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Cording
Hi to all, rads have started, and I've had 9 out of 21 treatments so far. Being a loyal exercise freak to prevent lymphoedema, I've hit an obstacle with some cording forming in my armpit, and a pulli...
Hiya Tracey, fantastic that you have a referral to someone who specializes in this. I had lymphedema and cording. My lymphedema OT would actually show me where the rope like cords were and get me to massage them between my fingers. Another great exercise is the one where yiu walk your fingers up the wall as high as you can go. That really stretches the 'cords' out. I actually felt mine go 'pop' which freaked me out a little bit but was apparently a good thing.
Hope this helps.
Paula xx