fix it one day.
I had a fractured ankle surgery about 7 weeks ago cast is now off but foot still swelling any advice? Because that guy looks like you guys are currently doing operation on him.
@@akashsood9950 honestly if your off the cast get yourself a ankle brace that looks like a sock and compresses the ankle and your swelling will be temporarily away.
8 months after surg for fractured ankle. i still have a fat ankle swells and muffintops shoes and socks. i recommend yeezy foam rnnr shoes. look for knockoff.
Find a MLD therapist to assist you for a treatment block to retrain your pathways to uptake the lymph. A garment without work won't often eliminate the swelling. 🌹
Hospitals need to hire more Licensed Massage Therapists that specialize in lymphatic drainage massage! We can do a great job at this. I plan on doing hospital work in a few years, and noticed they’re hiring more and more LMTs. 😊
Someone recommended compression socks for postop recovery. It’ll minimize or stop swelling all altogether, and lessen your chances for getting blood clots.
A carnivore diet has completely eliminated edema for me. Inflammation CPD test has gone from 20 to 11 in six months and continues to decrease. Carnivore for survival.
Fun fact, excess moisture in the body is stored in the feet. Hence why you usually have to pee when you wake up in the morning if you drank before bed. So for you gamers out there, get up and move around every hour or so, it keeps your ankles from swelling if you drink a lot. More so with water, I believe, as I've yet to finish my experiments with other liquids. Alcohol doesn't work the same way, I do know that lolz
With my pregnancies, I retained so much water that my feet always looked like this. I always tried to put my feet up above my heart level to relieve it as much as possible but I could only do so much till birth 😅
@@forza-kr4bxI don’t believe so because I’ve asked about this myself and my cardiologist and other doctors have never mentioned that method to me so I’m thinking no.
Problem here is the superior lymphatic points need to be decogested for the drainage to be effective and permanent. This method of force causes the interstitial fluid to return back. First drain abdominal ducts and trunk, then inguinal, then popliteal then foot.😊
I forgot to say I don’t massage my feet or legs. I have peripheral neuropathy but I could have a blood clot and could massage right to my lungs or heart. I use lotions but I don’t rub them in but gently
At least this person is getting the help they need. My foot been like that for 4 years now. It happened during the pandemic. Didn't see an Orthopedic until months later. Was given a BOOT and was told it would "heal" and I was young so I don't need surgery.... nope
I have had swelling for four year😢 never goes away, I’ve had my kidneys, heart, veins, blood work and everything is normal. Please begging for a miracle and something to help cause I can’t take it anymore. I haven’t worn regular shoes only slide in sandals and slippers.
I had a severe reaction to a mosquito bite and my whole leg was swollen to bursting. The relief this gives is nice but temporary. The only solutiom is hardcore compression socks.
As a person with congestive heart failure who often has edema, I can tell you that massaging hurts! Trying to massage the fluids and swelling is hard to take. It feels like the skin is going to burst anyway. When you add pressure of that manipulation to move the fluids away, that makes it so much more painful for me. I sure hope no surgeon ever tries this with me. If I am awake I will scream!
I’ve had horrible edema after my appendix removal. Can’t wear shoes. Heart and other things are fine. Starting dry brushing today & hubby is going to be doing the messages
Just Brands Indica CBD Pen will blow your mind it has no THC, nor hemp oil, it is straight CBD. I suffered needlessly post-op and couldn't take NSAIDS and I couldn't get my swelling down for a month. This caused complications and I researched my butt off to find a way. They have a website! The disposable pens are a game changer for swelling. I was blown away after my second dose all my swelling went down. Docs didn't care and told me to just take Tylenol. 😕 I knew then I had no choice but to find a way to help myself. I hope this helps someone pre-op and post-op. And you can sleep better, and soon move better, so you can heal properly. Do the massages and this yo you are good to go. 🙏✨️
If I press into my feet when swollen, it will leave red marks…permanent red marks. I barely pressed into my skin the first time it happened, and I still have a red mark from it. Thought maybe it was a one time thing, so I tried it again…same thing. 🤷🏼♀️ it looked like you were pressing pretty hard then pushing it upwards toward the ankle. My foot would never be the same haha.
