Lympathic pump techniques enhance the lympathic and immune systems
Osteopathic medicine is based on the premise that the primary role of it is to facilitate the body’s inherent ability to heal itself. These manipulative therapies have been successfully used by osteopaths for more than a hundred years in order to treat dysfunctions of the neuromusculoskeletal, lymphatic, or vascular tissue
Manipulative therapies aimed to increase lymphatic flow, such as thoracic or abdominal lymphatic pump, have been extensively used in osteopathic medicine. In particular, these techniques are proposed to treat patients with asthma, edema and certain pulmonary infections since an increase in the lymphatic flow may enhance filtering and removal of fluid, inflammatory mediators, and waste products from interstitial spaces.
How Mesotherapy Works
Many people are troubled by edema (swelling or “fluid retention”) in their legs. This can also be found in the arms (and / or legs) in the case of lymphedema which can occur due to congestion or blockage of the lymphatic channels or after removal of lymph nodes for cancer surgery, tumor, or infection. Using a series of osteopathic techniques the lymphatic system can be assisted in the flow of lymph through coordinated muscle or thoracic pumping and coordinated breathing techniques performed by the OMT practitioner and the patient, respectively.