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Lymphedema After Breast Cancer: What Should You Do?

Lymphedema after breast cancer is common but manageable. Learn the signs, causes, and steps to reduce swelling and lower your risk.

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Breast Cancer
Cancer Rehab
Lymphedema
Lymphatic Health
Exercises
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Breast Cancer

Lymphedema After Breast Cancer: What Should You Do?

Lymphedema after breast cancer is common but manageable. Learn the signs, causes, and steps to reduce swelling and lower your risk.

A woman lies on her side on a yoga mat with her knees bent and stacked, feet together, and hands behind her head, performing stretches after breast cancer with a gentle spine twist exercise.

Breast Cancer

5 Stretches after Breast Cancer Surgery or Radiation

Gentle stretches after breast cancer surgery or radiation to ease chest tightness, restore shoulder motion, and help you move comfortably.

Lymphatic Health

What Does Lipedema Pain Feel Like?

What does lipedema pain feel like? A CLT-LANA explains the symptoms, causes, and ways to find relief.

Lymphedema

Lymphedema Pump: How It Works and Where to Get One

Wondering if a lymphedema pump could help your swelling? A CLT-LANA explains how they work, the cost, and insurance coverage.

Physical therapist laying on the floor stretching

Exercises

10-Minute Full Body Stretching Routine (No Equipment, Floor-Based)

A 10-minute full body stretching routine you can do on the floor. Designed by a CLT-LANA for cancer recovery and lymphedema. Follow along.

Lymphedema

Lymphedema Diet: What to Eat and What to Avoid

A certified lymphedema therapist breaks down which diets help, what foods to avoid, and what the research actually says. CLT-LANA guidance inside.

Lymphedema

Swollen Ankles: Causes, At-Home Treatments, and When to See a Doctor

Swollen ankles worse by evening? A CLT-LANA explains common causes, how to treat them at home, and when to call your doctor.

Close-up of a person holding their swollen leg and ankle to show swelling in legs and feet.

Lymphedema

How to Reduce Swelling in Legs and Feet

As a certified lymphedema therapist, I share the best ways to reduce swelling in legs and feet: compression, exercises, lymphatic drainage, and elevation.

A woman with smooth skin smiles as she touches her armpit, which is highlighted with a soft glow—for those concerned about swelling under the armpit. She wears a white towel against a plain white background.

Lymphatic Health

Swelling Under Armpit: Why It Happens and What to Do

Have swelling under armpit? This can happen as a result of inflammation from surgery or something like lymphedema. Here’s what to do.

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Lymphatic Health

Rebounder Workout for the Lymphatic System: 15 Exercises

Try this rebounder workout to support your lymphatic system, cardiovascular health, balance, and more. Exercises by a physical therapist.

Doing best exercises for lymphatic system.

Lymphatic Health

What Are the Best Exercises for Lymphatic System?

Try these best exercises for lymphatic system health at home to improve drainage, reduce swelling, and feel less sluggish.

Lymphatic Health

How to Use a Vibration Plate for Lymphatic Drainage

Learn how to use a vibration plate for lymphatic drainage from a certified lymphedema therapist with exercises, tips, and safety precautions.

woman with swelling lay on mat with beige compression stocking on leg

Lymphedema

Can You Sleep in Compression Socks?

A lymphedema therapist explains why sleeping in daytime compression socks can cause harm and what nighttime garments actually work instead.

A person sitting and holding their foot with both hands, highlighting foot pain for neuropathy in the sole with a red glow effect around the toes and ball of the foot.

Tips & Tricks

11 Exercises for Neuropathy in Feet to Feel Better

Learn effective exercises for neuropathy in feet from a Doctor of Physical Therapy. They will help you manage symptoms and reduce discomfort.

Lymphedema

How to Prevent Lymphedema: Guide by a Physical Therapist

Lymphedema commonly develops after cancer treatment or lymph node removal. Learn how to prevent lymphedema and minimize your risk.

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