by Fiona Palmer | Oct 6, 2026 | Cancer Rehabilitation, Pelvic Health, Scar Tissue, Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Lower-body lymphatics after groin and pelvic cancer treatment Search for lymphoedema after cancer treatment and you can quite quickly find pictures of arms. Breast cancer. Axillary nodes. Sleeves. Arm measurements. And all of that information matters. But what if your...
by Fiona Palmer | Oct 5, 2026 | Cancer Rehabilitation, Scar Tissue, Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage
Seroma, haematoma, inflammation or lymphoedema — why “swelling” is a sign, not a diagnosis You have had surgery. Something is swollen. Perhaps you have been told: “It’s just swelling.” And sometimes swelling is part of the completely expected response to surgery. But...
by Fiona Palmer | Oct 3, 2026 | Breast Cancer, Cancer Rehabilitation, Scar Tissue, Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage
What really happens to lymphatic drainage after breast cancer treatment? October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There will quite rightly be plenty of conversations about checking breasts, knowing what is normal for you, diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy,...
by Fiona Palmer | Sep 16, 2026 | Cancer Rehabilitation, Scar Tissue
The Male Pelvic Floor, Prostate Cancer & The Bit We Don’t Talk About Enough Pelvic-floor training, continence, swelling, lymphatics, fascia — and why “just do your Kegels” may be rather too simple If I say pelvic floor, what do you picture? Pregnancy?...
by Fiona Palmer | Aug 30, 2026 | Anatomy, Breast Cancer, Oncology Massage, Scar Tissue, Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage
I Was Taught Not to Fight the Scar. Does the Science Still Agree? TGF-β, fibroblasts, fascia, lymphatics — and what nearly 30 years of mechanobiology might tell us about the way we use our hands Every now and again I go back to an old textbook and realise that...
by Fiona Palmer | Aug 30, 2026 | Breast Cancer, Oncology Massage, Scar Tissue, Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage
When the Tissue Changes: What Are We Actually Treating? Lymphoedema, fibrosis, inflammation — and why “hard swelling” doesn’t tell us enough Sometimes an image makes me stop. Not necessarily because I agree with every word on it, but because it makes me think. I...
