What To Know About Compression Sleeves For Edema
A compression sleeve for lymphedema is a tube-shaped elasticized garment that a person wears on the arm. By putting pressure on the arm, it keeps lymph flowing through the lymphatic system. Lymph is a colorless fluid containing white blood cells. It bathes tissues and flows through the lymphatic system...
Cancer & Resident Memory T-Cells
Metastasis is a significant cause of cancer fatality. Lymph nodes are the most common sites of early metastasis. T cells act as protectors against early cancer spreading. Researchers found that two types of CD8+ T cells exist with a distinct genomic profile: – Tumor-fighting T cells can freely travel...
How Highly Processed Foods Harm Memory in The Aging Brain of Rats
Researchers from the Ohio State University Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research found that older rats on a 4 weeks diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response in the brains of aging rats with some type of memory loss. Highly processed diets are known to be...
Insula and Psychosomatic Diseases
The insula is a structure we study in Brain 1 (B1), deeply folded on the side of the brain cortex, that is known to have many functions including supporting the body’s homeostasis, ANS regulation, interception, emotions modulation, etc… In a new interesting study researchers induced inflammation in mice (colitis/peritonitis),...
Our Healthcare Workers and First Responders Need Care Too – Now More Than Ever!
Written by Michelle Gilbert, RMT, LDT, Paediatric and Infant Massage Therapist Throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, our healthcare workers and first responders have been pushed to the brink of severe and unprecedented physical and psychological exhaustion. Extended times of stress can have long lasting damaging effects on...
The Importance of the Initial Intake
Written By Lindsey Kunz When someone is told that Lymph Balance Center specializes in Lymph Drainage Therapy, it throws them off. This is completely understandable since it is an unfamiliar treatment, and therefore most people do not know what it entails. When someone becomes aware of the lymphatic system,...
Transformational Breath For Everyone
By Siobhan O’Sullivan I like to describe Breathwork, specifically Transformational Breath, as a bullet train to self-awareness and emotional integration. Through our struggles of being human, we have a tendency to repress and suppress our emotions, we push aside our physical and our emotional pain, we overwhelm ourselves with...
