Soteria Wellness, LLC

09/22/2025

We highly recommend Dr. Lindsay Seefeldt's work! This is an excellent opportunity to learn about lymphedema if you are navigating breast cancer, whether proactively before a procedure/surgery or afterwards for corrective measures.

If you’ve experienced swelling, tightness, or discomfort in your chest, breast, or arm following breast cancer treatment, you may be wondering what’s behind it—and what can help. 💜

At this free, small-group workshop, we’ll explore gentle ways to support your comfort and better understand breast cancer-related lymphedema.

You’ll learn about factors that may contribute to it, common strategies (and why some may be less helpful than others), and simple steps you can begin right away.

📅 Thursday, October 9th
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 Fox Cities Wellness Center

Save your seat—spaces are limited.
🔗 https://info.upliftedoncologyrehab.com/lymphedema-education-class
📲 920-615-0580

09/22/2025

Letting go can be beautiful. Sometimes growth requires us to release pieces from the past to make space for the new after a season of rest.

09/21/2025

We have openings in our Sunlighten full spectrum infrared sauna next week!

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09/19/2025

FYI! It's open again! This may make it easier for some of you to come see us!

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🚧 WIS 15/NORTHLAND AVE. IS OPEN TO TRAFFIC! 🚧

The new WIS 15/Northland Ave. bridge over I-41 and the northbound I-41 ramps in Grand Chute are now open to traffic! Crews have been working hard to transform the interchange into a Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) to improve safety and traffic flow.

The southbound ramps will remain closed through mid-November.

See what’s next on the I-41 Project: https://i41project.wisconsindot.gov/

09/18/2025

Watching a brand new little one unwind and relax into our world is such a beautiful thing!

09/13/2025

Set aside some time this weekend to get outside and soak in the beauty!

09/12/2025

Parking lot seal coating, take 2! Please park on the street or in the back lot by the cones of 5497 (the red brick building next to ours) and use the classroom entrance on Friday.

09/10/2025

Are you looking for some healthy fall fun with the kids? Don't miss this event! We are excited to participate as a gift basket sponsor again this year. 🍁 🍂 🍁

📣 Thank you to our Trunk or Treat Wellness Festival | Dye-Free + Allergy Friendly | Motherhood Alliance Gift Basket Sponsors! 📣

WishLane , Untangled Minds, LLC , Integrated Sensory , Nurtured Roots Prenatal Massage , PRIME Family Chiropractic Centers , , Myofunctional Pathways, LLC , , , Jenni Johnson Breast, Bottle and Beyond LLC , BirthWise Wellness Center , Sprout Family Chiropractic , Courageous Healing Therapy, Bartelt Holistic Health , Living with April , Empowered Minds Kids Studio , EFT with Christie , .valley.functional.medicine , .massage.doula , Soteria Wellness, LLC

09/10/2025

Thank you for allowing us to be part of your transformation!

09/08/2025

Your body remembers! And compassionate skilled bodywork can be a powerful aid in helping it remember it is safe now.

🔥 Inflammation Has a Memory

How Your Body ‘Remembers’ Pain and Triggers Future Flare-Ups

Have you ever wondered why an old injury starts aching again out of nowhere… or why the same joints keep flaring up, even when there’s no obvious trigger? Science is starting to explain what lymph therapists and trauma-informed practitioners have seen for years:

Inflammation has a memory.
And your body remembers.

🧬 The Science Behind “Trained Immunity”

Unlike traditional immunological memory (like how your body remembers a virus), trained immunity refers to how innate immune cells—especially monocytes and macrophages—change their behavior long-term after a strong inflammatory event.

These cells undergo epigenetic reprogramming, meaning their DNA isn’t altered, but how it’s expressed is. This causes them to become primed—more reactive in the future.

🔎 Research shows that:
• Inflammatory triggers (like infection, injury, or trauma) leave “immunological fingerprints” on immune cells.
• These changes persist, increasing the risk of future chronic inflammation—even in unrelated tissues.
• This may help explain chronic pain, autoimmune relapses, and lymphatic stagnation after emotional or physical trauma.

📚 Source: Netea MG et al. (2020), “Trained Immunity: A Tool for Reducing Susceptibility to and the Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection,” Cell.
📚 Divangahi M et al. (2021), “The Trained Immunity Hypothesis and Covid-19,” Nat Rev Immunol.

💥 Why Old Injuries Flare Up Again

Many patients say things like:

“My car accident was 10 years ago… why does that same shoulder still swell?”
“My C-section scar aches when I’m stressed or hormonal.”

This is not in their head.
Research shows that inflammatory cytokines can be rapidly reactivated in previously injured tissues, even if the original injury is healed.

Lymphatic congestion often follows because the lymph system is the body’s drainage highway for excess inflammation. If the body “remembers” where inflammation once was, it may send immune cells and fluid there again—even when unnecessary.

🤯 The Emotional Link: Your Body Remembers Trauma

This cellular memory isn’t just physical—it can also be emotional. Studies in psychoneuroimmunology show that emotional trauma and chronic stress can leave lasting immune imprints.
• Cortisol dysregulation
• Persistent microglial (brain immune cell) activation
• Increased inflammatory gene expression in response to psychological stress

📚 Slavich GM & Cole SW (2013), “The Emerging Field of Human Social Genomics,” Clinical Psychological Science.

This may explain why many lymphies feel flare-ups in times of grief, heartbreak, or stress. The body isn’t broken—it’s remembering.

🌿 What Can You Do?

Healing inflammatory memory takes a gentle, layered approach. It’s not about suppressing the body’s responses—it’s about rewiring them.

🌀 Lymphatic Therapy
• Manual drainage helps flush residual cytokines and immune debris.
• Supports better regulation of immune cell trafficking and drainage of trauma-related congestion.

🌿 Castor Oil Packs
• Shown to modulate prostaglandins and reduce localized inflammation.
• Excellent for scar tissue areas and old injury sites.

🧘 Somatic Release & Nervous System Work
• Vagus nerve stimulation, breathwork, and trauma-informed bodywork help calm the inflammatory reflex and teach the body a new baseline.

🍽️ Anti-Inflammatory & Epigenetic Foods
• Polyphenols (like turmeric, ginger, and green tea) can help reverse inflammatory gene expression.
• Methylation-supportive nutrients (B vitamins, magnesium, choline) aid in DNA repair and immune regulation.

🧡 Final Thoughts:

Your body isn’t betraying you.
It’s just remembering—and trying to protect you the only way it knows how.

But healing is possible. With every lymphatic flush, every breath, every act of nourishment and rest—you’re not just managing symptoms. You’re gently teaching your body a new story:

One of safety. One of peace. One of release.

📚 Research References:
1. Netea MG et al. (2020). “Trained Immunity: A Tool for Reducing Susceptibility to and the Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.” Cell, 181(5), 969-977. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.042
2. Divangahi M et al. (2021). “The Trained Immunity Hypothesis and Covid-19.” Nature Reviews Immunology, 21, 75–76.
3. Slavich GM, Cole SW. (2013). “The Emerging Field of Human Social Genomics.” Clinical Psychological Science, 1(3), 331–348.
4. Arts RJ et al. (2018). “Trained immunity: consequences for the heterologous effects of BCG vaccination.” Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 112(1), 1–5.

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09/07/2025

Stressed? Schedule a sauna session today!

Hint: We offer cost saving packages too!