Cooling for Lymphedema: Advances in Treating Lymphedema

by Jean A. Yzer P.T.

Lymphedema, an often unanticipated result of cancer related surgeries and treatments, causes distress amongst sufferers who having walked through cancer, now have to face the daily care required to keep this potentially deforming swelling in check. Jean A. Yzer author, physical therapist, and lymphedema specialist, has treated hundreds of patients in her lymphedema clinic over the past ten years. She discovered that topical skin cooling, a method used universally in the management of swelling after trauma, has therapeutic value in managing the inflammation cause to secondary lymphedema when applied within a safe temperature range. Current treatment modalities considered standards of care in lymphedema are time intensive, costly and only partially address the underlying inflammation part cause to lymphedema. Topical skin cooling has been put to the scientific test and for its simplicity of use and effectiveness in stemming the progression of this disease, deserves first-stop ranking as a standard of care in the management of lymphedema.

93 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 3, 2017

Reviews

[Kathleen Lisson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick read on an interesting method of therapy for swelling and lymphedema. This is a good resource for the lymphedema therapist interested in a wide variety of treatment for the patients.