Supporting flow is about more than moving fluid.
The lymphatic system plays an essential role in maintaining fluid balance, transporting immune cells and proteins, and clearing substances from the interstitial spaces between cells.
In Lipoedema, lymphatic function is complex.
Lipoedema is not simply a disorder of lymphatic obstruction, and lymphatic impairment is not necessarily present in every person or at every stage. However, changes within the tissue environment may place increasing demands on fluid transport and lymphatic function over time.
This becomes particularly important as disease severity progresses or when secondary lymphatic complications develop.
Conservative management therefore frequently incorporates strategies designed to support fluid movement and tissue function, including compression, movement and lymphatic therapies.
Within McLeod Method™, lymphatic support is considered as part of a broader system rather than as an isolated treatment target.
The framework combines preparation of the tissue environment, physical intervention, movement and compression with the aim of supporting the body's normal physiological processes and encouraging ongoing self-management between treatments.
This is also why Maintain the Drain™ extends beyond the treatment room.
Movement, compression, hydration and appropriate home care form part of the longer-term strategy for supporting the tissue environment.
The objective is not to force flow. It is to create conditions that support it.
