A guest blog post by Crystal Garrett (pictured above performing at Miss South Carolina talent competition); continued from Part II.

My family has been extremely supportive. While wrapping my leg one night, my father heard me cry out in frustration: “This is so stupid, my leg is stupid.”

He

A guest blog post by Crystal Garrett (pictured above at a ribbon cutting ceremony); continued from Part I.

When I won Miss South Carolina in 2007 (crowning pictured below left), I had successfully veiled this part of my life from everyone. My next stop was Miss America. The shoes that

A guest blog post by Crystal Garrett.

I am about to let everyone in on a secret that I have kept since I was 14.

I have lymphedema, the localized swelling of the body caused by an abnormal accumulation of lymph or in other words, body fluid. I was born with this disease and it became

a guest blog post by Karen Ashforth, OT MS CLT-LANA

This is an 9-minute read.

Thank you for joining us for the second article in the “Understanding Fibrosis” series. In the previous article, "Identifying Fibrosis in Every Stage of Lymphedema," we looked at the basics of fibrosis, its link

Dr. Wei F. Chen is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, specializing in micro surgery for people with LE. LE&RN caught up with Dr. Chen in April at the 8th World Lymphedema Surgery Symposium at Chang Gung Hospital in Tapei, Taiwan. Here

A guest blog by Karen Ashforth, OT MS CLT-LANA

[This is a 6-minute read.]

This is our first article in the “Understanding Fibrosis” series, which is intended to shed new light on fibrosis, its central role in the development of lymphedema, and treatment strategies for overcoming its

Dr. S. R. Narahari, MD, DVD, is head of the Institute of Applied Dermatology, a clinic based in Kasaragod, Kerala, India. From January 14–17, 2019, the Institute hosted the 9th annual Colloquium on Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine for Lymphatic Filariasis and other Chronic Dermatoses.

A guest blog post by Dr. Andrea Brennan, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, WCC.

Thinking Lymphatically: Part 3 in the series

If you’ve been following the first and second articles in our Think Lymphatically Series, you’re gaining a fresh understanding of chronic edema and lymphedema. In the previous

A guest blog post by Dr. Andrea Brennan, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, WCC.

Thinking Lymphatically

This article, the second in our three-part series, explains why the existing approach to treating edema and lymphedema is often incomplete, with cutting-edge information just beginning to enter mainstream

New Science and Lymphedema, by Dr. Andrea Brennan, OTR/L, CLT-LANA, WCC

Thinking Lymphatically: Microvascular Fluid Exchange

New research is proving that it’s crucial to have a lymphatic-first mindset. Why? Because all edema is lymphatic overload - a fact that phlebologists and other