This guest post was written by H&W instructor Debora Chassé Hickman DPT, WCS, CLT-LANA. Debbie will be instructing the course that she wrote on "Lymphatic Drainage for Pelvic Pain" in California this October.
PRR: How did you come up with the idea to perform manual lymph drainage on patients with pelvic pain?
Physical therapist colleagues approached me 3 years ago asking if I could come up with a solution using lymphatic decongestive therapy for pelvic congestion. Pelvic congestion is a diagnosis involving varicose veins in the lower abdomen and pelvis causing chronic pelvic pain. After conducting research on pelvic congestion I found there were only medical treatments to reduce the symptoms. The cause of pelvic congestion is due to blood in the veins that drain the ovaries by backing up causing an abnormal dilation of the vessel. As I began looking at the symptoms related to pelvic congestion with other pelvic pain diagnosis, I saw a correlation between those symptoms and lymphedema.
Patients with pelvic congestion have increased swelling, increased inflammation in a dependent position and uterine wall thickening. Lymphedema symptoms consist of chronic swelling, increased swelling of limb in a dependent position and increased thickening of connective tissue. Crisostomo et al. (2013) conducted research shows manual lymph drainage increase venous blood flow in the lower extremities. I conducted a case study to determine if manual lymph drainage would decrease symptoms of pain in patients with pelvic congestion. Following 5 days of consecutive manual lymph drainage, her symptoms decreased 50%.
Attend the seminar on manual Lymphatic Drainage for Pelvic Pain this October and learn how to perform intravaginal manual lymph drainage to decrease pelvic pain symptoms and symptoms of inflammation and bloating.
To learn more about Debbie's course, check out our website for Lymphatic Drainage for Pelvic Pain.
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