I was in the hospital for 2 months at Brigham and Womens in Boston MA. My right leg was swollen from my foot to my upper thigh. I couldn't bend or fully straighten out my leg and I was internally bleeding from somewhere in my body so bad that I need 3-4 blood infusions daily. I had about 14 doctors from one of the best hospitals in the world working on me and none of them could figure out what was causing the swelling and what was causing the internal bleeding. They literally tested me for everything you can think of. I had a muscle biopsy, a bone biopsy, a marker test where they mark your blood with radiation to see if they can find out where you are bleeding from but that showed nothing. Finally they came to me after no answers and one of the doctors was like "this just might be something we haven't seen in modern medicine. That scared the hell out of me because I thought I would have to spend the rest of my life like this. I was 25 at the time, they sent me home when I shouldn't have been sent home. I ended up internally bleeding in my apartment in and out of a daze sleeping all day. My mom and my aunt and my cousins came by my house when I wasn't answering my phone and found me literally near death. I was taken by ambulance to a local hospital this time and my blood levels were 2.3 when normally they supposed to be a 13-14 in normal people Ive never been so weak in my life. I spent another 2 weeks in this hospital getting blood infusions and plasma infusions and finally by some grace of God, my blood levels went back to normal and my leg swelling stopped and I finally got to go home. I've been fine ever since and I guess I'll never know what that was.
It really helps try it yall 🦶🏾🦶🏾 I had swelling on my right feet only it positioned the fluid blood flow and veins to circulate better through my feet 🙌🏾
tell her to take epsom salt baths atleast a couple times a week.. I did that on my last pregnancy and I didn’t swell at all.. I usually swell so bad you can’t see my ankles.
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In other parts of the world lymphatic drainage massage is a normal prescribed part of post-surgical care.
This isn't lymphoedema... lymphoedema is non-pitting
@@Letstalkaboutit-vividlylymphatic drainage is different than lymphoedema. Both involve the lymphatic system, but one is a condition, the other a procedure to help the lymphatic system drain excess fluid, especially when there is evidence of edema.
@emmachennofficial 🤦♀️🤦lymphoedema and venous edema, myxedema + are many different types of edema. Lymphatic drainage only works for lymphoedema.... what this person in the video has isn't lymphoedema
Id love to learn more about it 🇨🇦😊
How about finger weight? Soft or medium ? Slightly?
Lets not ignore the obvious question.... why is the patient swelling in the first place?
Kidney Failure? Congestive Heart Failure? Lymphedema?
Address the cause not just the symptoms
As a nurse my thoughts exactly
My doctor claims it’s because I’m depressed. And he kept trying to give me antidepressants. Then. I passed out was unconscious for 18 hours. ER saved me from heart failure n brain aneurysm along with liver issues. Drs have become lazy n don’t read patients reports or labs results like they should. Had to find a new dr
Yes but if it’s not any of that then massage can help
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I have a broken leg (tibia and fibia) my foot swelling is the worst symptom at this point. My pinky toe is black.
Only do this when swelling is not because of injury but because of like organ failure, swelling with an injury is there to protect the structures in the area so you dont damage them more!
My mom was a nurse and she taught us to elevate our feet to stop swelling and not to rub up on our legs so as to not send a clot to our heart
I was told not to massage my legs and to sleep with my legs straight for fear of clots.
@@marytimmons3889you can get clots if your legs are bent while sleeping??
My first thought was blood clot.
Licensed Doc here. You’re correct, however this is just for pre procedure. At any other time it’s best to elavate the feet
She needs to make that clear on the video clips some ppl don’t read and just do aka think before you see
Not everyone who sees this short will be medical and will know or understand that not all swelling is due to fluid. Please be careful and get medical information about what is causing the swelling BEFORE massaging. You could cause BIG problems
Very true
Sooo true
Very true. Research the lymphatic system and swelling!!
Yes, I think so, you need to give short back ground story, and for the audience, don’t do anything prior consulting to your doctor
I can tell you if you have a DVt in your main vein that is causing that edema your doctor don't want you moving or massaging anything
I have bad kidneys, and in both my pregnancies, I had fluid retention and kindney infections, etc. After delivery, my legs were swollen, and I asked nurses to please massage my legs..yeah, they would come back...and never did! So my mum brought massage oil and came up daily and massaged my legs, after she massaged them, I would do a big wee and fluid finally started to move, and my kidneys kicked in!! If not for family caring, you die in hospitals!!! I was a nurse for 35yrs, always went the extra mile for my patients, and never got it reciprocated, but always stick up for my family members.
MAY GOD REWARD YOU FOR YOUR WORK
I was going to ask the question here, "where does that fluid go?" You just answered that for me in your answer.
