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Understanding Lymphoedema and the Role of Combined Decongestive Therapy (CDT)

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Diagram of Lymphatic-System-primary-and-collateral-
22
Oct

Lymphoedema is a condition characterized by the accumulation of lymphatic fluid, leading to swelling, primarily in the arms and legs. It can occur for various reasons, including surgery, radiation therapy, or genetic factors. Managing lymphoedema is crucial for reducing swelling and preventing complications such as infections and tissue damage. Combined Decongestive Therapy is a key […]

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MLD and Surgery

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Wound of a knee post surgery
11
Jun

A surgery, even the most minor cut, is a big deal for the body. And a robust Lymphatic System can help you recover faster from this type of intervention. The lymphatic system is a body system that collects, moves and cleans the excess water and substances, like bacteria, viruses, dirt, tattoos, ink and more, from […]

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Body Biomechanics

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
representation of Moment Arm and torque
01
Jun

Biomechanics is a branch of biophysics, and it studies the structure, function biomechanics is a branch of biophysics, and it studies the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems using mechanical methods.d motion of the mechanical parts of biological systems using mechanical methods. Why is Body Biomechanics important? The way we […]

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How MLD can help reducing Preeclampsia Swelling post-partum

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
pregnant woman
04
Sep

Preeclampsia is a condition that can affect pregnant women. Preeclampsia is a severe condition of pregnancy, most of the time characterised by: high blood pressure protein in the urine severe swelling Most women who suffer from preeclampsia are unaware of this condition, which is why continuous monitoring during pregnancy is so important. There is no […]

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Lymphedema

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Leg with Lymphedema
13
Aug

Lymphedema is a health condition that develops when the lymphatic system gets dysfunctional. Compared with lipoedema, Lymphoedema presents disproportional swelling in 1 limb per side. As stated above, what’s behind the swelling is a malfunctioning lymphatic system that leads to an increased amount of protein below the skin (lymph liquid). As already discussed in a […]

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Lipedema

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca

Lipedema is a condition that causes excess fat to accumulate under the skin, either in the lower or upper part of the body. Said so, it is a condition that affects mainly women. It manifests itself just after hormonal changes, such as puberty, post-pregnancy or in older age, after even major surgery. The condition does […]

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Ice Pack

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Ice pack
16
Jul

In a previous blog, we did talk about heat packs, now it is time to talk about the Ice Pack. Ice pack application, in the last few years, is a practice that got reviewed. What Ice Pack is about? An Ice pack, as the name says, is a cold (icy) bag. As better explained in […]

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Knee Pain

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Knee Anatomy Frontal View
23
Apr

Knee pain is a common presentation for clients of any range of age and gender. Knee pain indeed is a vast topic. So in this post, we are going to go through how to identify the reason why we can experience knee pain. For doing so we are going to look at some special testing, […]

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Bone Fracture and MLD

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
bone fracture
25
Mar

As already mentioned earlier MLD is a fantastic manual technique that can be used to improve the healing of many conditions. Along with the conditions that MLD is useful for there is bone fracture. Said so, in order to understand how MLD can help to speed up the recovery from a bone fracture we have […]

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Pain and MLD

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
MLD on Lower Leg
08
Jan

MLD and Pain. As previously mentioned, MLD is a massage technique pain-free. This is one of the reasons that makes it so special. It doesn’t matter where the technique is applied, the touch has to be so light, that the patient doesn’t have to feel any pain. And believe it or not, MLD can be […]

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