AtWater Lymphedema Alternative Solutions and Services

March 2 is the second day of National Lymphedema Awareness Week. Serendipity has brought two new contacts as we get this lymphedema support group underway. Zelda Smith of First Impressions has offered space to meet at Cooper Street, Punta Gorda. She has been a recent personal help to a lymphedema sufferer. And we met this evening a Port Charlotte doctor who will facilitate a lymphedema therapy specialist to work with us.
Our daily “Stroll A Mile” brought us to the Punta Gorda Event Center to attend the Short Films Festival and afterward to an after-party to meet with the organizers and attendees at 88 Keys in the Wyvern Hotel. Note to New Jerseyites:the Asbury Shorts Festival is on at a Festival site near you.

Consider a saltwater pool or bathing station outdoors or indoors to your pool deck or bathrooms or recreational area. Daily saltwater bathing is the best medicine for the swelling diseases: lymphedema or lympoedema , vascular insufficiency, and water retention. Drink plenty of pure spring water to replace the toxins-laden fluids washed away.

Gentle stimulation of vascular swelling or lymphedema unblocks fluids that cause swelling. Open the floodgates with gentle stimulation mechanisms like manual drainage, air compression therapy, and seawater walking or bathing. Follow up with a saltwater foot bath or Epsom Salt bath to wash away toxins through the skin.

A seaside saltwater beach is a boon to lymphedema and vascular swelling. The gentle wave action Against the swollen locations provides gentle touch stimulation of lymphatic and vascular logjams opens them to allow fluids to stream toward the heart in a normal fashion, as in unimpaired vascular and lymphatic action. Swelling is eased and toxins drawn out by the salty water. In areas where salt water bathing or walking are not available, an Epsom Salts soaking bath or foot bath following air compression manual drainage, “gentle touch” stimulation or light exercise like walking or yoga serves as an acceptable alternative.