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Self-Manual Lymphatic Drainage – Arm/Upper Extremity

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Self Care 10505 Views

  This video is intended to show you how to perform self-manual lymphatic drainage (or “self-MLD”) for an upper extremity. If you have swelling in your arm, hand, or upper trunk, these strokes, performed in this demonstrated...

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Self-Manual Lymphatic Drainage – Leg/Lower Extremity

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Self Care 18362 Views

  This video is intended to show you how to perform self-manual lymphatic drainage (or “self-MLD”) for a lower extremity. If you have swelling in your leg, foot, or lower trunk, these strokes, performed in this demonstrated sequence, can...

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Self-Manual Lymphatic Drainage – Head and Neck

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Self Care 13120 Views

  This video is intended to show you how to perform self-manual lymphatic drainage (or “self-MLD”) for an upper extremity. If you have swelling in your arm, hand, or upper trunk, these strokes, performed in this demonstrated...

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Lymphedema, Fibrosis, and Ketchup

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Under Your Skin 2179 Views

I’d like to thank Jodi Winicour, PT, CMT, CLT-LANA – an instructor at Klose Training & Consulting, LLC – for this great analogy about fibrosis and lymphatic flow. If you have moderate to severe lymphedema, and your tissue...

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Lymphedema and Surgical Treatment Options – The Train Analogy

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Under Your Skin 2574 Views

I’d like to thank Dr. Dhruv Singhal, Director of Lymphatic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center here in Boston, for sharing his brilliant “train” analogy for lymphedema and for his collaboration in making this latest...

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lymph nodes in the axillary department working together in harmony

Sentinel Node Biopsies and Lymphedema

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Under Your Skin 2036 Views

The question: “But I only had one lymph node removed when they did my sentinel node biopsy. How could I possibly develop lymphedema if just one little node is gone?” The answer: Well, let’s take a quick-and-dirty look at how...

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In This Treatment Room, It’s Your Show

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Let's Get Nerdy 668 Views

Picture this: It’s your first time sitting down for an intake interview with a massage therapist you’ve never seen before. You may even be about to have your first massage ever. The treatment room is unfamiliar, not to mention the person sitting...

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Touch of Kindness Presents a Poster at the S4OM Oncology Massage Summit

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Let's Get Nerdy 896 Views

I was honored to be asked to present a poster for Touch of Kindness at the 4th Oncology Massage Healing Summit, 2016, sponsored by the Society for Oncology Massage (S4OM), at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...

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Lymphedema – Are You or Someone You Know At Risk?

Posted by Megan Belanger, LMT, CLT, BCTMB in Let's Get Nerdy 1676 Views

Lymphedema is a largely underdiagnosed condition, and anyone who’s had any type of mastectomy, lumpectomy, radiation treatment, lymph node removal, node biopsy, or even surgeries or trauma to the limbs should absolutely know what it is, ways that...

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Megan in the News

Megan Talks About Oncology Massage on Milford’s MyFM 101.3, August 15, 2019

BostonVoyager, “Boston’s Most Inspiring Stories” Series, December 4, 2017 https://bostonvoyager.com/interview/meet-megan-belanger-megan-belanger-lmt-clt-westborough/

Massage Magazine, “This Therapist’s Massage Clients Pay It Forward,” December 6, 2016  https://www.massagemag.com/this-therapists-massage-clients-pay-it-forward-42062/

Worcester Business Journal, “Westboro Massage Therapist Launches Pay It Forward Program,” September 7, 2016 https://www.wbjournal.com/article/20160907/NEWS01/160909959/westboro-massage-therapist-launches-pay-it-forward-program

Massage Today, “Paying It Forward: The Touch of Kindness Fund for Oncology Massage,” August, 2016 https://www.massagetoday.com/digital/index.php?i=639&r=t&a_id=15211&pn=1&r=t&Page=1