easyTAI CHI BREATHER EXERCISE to move Lymph fluid out

Always good to be reminded of this, Hugz--thanks!
Binney

Thank you for this! It's hard to find something I haven't heard of these days - which sucks to be so in the know about LE. I'm going to start doing this - and get back into doing my other LE exercises and home MLD stuff. I'm just worried about waking the savage LE beast.....(lol)

Hugz - thank you so much for this. I'm doing it for my arm but as the worst swelling and fluid retention are in my breast, do you know whether there are any Tai Chi moves that would more specifically target the breast? I live in eternal hope that something is going address my problem!

Thanks. Anne

hugsz4u-- thanks for keeping this info on Tai Chi "active".

I tend to handle this cancer journey one step at a time so only read about the step I am on and a little about the next step. But it's just too overwhelming to read about all steps coming all at once. One day at a time. So I would have missed this great tip if you fine ladies weren't bumping it to keep it active. Just had surgery but haven't been sent to occupational therapy yet but think I can start this now and try to make it part of my new nor

Additional Info - The move we do is part of "shibashi" and is called Flying Dove Spreads Its Wings"

If you search the word "shibashi" - should come up with some results that show the different moves. There are a number of poses - internet may only show them standing up, but since we do Tai Chi for recovery, we do them seated on the edge of a chair.