I'm sad that nurses don't do all they can for their patients. It's my understanding that they have more patients than they can handle and the paperwork is astronomical as well. Am I right?
Do You know which oil was used when massaging them. Thank you
😮 not an answer to the problem so it goes to your ankle,
How do you get rid of the fluid now in your ankle?
@@elisamontero4495 the massage pushes the fluid back into the body. As she said, she had a really big pee afterwards. When the fluid is massaged back into the body, the blood picks the fluid back up and distributes it back to the kidneys to filter it out. Sometimes that is the kick the kidneys need to work to get the fluid out when they're not doing it with low blood circulation.
Yes as a lymphedema specialist this is what I do all day and I love it !
It’s a technique to make it look like you’re making a difference. That fluid is gonna move right back in a few minutes. It doesn’t just disappear. The only way for that to do something is to massage that way through the whole body and then apply compression garments and in an about 4-6hrs you should start to pee some out. Depending on why it’s there, it’ll STILL be back with new fluid if the other fluid even left at all. I live this.
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Exactly, and reading a PT also does this just shows how PTs are mostly ineffective.
Making parsley tea helps you pee it out too
Interesting..
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Lymphatic drainage massage therapist here!!!! Massage is great yes but to access the lymphatic vessels you need extremely light touch pulling the skin slowly towards the heart. Because its superficial not deep.
Ldm doesn’t work sorry
@@Lucas-nx9zc, it certainly does. Another therapist here, and I see the results on my table immediately, and clients concur. A single session will not fix an issue, which is usually systemic. But regular sessions can bring lasting results
@@Lucas-nx9zc might not work for you but it does for many of my clients. Sorry you didnt have a good experience.
If I want this done is there proper name and who would I ask thanks 🇮🇪
@@jessic178, many just google for your area
Lymphatic massage is LIFE CHANGING!! 💗
I need that badly
And very hard to find
i want it idk if i need it but it sounds like you feel like a new person after
@@pinkroseyrose if you exercise regularly & have no lymph blockage from surgeries, car accidents, or war injuries, you should have a Healthy Lymph system & don't need that type of massage. They are highly specialized & trained to work with the lymph system.
I once went for a lymphatic massage but I'm pretty sure the woman actually had no idea what she was doing. Her technique involved lightly brushing her hands over my body in an upward motion which she claimed would activate my lymph system. 🙄 I had no change and thought it was a waste of money and time for that quackery so I never went back even though it was recommended to come for regular visits! 🤦🏻♀️
I've had leg and foot edema since i was 17 and I'll be 39 next month. One thing I've learned is that attempting to do what she just did is torture, just pure agonizing pain.
Im sure she knows that and dont give one f! So u ever do a detox? Switcj over to a vegan diet? U should at least try it see wat happens
Me too. Mine started at 17 as well.
I believe this was done under general anesthesia after ankle surgery. Pt. would nit have been conscious
I'm a physical therapist and that's how I go about treating pitting edema too, great job!
I have edema in my legs. I just wanted to ask, does it hurt?
Dry roasted dandelion root tea for edema, swelling of the hands and feet..l looked up cure on Google search years ago and I still drink the tea daily..
I live with pitting edema, massage gets rid of it while your massaging it, when you stop it comes right back. Displacing tissue fluid doesn't treat it, diuretics do.
@@jewelliannew6172 true, but massaging the fluid out is a relief in its own nonetheless
The fluid is going to move right back into the foot after just a few moments
I was just thinking where does the fluid go? I have swollen ( edema) and my feet both look like this.
I agree with you jakobiwalker
ple tell me which medicine will be remove this types of swelling
@@chandrapun5325 Lasix can but they won’t give you that unless you’re in heart failure
@@ICU306not necessarily. I don't have CHF nor kidney issues but I tend to get swollen due to my fibromyalgia and spondyloarthropathy. I get lasix.
For anyone dealing with this I am soooo sorry OMFG.
My mom was diagnosed with TTP a couple of weeks ago. Long story short, her feet and legs were so incredibly swollen. Lasix has helped a lot.
