Complementary Therapies By Greta

08/13/2025

Living with Chronic Pain?
You don’t have to. Medical massage targets the source—Through expert touch, we release tension, calm inflammation, bring your body back into balance, and give you your life back.

✨Feel relief. Move freely. Live better.

Book your session today and take the first step toward comfort.

https://complementarytherapies.us

08/01/2025

We are thrilled to welcome our new Licensed Medical Massage Therapist, Phil Kelley, to our team. With over 25 years of hands-on experience, Phil specializes in Medical Massage. His work is grounded in clinical knowledge and driven by a passion for helping people move better and live pain-free.

Phil works extensively with clients managing chronic pain conditions, including migraines and tension headaches, post-surgical scar tissue, chronic back and hip pain, knee and foot issues, and more. His precise, therapeutic approach is designed to address the root causes of pain and improve functional mobility.

In addition to Orthopedic Massage, Phil offers deep tissue, sports massage, and advanced trigger point therapy and craniosacral therapy. He is also a certified Thai Massage and Myoskeletal Alignment Therapist.

Whether you're recovering from an injury, managing chronic discomfort, or simply seeking long-term structural balance, Phil’s work is thoughtful, effective, and deeply informed by decades of practice.

Schedule your appointment today at: https://complementarytherapies.us

07/14/2025

Enhancing Liposuction Outcomes with Deep Oscillation

Deep Oscillation plays a significant role in preparing the tissue for lipoedema liposuction and subsequent recovery. Its anti-oedema, lymph drainage, anti-fibrosis, and detoxifying qualities help to soften the soften the tissue, potentially leading to less bleeding and fewer complications during the surgical procedure.

Post-operatively, deep oscillation's gentle, non-invasive nature allows for early therapist and patient application. This early intervention accelerates the healing process, reduces pain, bruising, and swelling, improves scar quality, and inhibits local inflammation over a sustained period. The combined approach of Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) and Deep Oscillation helps to dissipate post-operative oedema, allowing for further liposuction if needed. Furthermore, deep oscillation can help reduce any fibrosis that may occur post-liposuction.

The growing acceptance of deep oscillation in the management of lipoedema is evident in the support from leading surgeons around the world and its recognition at international conferences, such as the First World Congress on Lipedema in Potsdam, Germany.

Deep oscillation is commonly used to treat and manage lymphoedema because it effectively reduces swelling. Studies have also shown that deep oscillation massage is safe and well-tolerated in patients with fibromyalgia, leading to sustained improvements in symptoms and quality of life.

07/11/2025

Understanding Deep Oscillation

Deep Oscillation is an internationally patented technology that utilises electrostatic attraction and friction to create gentle, biologically effective oscillations within treated tissue. These pleasant oscillations pe*****te deeply through hygienic, gloved hands or a handheld applicator, affecting all tissue components down to an 8 cm depth, including skin, connective tissue, subcutaneous fat, muscles, and blood and lymph vessels. Unlike other therapies, deep oscillation is non-traumatic, allowing for very early application following injury or surgery, even from day one postoperatively.

07/08/2025

Lipoedema is a chronic condition that affects connective and adipose tissue mainly in women and is characterised by a disproportionate build-up of fatty tissue in the lower abdomen, hips, buttocks, legs, and can affect arms. Often misunderstood and misdiagnosed as obesity or lymphoedema, lipoedema can significantly impact a person's physical and psychological well-being. Symptoms can include pain, tenderness, easy bruising, swelling, and a 'cuffing' effect at the ankles or wrists. Diet and exercise often prove ineffective against lipoedema tissue.

Deep Oscillation is a non-invasive therapy emerging as a valuable tool in both conservative management and pre- and post-lipoedema liposuction care

07/05/2025

Most oncologists don’t pay attention to the ONE cell that actually kills cancer.

They focus on red blood cells, platelets, and neutrophils… but not the natural killer cells and T cells—the immune system’s REAL cancer fighters. Lymphocytes are the cells of the lymphatic system.

And here’s the shocking part:
🚨 For 50 years, conventional treatments like chemo, radiation, steroids, and checkpoint inhibitors have also affected these critical cells.

We win the short-term battle, but what about the long game?

