Post Surgical Massages

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Post Surgical Massages
Cosmetic surgery is one of the most common procedures today, liposuction, tummy tuck, blepharoplasty or other plastic treatment. Many people forget that after any surgery of this magnitude is very important to take care and feeding, but the most important that you need to think is the postoperative massage.
Massage is simply the set of maneuvers or manipulations performed that with hands have on body parts a therapist purpose.

After plastic surgery the body is exposed to physical abuse in the joints, muscles and tissues, so post surgical or postoperative therapy massage speed recovery and reduce or eliminate pain or inflammation product that occur after surgery. DE CANHA PHYSICAL THERAPY, offers the best team of therapists for postoperative treatments, that you need for your body to recover completely and quickly as possible and your body can look beautiful and happy.
The most fundamental therapies are: ultrasound, massage and lymphatic drainage.

Postoperative therapies in general contribute to:

  • Reduce pain and inflammation.
  • Improve healing and prevent subcutaneous fibrosis liposuction.
  • Preventing capsular contracture in breast augmentation.
  • Accelerate the disappearance of bruising.

Lymph Drainage Massage

The lymph drainage massage is gaining more acceptance in patients that have been performed Liposuction or Tummy Tuck and are increasingly surgeons recommend. As we all know, in general the massages are used to: relax muscles and relieve stress, connect with your body and enjoy it, improve our health and mood. But there are different types of massage techniques and one of them is this just, the lymph drainage technique.

Lymph Drainage Massage is very necessary because recent surgery for liposuction patients typically experience hardness or lumps in the abdominal area, and even more if it is a surgery combined with other body contouring procedures. This situation of inflammation and trauma is caused by the cannula, which is nothing more than a device that is placed under the skin to suck out the fat. The channels formed by the displacement of the cannula are filled with fluid and the tissue swells.

This is where the massages after lipo are necessary and in this case the Lymphatic Drainage as the main type of post lipo massage the most suitable to move the liquid by gentle pumping maneuver into lymphatic vessels. Practice has shown that the massage for liposuction recovery and especially the manual lymph drainage massage after surgery gives excellent results, producing a reduction of discomfort and also prevent inflammation or fibrosis evolve into a keloid.
We emphasize that this kind of massage is not and should not be a deep massage, though many think otherwise. A strong massage would increase the circulation of the treated areas, and this would make more difficult the removal of the fluid.

What is Lymph Drainage Massage?
The lymph drainage massage is a particular type of massage, it is performed on the knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the lymphatic system. The maneuvers performed with this massage are very light and this is the most efficient way to reduce trauma.

Postoperative manual lymphatic drainage massages

After two or three weeks of a liposuction, Tummy Tuck, arms and thigh reduction or a breast lift, the patients can accumulate liquids that harden forming a fibrosis, so our surgeons recommend a massage for lymphatic drainage, is a treatment that by manual massage increases the lymph flow and activation of the lymph nodes throughout the body improving circulation, eliminating bruising caused healing and helping to scar.

DE CANHA PHYSICAL THERAPISTS have extensive experience and training in this therapy. Lymphatic drainage is the natural function of the lymphatic system, being an essential part of immunity. If this function is not working properly can cause more serious health problems so it is important this type of soft massage as it helps to release the inflamed tissues produced by the surgical work done in that area, facilitating the acceleration of accumulated liquid.

It is necessary that people know, how important it is to a massage therapist after an esthetic surgery for a final result. In our clinic you can find a team of medical professionals in massage post liposuction and specialist’s machines in this type of procedure.

Postoperative lymphatic drainage massages can start after the first week of surgery performed, with 12 sessions of one hour to one and a half hour accompanied ultrasound deep heat waves whose graduates by type of therapy to be performed in each session depending of the patient’s condition, which is always going to be pretty good, if you meet all the pre-surgical and post-surgical follow their doctor recommendations. These sessions can also vary from 30 to 45 min depending on the patient’s condition. The recovery and shaping the body of the patient after lymphatic drainage are extremely surprising.

Advantages of postoperative lymphatic drainage massage

With postoperative healing massage will take place in half the average time and avoid subcutaneous fibrosis liposuction.

  • It bruising disappears in three or four days.
  • The patient’s recovery occurs much faster, giving a normal and beautiful appearance.
  • The pain disappears quickly and tissues are put back in a little time.
  • Provides more moisture to the skin of the patient.
  • Venous patient environment is improved.
  • Inflammation is highly reduced.
  • Supports the immune system as it acts directly on the central nervous system by releasing endorphins, substances that generate relaxation and pain relief.

The lymphatic drainage with postoperative massage belts and a healthy diet will provide a desired result plastic surgery.

Recommendations

Postoperative massage cannot be done by any person, it has to be a certificate lymphatic drainage specialized.

  • It is important not to smoke because it slows healing.
  • We recommend start to drainage from 6 or 7 days after surgery. Manipulation can occur early serous fluid accumulation.
  • We recommend massage with belts, which put pressure on the treated areas. The use of belt should be regularly monitored by the surgeon who will recommend the necessary adjustments.
  • Recommended a balanced nutrition and follow all instructions in your massage postoperative.
  • Lymphatic drainage cannot use for patients men and women who suffer from low blood pressure, acute infections, phlebitis, thrombosis, cardiac failure, bronchial asthma, hyperthyroidism, carotid sinus syndrome and people suffering from malignant tumors.
  • We recommend that the patient under postoperative massage to relax after this relaxed both knees and hips so that the abdominal muscles to relax and breathe deeply the subject can flex, this will encourage the lymphatic return working hydraulic diaphragm and also improve venous return.