
08/09/2025
This demonstrates the powerful effect of using deep oscillation therapy with lymphatic drainage in an oedematous area.
I always perform Manual lymphatic drainage as I have been trained with the Vodder school on all initial treatments.
If there are no contraindications for using deep oscillation I often offer this as a form of therapy along with MLD.
Clients love the combination and feel it rids the area of more fluid.
Contact me to find out more.
Read about it on my website.
www.shirleys-manual-lymphatic-drainage.co.uk.
This shows the reduction of oedema in Lymphoedema after a 20 minute treatment with deep oscillation therapy as imaged by high definition ultrasound, the type used to detect cracks in space crafts at NASA.
HDU scanning is a method of analysing the water content in tissues. It is simple, pain-free and provides a quantitative assessment of the level of oedema. The scan typically shows red pixels, which indicate tissue oedema (Figure 4), and blue pixels (Figure 5), which indicate healthy tissue. As mentioned in the methods section, each tissue scan is automatically analysed using a form of pixel distribution analysis, whereby pixels below a certain intensity are classed as LEP. The ratio of LEP:TP ratio has been shown to reflect dermal water content.