Anyone else deal with cording?

I had some in my arm but my physio was able to get rid of them.

There was a long thread about a year ago about women who got these large cords, one actually had surgery on it

Here's the thread

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/64/topic/778987?page=4#post_3054237

I'd be reassured it's not a recurrence, but see your breast surgeon if it will help--although many aren't all that up on cording

Here's another reference on it

http://www.stepup-speakout.org/Cording_and_Axillary_Web_Syndrome.htm

I'll bump the thread: "A different kind of cord question"

Jodi recommends both stretching by the patient and gentle manipulation by the therapist and if a cord snaps while being gently stretched that's ok, it's when they're aggressively intentionally snapped that she saw LE occur.



the cords are primarily clotted off lymphatic vessels and some will reopen, some are never going to.



I had read in the Burt and White LE book about "skin lifting" techniques, and I'd put my hand over my axilla and gently stretch the skin down toward the opposite hip ( their suggestion) and hold for 30 to 90 seconds. I also found stretching up the arm helped.





The therapist techniques are to isolate a portion of the cord and put traction on it both up and down in an s maneuver.



Her stretches were to lay on the bed, arms overhead and flex your knees and let them go to the opposite side while keeping the arms flat. also child's pose with arms overhead.



I have the PowerPoint of her lecture I'll try and look for more stretches.



On SUSO we have access to videos of a German therapist demonstrating how to work the cords and we restrict access to therapists and have gotten requests from all over the world. A lot of cords out there and in my CLT course how to treat them was not addressed.



Maybe that's why Jodi's lectures at the NLN conference are standing room only....

My cords hung in there for a long time, and even now, five years later one will pop up in my upper arm of I suddenly do more. It goes away quickly.



I saw a slew of PTs as my LE therapist is an LMT and didn't feel qualified to manipulate them, and only the fifth (!!!!) one, Klose trained PT and an LMT really helped.



I've been going for myofascial work with an LMT who is also Vodder trained and she's working on my tight radiated chest and breast area and my remaining cords...

I was raising my arm to shave, and I think I felt a cord. I followed it down from the armpit. It stopped around the middle of my inner arm.

I find myself touching it a lot. It hurts at different points. Will rubbing it help it go away?

Thanks lmcclure447. Massaging down the cord - is that like putting two fingers on either side of it and pulling down?