Thank ypu for ALL YOU DO❤
7 weeks ago i had foot and ankle surgery. My doctor had to cut my calf muscle away from the fascia because it was too tight, he had to shave the bone on the inside of my ankle, he removed a growth similar to a bunion and shaved more bone and put in screws. He went into the toe joint and scraped and cleaned it out. He cut across the top of my foot and had to do a bone graft. He cut along the outside of my foot and under the outside ankle bone and put in more bone grafts and a rod.. I get so swollen and my foot turns purple if its down very long. I understand the swelling and the misery. 8 more weeks befofe I can have the rod removed then months of physical therapy to learn to walk on it again. Yep, I understand the misery and swelling. I wish i could get it massaged but everything is cut up and bone grafts everywhere.
Keep your head up you’ll get it through it. Wishing you the best
Jesus is praying for you
Check out lymphatic massage. It requires pretty much zero pressure… Please look it up.
😢 prayers 🙏
i’m so sorry that sounds awful def have u in my prayers 🙏🏼🙏🏼
During high school, I went on a trip to Disney World to perform with my school band. We were staying for 5 days, performing on the first day. The bus ride there took almost 23 hours due to an emergency on the bus. 23 hours of doing nothing but sitting down, save for the occasional bathroom stop. During our 5 day stay at Disney World, most of the trip was waking up early, heading to each if the parks at the time of opening, and spending the entire day at each of the parks, nothing but walking and standing in lines for hours. Now, I was not the most active person and took very poor care of my physical health when it came to exercise, and this trip destroyed my leg muscles lmao. It got so painful to walk that it felt like I was walking on broken feet, and I spent the last day in a wheelchair. When I got back home, I had informed my mom (who was a nurse at the time) about the pain in my legs. When she looked at them, my legs were swollen from my toes up to my knees. You couldn’t even tell where my leg ended and my foot began. I was bed ridden for three days because of the amount of swelling caused by the pitting edema. No wonder my legs were so sore that whole week.
Ouch and glad you are better.
Wow..that's crazy. You might as well just go on & make a video. 😊
Disney rash happens to some over age 65 who fails to wear their compression socks.
I can agree with you.. the only personal help you get is from an underpaid assistant not the ones who earn the big bucks .
I have this problem now and I am going through menopause.
If you don't mind me asking, how old are you?
You should probably see a doc
Raise feet so that fluid will go toward calf muscles. They are called your second heart. Fluid will be sent back to the heart and will encourage circulation. Drink water to help eliminate excess water.
I never knew that about calf muscles. Very interesting, thank you
If you have fluid build up how is drinking water helping when you’re only peeing out what you drink but not the excess? I never understood that advice
@annblake3993 Because (and assuming you have no other condition that is contributing to your excess fluid retention) your body can swell with fluid if you're dehydrated, this is due to a higher sodium concentration in your body. It's one way for your body to prevent complete loss of fluid. When you hydrate, that dilutes the sodium concentration. The kidneys absorb excess sodium, and where salt is water follows , it leads to excreting the excess fluid you were hanging on to. Now, there is probably more involved, but that is as far as I know. If I made any mistakes, feel free to correct me.
Please please make sure your doctor is ok with this: depending on what chronic conditions you have as a lot of people would not want to do this. It will move right back or you could displace a blood clot. Like I said depending on your diagnosis. Always elevate your feet/legs first and foremost
Nurse a long time. There are dozens of reasons why this isn't a great thing to do because of pain and possible negative repercussions. YIKES!
That's what kept coming to my mind. If there is a clot why push it upwards? They need to inform us of medical diagnosis etc before someone at home does this up the leg and there's a clot, goes to lungs pulmonary embolism and no more patient
Exactly I totally agree. I don’t even think it’s safe for people without preexisting conditions. Anyone can have a clot even without risk factors.
The description says it's post op care.
Well I don't think it's a clot in the first place so....
In Samoa we call this a fofō. Hurts but works everytime👌
Great caring Dr, thanks for sharing!!
I have severe Edema and although my swelling does…..flatten out…. It doesn’t go away that drastic..
@rawmarby has natural remedies to cure lymphatic stagnation
It is a practice dummy.
mmm idk bout that
ما هي الرسالة المرسلة التي عندما تفتحها يعانقها عطر الحنين
It's called pitted edema. Simply displacing it is temporary. It will return shortly.
Also she shifted it up to the ankle
That’s what I was thinking. You can’t just massage away edema. It will come back if the root of the problem isn’t fixed
It is very painful if you have true edema and not just temporary swelling
@shirleyhardy891 no way sherlock. But what's that got to do with the original comment? It's obviously painful but massaging it might take away the pain temporarily but it doesn't solve the problem does it? Because it will come back
@@Luke_Reacts
ما هي الرسالة المرسلة التي عندما تفتحها يعانقها عطر الحنين
I have been experiencing edema in just my left foot, ankle and leg. I didn’t know to do this, but I started doing it anyway. Now, I know that I did the right thing. Thanks for your video.
