Cording....Does compression help?

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tsoebbin
tsoebbin Member Posts: 474
edited January 2017 in Lymphedema

My darn cording is back. Does compression help at all? I know my massaging it helps but I can't remember about compression. I see the PT tomorrow but wondered if anyone here knows.

Thanks.

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  • InStitches
    InStitches Member Posts: 80
    edited January 2017

    I haven't a clue. Hope you get help and see improvement quickly!

    Nanc

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  • tsoebbin
    tsoebbin Member Posts: 474
    edited January 2017

    thanks Nanc. I had my cording the first time before my sleeves were ordered/received I think. It's a bugger it's back. I'll find out at PT tomorrow afternoon. I decided not to wear them since I can't remember what the heck they told me last time.

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  • Binney4
    Binney4 Member Posts: 8,609
    edited January 2017

    tsoebbin, take them with you tomorrow so the therapist can check the fit as well--if you haven't been using them the fit may have changed (from weight gain or loss, or from changes in your LE control). Let us know what you discover.

    Be well!
    Binney

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  • ChiSandy
    ChiSandy Member Posts: 12,133
    edited January 2017

    I had cording before I had LE. What helped with the cording was slow stretching and massage, but by my LANA-certified PT.

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  • tsoebbin
    tsoebbin Member Posts: 474
    edited January 2017

    thanks Binney and Sandy. My PT trained my husband to help with the stretching and massages of the cording, thank goodness. I've been wearing my sleeves when working and exercisng, but when the cording got worse over the weekend I questioned wearing them.

    I'll be sure to ask her today.

    Take care, hope my LE sisters have a great day! 🔆

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