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.
Drains remove blood, serum, lymph, and other fluids that accumulate in the wound bed after a procedure. If allowed to build, these fluids put pressure on the surgical site as well as adjacent organs, vessels, and nerves. The decreased perfusion delays healing; the increased pressure causes pain.