Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physicians, also known as physiatrists, treat a wide variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, muscles, and tendons.
Lymphatic drainage can be helpful in reducing this type of edema because the cause is a reduced functioning of the lymph system. Other causes of edema can be a chemical imbalance in the body caused by liver disease, diabetes, or a variety of other ailments.
Lymph Drainage is a form of massage that aims to stimulate the lymphatic system to aid in the proper flow of lymph fluid. More movement = higher functioning immune system and body support. This is a light pressure massage performed in the direction of lymph flow.