Get checked out. Swelling on one side is sometimes a sign of a blood clot.
We had renal patients that sometimes their lower hands will swell up like a boxing gloves. When we needed an extra IV we would do the same thing to the hand to expose their veins to start the IV. It worked like a charm. And old RN taught that to me in the 1970’s. And I use to teach all my new nurses on the floor that trick
Old nurses are a mountain of information and skills, stuff that is being lost now nursing has gone into universities instead of training hospitals. 😢
My mother was an IV therapy nurse who studied at a training hospital in the 50's.
She always referred to her time there as nurse:s training. Nowadays they call it nursing school.
That’s great!
I cannot!! I will scream if I do this to my toe.
Let me see
Seriously! It's amazing but I can barely watch it!🫣
patient was sleep if he she was up they’d go crazy if she did that
I’m sure that would be so painful to push up
Lol sa reviendra desuite après
Doctor is so sweet. She takes her feet work seriously. I know blessing come to her all the time. ❤🦶
I am in a wheelchair i make sure I do lymphatic massage myself either sitting down on lying down too,,,,,ly phatic massage to the face too can relieve sinus problems ,,,ect the feeling afterwards is so incredible,,,,inner thigh lympathic massage all those in wheelchairs should do,,,,inner calf inner thigh ect from the foot upwards ....
Swelling is usually because of heart issues especially swelling like this.also the swelling will come back after pushing it out of the way they need Lasix it helps remove excess fluid
Not always because of the heart
I do know that thus why I said “usually” it’s the usual cause but not always. I work in a hospital I do know a little about this too
I have Edema of the leg ! Due to blood pressure pills! I switched to wayer pills
For lymph edema, i think faradism under pressure is beneficial then others treatment protocol.
Extracellular edema will do this and we have known this for a very very long time. the other part is that it will return very quickly once the patient stands up after surgery. The biggest reason why we say rest and elevation when dealing with an injury to an extremity. .
Address the cause of the fluid . Just moving it from one area to another doesn’t alleviate the problem that caused it in the first place . Kidneys , heart & so many other things may be going on .
I had open heart surgery a quadruple bypass Dec 2023. I have been swelling, short of breath amd tired since. 😫
May God bless you back to good health ❤, my brother is going through cardiac failure and kidney failure, he never has energy nomore
Prayers for your complete recovery and the swelling and edema leave your body. God bless you with improved health. ❤🙏🏼
I wouldn't wish this on anyone☹️ hope he gets better
Swelling can also occur due to fracture or internal injury. I will recommend not massaging unless ur doctor recommends it.
Light Grey salt by Celtic is a great reversing agent. Just use on food. Ny kidneys are great so I did a 1 day challenge of 12 talls, 10 to 12 oz. of water and 2 teaspoons of Light Grey on tomatoes. Huge reversal of edeema day 2.
Can you please explain? What is 12 talls?
Please explain, thx!
@@user-iq5qh1wx3c, my tall water glass holds about 15 oz. So I was drinking a lot of water to really push the exchange . Likely the reason for so much change that quickly
My feet got like this when I was pregnant. My husband use to rub the fluid out of my feet everyday. It hurts like hell to try and walk when they are like this.
People, this is post surgery. This can occur after lower extremity surgery and usually resolves within a week or two.
I wish more modern doctors were more open minded about indigenous healing practices. This is a technique that has existed for thousands of years in many indigenous communities, so it's fascinating to see it being presented here as some new found wisdom or technique. We have to find a way to bridge the gap between indigenous and modern healthcare practices.
The problem with medicine is they don't try to get the root problem they just treat the symptoms
That's not true. They aspire to get to the root problem. It's not always possible to figure out, and even when it is, often times treating the symptoms is more feasible, practicable, effective, etc.
I'll tell you one of the best kept secrets for a long time that has finally been trickling out over the years about diseases, treatments, and keeping the populous ill. That's what happens when pharmaceutical entities become the greatest benefactors to med schools and supposed research facilities and are placed (unfortunately for the infirmed and the general populous) in the position of being able to behind the scenes, structure their curriculum to the point of miseducation all to the benefit of ....you know who, yes, since corporations ARE classified as people, so I didn't err when 'who' was used. Do some digging you'll be surprised 😮 at what you may still be able to uncover about our med school curriculum.
