Lymphoedema (fluid retention in limbs)
What is Lymphoedema?
Lymphoedema is the abnormal swelling of the superficial body tissues, most often the limbs. Lymphoedema is a result of failure of the lymphatic system to adequately collect and/or transport lymph. The resulting affected limb/s becoming swollen and painful. As a chronic condition with no cure, the estimated 160,000 Australians that sufferer from Lymphoedema need to manage their condition for the duration of their life.
Lymphoedema and Bodyflow®
Bodyflow® Therapy is a world leading technology for the management and treatment of Lymphoedema (fluid retention in limbs). A Clinical trial on the management of Lymphoedema by Professor Neil Piller found that stimulation of the lymphatic system using Bodyflow® Therapy encourages fluids and their contents to be flushed out of the spaces between the cells of the body (interstitium) in a treatment that only involves contact with the skin with special pads so Lymphoedema sufferers can get back to enjoying life.
Bodyflow® devices are available as both a clinical based larger device and a portable hand-held unit that provides an opportunity for those with Lymphoedema for self-treatment in the comfort of their own home.
These self administered treatments between that of professional treatment sessions enable Lymphoedema sufferers to better control and manage their problem at a time which is convenient to them. It also has the benefit of being able to help maintain reductions achieved at health professional administered sessions.
Benefits of Bodyflow®
- Opportunities for self-treatment and increased treatment frequency
- Increased mobility from fluid flushing and decreased requirement of compression bandaging.
- Patients savings of time and cost related to treatments
- Painless, non-invasive natural therapy
- Increased quality of life
Lymphoedema Testimonials
Lymphoedema patients are said to feel lighter due to the significant fluid flushing that is induced. This accelerated fluid drainage comes with increased tendencies to visit the bathroom….Below are some testimonials from Lymphoedema Patients that have been using Bodyflow® as a method for Lymphoedema Treatment:
"Bodyflow® treatment has kept me where I am today. If I hadn't had the treatment, goodness knows where I would be today"
"After BodyflowTM treatment you feel like the weight is taken off you, like you're walking on air. You forget when you have Lymphoedema how heavy your legs are".
Joan - Lymphoedema Patient, 65, Victoria.
"Bodyflow® has reduced the amount of fluid build-up, particularly in my abdomen (as the result of an hysterectomy) and left leg. The sense of feeling has come back to the area around the surgery scar, and also the puffiness of my left ankle has reduced enough for me to zip up my boot all the way!"
"After a couple of weeks without Bodyflow® treatment, I start to feel very puffy and sluggish"
Jennifer – Lymphoedema Patient, Victoria.
‘Bodyflow® promotes drainage and stimulates smooth muscle. In two sessions and four days, I lost 13cm around my stomach, 19.5cm on my right leg and 18.5cm on my left. It was brilliant! I could even fit into some of my old pre-Lymphoedema clothes. However each time you use the machine the results differ. I don’t always get brilliant results.’
Jaime – 26, Victoria.
If you're interested in being treated using this world-first technology;
We recommend you visit an Authorised Bodyflow Clinic.
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phone: 1300 bodyflow