Two new hashtags had been birthed following the July Lipedema Affected person Roundtable’s riveting dialogue: #DoTheThing and #WearTheThing had been shared by Pattie Cornute and Cara Cruz. The message? Don’t speak your self out of attempting one thing new for worry of what different individuals will suppose. Pattie’s Lipedema Health group simply celebrated its tenth anniversary! And the panelists additionally helped Brenda Viola say goodbye to her fifties, with an outpouring of affection (and flowers).
What do you do when touring and your compression pump and different remedy instruments are usually not out there? Water! Skilled visitor Karen Ashforth, MS, OTR, CLT-LANA, talked about getting motion time in a pool to attenuate the impacts of journey. If there isn’t a pool, even motion in tub water may help. And water when it comes to staying hydrated was additionally underscored as vital when touring, particularly when temperatures are excessive.
Summertime can also be the season for bug bites, which might negatively impression lipedema limbs. Karen Ashforth touted the usage of ammonia and Linda Anne Kahn really useful lavender oil. Utilizing compression clothes beneath your Lympha Press was a brand new idea for a lot of attendees, and cautions relating to scorching tubs, infrared blankets, and the way fibrosis presents in lipedema sufferers had been mentioned.
Particular visitor Susan O’Hara, an creator and lipedema advocate, shared her thrilling progress in creating trendy footwear for lipedema toes and legs. Quickly, animal prints, versatile boots that match lipedema calves, and metallic types will likely be out there, which was met with nice pleasure by the panelists and attendees. “You’ll have lipedema, however lipedema doesn’t need to have YOU” was a standard theme throughout this inspirational and information-filled Roundtable.
Particular because of our anchor panelists and particular visitors:
Linda Anne Kahn mentioned it greatest in the course of the dialogue: “For my part, anybody who wants pneumatic compression ought to have a Lympha Press.” If you want assist managing your lipedema, please contact us. Be a part of the Lipedema Affected person Roundtable on the third Wednesday of every month at 8:00 PM EST, sponsored by Lympha Press to assist and encourage the lipedema affected person group.