The lymphatic system has no pump of its own; it borrows yours. That one fact explains why walking, and moving in water especially, does more for lipedema than its gentleness suggests.
It is gentle, it is specific, and it is nothing like the deep tissue massage people picture. What MLD does for lipedema, and how to do a little of it safely at home.
The single most recommended conservative treatment, and the one most often bought wrong. Flat-knit versus circular, getting measured properly, and surviving it in a Gulf summer.
A chronic disorder of fat tissue that affects women almost exclusively — symmetrical, painful to the touch, and stubbornly unmoved by dieting. Here is what is actually happening.
