Originally Posted by BioBased

I hope you don't mind this information. I had considerable swelling which is now down to a hen's egg lump on my ankle.

My opinion is that too much compression, massage, pressure boots etc can initially appear to help the swelling, but long term can make it worse and may cause damage to the delicate vessels that carry lymph fluid. Again my opinion.

The Bowen Technique I used removes excess fluid with no manipulation. It is so simple. Basically a special washing soda is put in a cotton (no blends) cloth (i used a bandana) and wrapped around the area. An ace bandage or plastic wrap is used to keep this in place overnight.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B4rWSlSy_OY

http://www.headbacktohealth.com/bowen.html

That's it. In the morning the bandana is saturated and the swelling reduced. I followed instructions I found on the Internet: do not use more than three times a week. It took about three weeks.



Once the worst swelling was gone, my body started to work on its own. I am not standing for long on my leg, mainly because I cannot put weight on it, but I wasn't standing on it when it was badly swollen either.

Skeptics may think the saturation is from sweat, but this is not the case. I have tried multiple times to reduce the egg on my ankle using this technique. In the morning the bandana and the washing soda crystals are bone dry. (I think the egg on my ankle is a bursa that is swollen with a gel like fluid.)