There’s no pump for lymph fluid as there is for blood. When the delicate lymph vessels are damaged, fluid can build up-for example in the arms after treatment for breast cancer-causing swelling called lymphedema. Lymph vessels collect fluid that has leaked out of blood vessels and cells. Once I understood the connection between the lymphatic system and the immune system and that manual lymph drainage can benefit cancer patients, I knew I had found my life’s work.” The rhythm and cadence of the strokes felt like the undulating ocean. “I had never experienced anything like it before. Later, in massage school, Gainsley (above) had an aha moment: “I loved the way a lymphatic treatment felt,” she says. Lisa Levitt Gainsley’s mother passed away from cancer when she was thirteen. Some early observations support this concept (or parts of the theory), and there is scientific interest in elucidating exactly what’s at work.
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