Did you come to that conclusion about all of medicine because of this singular UA-cam short?
@@tsuki.wxrldz4436 No! My own experience. Going through it now.
@@LiliS319 bullshit
Do I stop eating sugar and carbs to get rid of this??? I just notice it after work standing pretty much all day?
A fee days ago my left foot started hurting a bit, yesterday I noticed it was slightly swollen near the instep area feels like a muscle sore or something lol I stand up all day at work as well lol
The only way I can stop my swelling is not to eat anything after7pm, and skipping breakfast
Compression stockings just trust me on this
@@brandysaxthis is bad advice
@@villagemagician1320 please enlighten me
When I had surgery for my broken leg this was the BEST feeling and I felt so much better after.
This is what I tell everyone when they have a sprained ankle. I basically lived with sprained ankles as a teenager. These hard massages really help repair.
I needed this doctor
Hello doctor, I am from india. I did MRI of my right foot ankle and doppler as well, reports of MRI and doppler are normal. Conclusion mentioned in the report says there is intermetatarsal bursal fluid. Foot surgeon to whom i showed says there is no cure for this. Doctor said i will have to tie crepe band and compression stocking everyday and properly moisturize my foot. My foot aches when swollen. May I request you to suggest me medication or treatment that can be done please.
I am not a doctor, but reduce salt intake. Salt causes your body to hold more fluid. Eat less carbs and more like Keto diet, but be careful with higher protein. I am only turning 52 and while I sit at the desk all day I would get swollen feet. By having the right diet I reversed this. I am also Indian by the way. My problem came down to lower kidney function. I am working on this by losing weight as I am obese and increasing water intake. By not drinking enough water I can have lower kidney function. It could have been high blood pressure, but I am only borderline hypertension. Read online and educate yourself, don't just depend on doctors as they have been scripted by big pharma to just push pills. Diet is 80% cure. I am living proof as so many before me.
Possibly a bone spur
OMG i love doing this! My friends feet were like garbage cans all up to her knee when pregnant. They were the biggest I've ever seen and I'm a health care worker. She'd lay on the floor and id sit in a chair and rub her feet for hours. Until they were almost back to normal. If there is no pain I'll do this. Sometimes i try to go softly when there is pain, knowing they'll feel much better. I think I've read your not supposed to do this on bed ridden pts though. Just in case you unlodge a blood clot. Idk if its true or not. But be most feel so much better even with the new wrinkles in the feet 😂
As a nurse- thank you! I’m always looking for ways to help my pts!
Wear a compression stocking every waking moment, except for showers and bed.
Not the best solution for every situation
Literally doesn't work like that.
@@CallieCEntertainment ty
Thank you, that is the usual recommended solution
Why not in bed?
The heart can be overloaded
I never had kidney problems, got bad compartment syndrome and a fasciotomy, almost lost my leg. The swellin was disgusting. 55lbs all below the waist. My kidneys bounced back from 1% to almost 80% within a month. Makes me think theres someone up there it wasnt supposed to happen. Wasnt supposed to keep my leg either or be doing as well as I am today. Wouldnt take it back every day I feel grateful and I never really felt that before
I was an OTD and certified lymphedema therapist for many years. Trained at the Folidi Clinic in Germany. Light massage is best, once one understands the difference between edemas and vascular circulation. Deep mass pushing fluid to an alternative area is not best. It's not all fluid, it is also blood plasma proteins. I agree with every lymphedema therapist responding.
Food that causes inflammation AKA swelling is the enemy
Inflammation can cause swelling but they’re not the same thing. For example you can get excema and psoriasis without swelling and edema can happen without inflammation.
Keep up the amazing work
As a surgeon. Not needed. No one does this. Address the root cause of edema.
I want to tell everyone that not every swelling can be treated like this. This is edema caused by poor lymphatic drainage. If you have swelling go to the doctor it can be fracture too not only bone fracture it can be tendon tear. So first of all visit to the doctor
To bad most Drs don’t do this !
If doctors were acting as massage therapists who would be the doctors? A doctor is a completely different job. He does his job and he orders physical therapy occupational therapy massage therapy speech therapy etc for people who need those things. If he wanted to be one of those therapists he would be in a different School
It all depends on what is happening, and why they r swelling. This video doesn't give us any information, except that a doctor is taking the time to do this in an OR or post op. If it wasn't important, no way a doctor or nurse would be doing this at this point in care.
