Authors: Gunther Wittlinger & Hilegard Wittlinger

Number of Pages: 135

Cover: Paperback

Manual Lymph Drainage according to Dr. Vodder is a procedure, in which the lymphatic system circulation is stimulated with slow circular and careful pumping massage movements of the hand and the thumb.

The thin lymph vessels run through the body tissue like a drainage system, in which the lymphatic fluid is transported via large collecting vessels, the lymph nodes and onto the blood circulation. Manual Lymph Drainage has especially proven its worth in the case of congestion of lymphatic flow. This is often the result of postoperative abdominal surgery and surgical treatment of breat carcinoma. It is only with with this smooth and harmonic form of massage that the lymphatic flow is stimulated in the sensitive lymph capillaries. Painful swelling is removed and healing is encouraged.

This comprehensive textbook has proven its worth in practice for many years and is intended for health care pratitioners.

Contents

• Mode of Action of the Manual Lymphatic Drainage.
• The Connective Tissue
• Transport System in the Body.
• Transport of Substances.
• Forms of Massage