This isn’t just theory—it’s a perspective that challenges the standard approach.

So why is the missing link ignored? What would happen if we actually supported the immune system instead of working against it? 🤔

Link to full interview: https://www.youtube.com/live/mgZaT-OriO8

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is a surgeon who made billions inventing cancer drugs. He says that Covid, and the vaccines that didn’t stop it, are likely causing a...

06/08/2025

Lipedema Treatments

Lipedema doesn't have a cure, but treatment can help improve symptoms.

- Exercise and a healthy diet. Lifestyle changes, such as anti-inflammatory diet, may help. Certain types of exercise can help increase lymph flow.

- Manual lymphatic drainage. Hivamat Deep oscillation therapy to stimulate the flow of lymph around blocked areas to healthy vessels, where it can drain into the venous system. This helps relieve pain and prevent fibrosis.

- Compression. The use of stretch bandages or custom-fitted panty hose, panties, or spandex shorts to increase tissue pressure in the swollen legs and lessen the odds of fluid building up again.

- Liposuction can remove fat and reduce pain. Water-assisted liposuction and tumescent liposuction can remove the lipedema fat. The procedure uses a hollow tube that is placed under the skin to suction the fat tissue. Several sessions may be needed depending on the amount of abnormal fat.

Bariatric surgery. Some research suggests that bariatric surgery can help reduce leg volume in people with lipedema.

06/06/2025

Stages of Lipedema

Stage 0 lipedema happens when you may not notice swelling but have general aches and a feeling of heaviness.

Lipedema has four stages as it progresses. They are:
Stage 1: Your skin looks normal, but it feels like there is something underneath it.

Stage 2: Your skin looks uneven or bumpy, and it may be dimpled.

Stage 3: You have large folds of skin and fat, and your legs may look like rectangular balloons. The fat may make it difficult for you to move around.

Stage 4: You have both lipedema and lymphedema. You may have swelling throughout the lower body, as well as lipedema in your arms.

06/05/2025

Did you know that lipedema can be triggered by:

- Hormonal Changes: Puberty, pregnancy, menopause, and hormonal contraceptive use are common triggers. These changes can exacerbate fat accumulation in affected areas.

- Genes. Scientists also believe genes are involved, because many women with the condition (20% to 60%) have family members with the condition.

Also, it is important to know that fat from lipedema can block the lymphatic system, and this can lead to lipo-lymphedema, which means you have both lipedema and lymphedema in your body. Therefore it is important to take cate of your lymphatic system.
Picture courtesy of talk

06/05/2025

June is Lipedema Awareness month. Clinical data estimates lipedema is present in 10-20% of women; however, it's frequently cited as being underreported due to visual similarities to several conditions, including obesity and lymphedema. Lipedema misdiagnoses are common due the lack of knowledge and information about this condition from some healthcare practitioners. Most women suffering from this disease end up self diagnosing themselves with help of other network of women experiencing the same issue.

We shine a light on the millions of women living with this chronic and painful disease.

05/24/2025

Hivamat DEEP OSCILLATION® Therapy and overview of it uses in the healthcare field.

Designed for Lymphatic Disorders. Deep Oscillation therapy makes the lymphatic drainage more powerful to effectively move fluid. Electrostatic Compressive Force Attracts And Drops Tissue Up To 250x Per Second.

Indications
Therapy with deep oscillation (DEEP OSCILLATION®) is beneficial within a broad range of applications, including, but not limited to:

Breast Cancer, post-surgery
Lymphedema arm
Lymphedema Breast
Mild, Moderate, and Severe Edemas
Lymphedema
Lipedema
Bursitis
Scars,
Fibrosis
Hematoma
Post operative swelling
Aesthetic
Fibromyalgia
Lumbagia
Whiplash injury
Burns scar
Sport injury and recovery
Muscle Strain
Ligament Sprain
Tendinopathy/Tendonitis
Muscle Stiffness, cramps
Sinusitis / Migraine headache
Plantar fasciitis
Muscle spasms
Degenerative joint conditions
Tennis elbow / Hip pain / sciatica
Bell’s palsy facial to increase muscle tone

Video courtesy of FisioPod UK.