This looks so soothing!
Beruhigend? Mir ist schlecht geworden!
I did this for my mom at the end of her life. She had a lot of fluid retention because her lungs were no longer working, and her legs would balloon up because she always had or be upright. I was seventeen when I did that for her, I’ll never forget the relief it brought her. It’s why I went into nursing. But our healthcare system is so broken that the focus of nursing now is so backwards. I hope that we can fix it one day.
I had a fractured ankle surgery about 7 weeks ago cast is now off but foot still swelling any advice? Because that guy looks like you guys are currently doing operation on him.
I also have same problem can you suggest me something good
@@akashsood9950 honestly if your off the cast get yourself a ankle brace that looks like a sock and compresses the ankle and your swelling will be temporarily away.
8 months after surg for fractured ankle. i still have a fat ankle swells and muffintops shoes and socks. i recommend yeezy foam rnnr shoes. look for knockoff.
Find a MLD therapist to assist you for a treatment block to retrain your pathways to uptake the lymph. A garment without work won't often eliminate the swelling. 🌹
Glad she did this for her patient before surgery. More should do it to reduce the swelling post op
Hospitals need to hire more Licensed Massage Therapists that specialize in lymphatic drainage massage! We can do a great job at this. I plan on doing hospital work in a few years, and noticed they’re hiring more and more LMTs. 😊
I have that in my foot for over 2weeks after a c section and it hurts so bad to even touch it 😫 it’s definitely better thank God
Someone recommended compression socks for postop recovery. It’ll minimize or stop swelling all altogether, and lessen your chances for getting blood clots.
A carnivore diet has completely eliminated edema for me. Inflammation CPD test has gone from 20 to 11 in six months and continues to decrease. Carnivore for survival.
I have Acral Edema related to Long Covid.
I hold about 15 lbs of fluid in my legs
Oh my god…😮 I never even thought my swelling in the legs, CONSTANTLY, could be from long covid… thank you 🙏🏼
God that’s awful so very sorry🙏🏻
@@marietylerwiley945 It is very strange for certain.
Fun fact, excess moisture in the body is stored in the feet. Hence why you usually have to pee when you wake up in the morning if you drank before bed.
So for you gamers out there, get up and move around every hour or so, it keeps your ankles from swelling if you drink a lot. More so with water, I believe, as I've yet to finish my experiments with other liquids. Alcohol doesn't work the same way, I do know that lolz
With my pregnancies, I retained so much water that my feet always looked like this. I always tried to put my feet up above my heart level to relieve it as much as possible but I could only do so much till birth 😅
My feet and ankles are like that all of the time
When I was 9 months pregnant my feet would do this and my bf would message my feet it felt so good 😊
As someone who’s had this type of swelling in my foot/ankle due to ORIF surgery this massage really helps with swelling that is persistent
I’m forever using this technique on my patients ❤❤❤
Such a great doctor
Can u take a needle and extract the fluid
@@forza-kr4bxI don’t believe so because I’ve asked about this myself and my cardiologist and other doctors have never mentioned that method to me so I’m thinking no.
Sorry if this is a silly question but doesn’t the fluid hurt a lot a lot? Also how long does fluid stay in the muscle for?
Problem here is the superior lymphatic points need to be decogested for the drainage to be effective and permanent.
This method of force causes the interstitial fluid to return back.
First drain abdominal ducts and trunk, then inguinal, then popliteal then foot.😊
Does this work for lymphedema
No
I forgot to say I don’t massage my feet or legs. I have peripheral neuropathy but I could have a blood clot and could massage right to my lungs or heart. I use lotions but I don’t rub them in but gently
EXACTLY!
Exactly
That is friggin' amazing.
At least this person is getting the help they need. My foot been like that for 4 years now. It happened during the pandemic. Didn't see an Orthopedic until months later. Was given a BOOT and was told it would "heal" and I was young so I don't need surgery.... nope
the problem being...most people with this condition cannot reach their feet!!!
I have had swelling for four year😢 never goes away, I’ve had my kidneys, heart, veins, blood work and everything is normal. Please begging for a miracle and something to help cause I can’t take it anymore. I haven’t worn regular shoes only slide in sandals and slippers.
Have you tried intermittent fasting
@@brandysax no, but I am a nursing mother currently, so I don’t know if it’s a good idea to do currently or not.
@@QueenOfKDramas92 may god bless you with the appropriate answer to remove your swelling while nursing your baby.
@@brandysax thank you 🙏🏽
I have the same problem and no answers still.
I had a severe reaction to a mosquito bite and my whole leg was swollen to bursting. The relief this gives is nice but temporary. The only solutiom is hardcore compression socks.
Wish I had seen this after my hip surgery, it would uave been so helpful
Does this work for patients who have feet swelling due to kidney disease??
Each person is different so maybe,
That doesn’t get ‘rid’ of the fluid, just moves it around. It will one back. Need to address the root problem.
I wish I would have known this after my ankle surgery.
As a person with congestive heart failure who often has edema, I can tell you that massaging hurts! Trying to massage the fluids and swelling is hard to take. It feels like the skin is going to burst anyway. When you add pressure of that manipulation to move the fluids away, that makes it so much more painful for me. I sure hope no surgeon ever tries this with me. If I am awake I will scream!
I’ve had horrible edema after my appendix removal. Can’t wear shoes. Heart and other things are fine. Starting dry brushing today & hubby is going to be doing the messages
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I suffered needlessly post-op and couldn't take NSAIDS and I couldn't get my swelling down for a month. This caused complications and I researched my butt off to find a way. They have a website! The disposable pens are a game changer for swelling. I was blown away after my second dose all my swelling went down. Docs didn't care and told me to just take Tylenol. 😕 I knew then I had no choice but to find a way to help myself. I hope this helps someone pre-op and post-op. And you can sleep better, and soon move better, so you can heal properly. Do the massages and this yo you are good to go. 🙏✨️
Lymphatic massages!! I started the other week
@martinsmokesweed yeah it’s a weekly routine now.
If I press into my feet when swollen, it will leave red marks…permanent red marks. I barely pressed into my skin the first time it happened, and I still have a red mark from it. Thought maybe it was a one time thing, so I tried it again…same thing. 🤷🏼♀️ it looked like you were pressing pretty hard then pushing it upwards toward the ankle. My foot would never be the same haha.
I was in the hospital for 2 months at Brigham and Womens in Boston MA. My right leg was swollen from my foot to my upper thigh. I couldn't bend or fully straighten out my leg and I was internally bleeding from somewhere in my body so bad that I need 3-4 blood infusions daily.
I had about 14 doctors from one of the best hospitals in the world working on me and none of them could figure out what was causing the swelling and what was causing the internal bleeding. They literally tested me for everything you can think of. I had a muscle biopsy, a bone biopsy, a marker test where they mark your blood with radiation to see if they can find out where you are bleeding from but that showed nothing. Finally they came to me after no answers and one of the doctors was like "this just might be something we haven't seen in modern medicine.
That scared the hell out of me because I thought I would have to spend the rest of my life like this. I was 25 at the time, they sent me home when I shouldn't have been sent home. I ended up internally bleeding in my apartment in and out of a daze sleeping all day. My mom and my aunt and my cousins came by my house when I wasn't answering my phone and found me literally near death. I was taken by ambulance to a local hospital this time and my blood levels were 2.3 when normally they supposed to be a 13-14 in normal people Ive never been so weak in my life. I spent another 2 weeks in this hospital getting blood infusions and plasma infusions and finally by some grace of God, my blood levels went back to normal and my leg swelling stopped and I finally got to go home. I've been fine ever since and I guess I'll never know what that was.
I have awful swelling in my feet, legs and hands 🥺 thank goodness I have a cardiology appointment later on this month
I use a rolling pin on myself 😊
@user-bs5mv9cx5y lol
It really helps try it yall 🦶🏾🦶🏾 I had swelling on my right feet only it positioned the fluid blood flow and veins to circulate better through my feet 🙌🏾
I am a physiotherapist and this is one of the ways how we do lymphatic drainage. But should be done not too much pressure like that.
Just showing how edema can be mobilized and that it is a technique.
My wife has this during her pregnancy and after till now
Did this work?
tell her to take epsom salt baths atleast a couple times a week.. I did that on my last pregnancy and I didn’t swell at all.. I usually swell so bad you can’t see my ankles.
I did this for my cousin at end of her life. So much relief.
So sorry for your loss :(. I hope you're doing okay.
Edema got me pretty good too after 2 back surgeries back to back 10 days apart. Massage is intact the best plus Lasix helps you pee that fluid out.