Showing posts with label lymph drainage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lymph drainage. Show all posts
Friday, October 2, 2015
Friday, September 18, 2015
Yoga - 30 Minute Gentle Yoga Practice
I really enjoyed this
video. The movements were slow and gentle enough for those who are at various
levels, from the novice to the pro. I really liked that Cindy offered
adaptations of the poses, so that individuals may determine and honor exactly
where they are in their practices, instilling a sense of empowerment and
confidence. The piece the resistance was the lovely guided meditation at the
end to complete the lovely process. I felt peaceful, yet energized, when
finished.
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Benefits of water based exercise for lymphedema
#lymphedema #swelling #exerciselymphedema #Aquaaerobics #lymphdrainage #lymphaticdrainage http://www.lymphedemablog.com/2011/01/20/the-benefit-of-aquatic-exercise-for-lymphedema/
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Neuroscience discovers new Lymphatic vessels in the brain
This is amazing stuff....We knew there were so many benefits to MLD (Yes, I'm biased), and it was known that there was so more to the Lymphatic System than we could see...WELL, Kids, here is the new breakthrough in sturdies with information that shows us that there REALLY IS more that we CAN see....
#mld #lymphdrainage #lymphaticsystem #neurosciencelymphatic#brainlymphsystem #longwellmassage
#mld #lymphdrainage #lymphaticsystem #neurosciencelymphatic#brainlymphsystem #longwellmassage
Missing link found between brain, immune system -- with major disease implications
June 2, 2015 | by Editor
Implications profound for neurological diseases from autism to Alzheimer's to multiple sclerosis
In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. That such vessels could have escaped detection when the lymphatic system has been so thoroughly mapped throughout the body is surprising on its own, but the true significance of the discovery lies in the effects it could have on the study and treatment of neurological diseases ranging from autism to Alzheimer's disease to multiple sclerosis.
"Instead of asking, 'How do we study the immune response of the brain?' 'Why do multiple sclerosis patients have the immune attacks?' now we can approach this mechanistically. Because the brain is like every other tissue connected to the peripheral immune system through meningeal lymphatic vessels," said Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, professor in the UVA Department of Neuroscience and director of UVA's Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG). "It changes entirely the way we perceive the neuro-immune interaction. We always perceived it before as something esoteric that can't be studied. But now we can ask mechanistic questions."
"We believe that for every neurological disease that has an immune component to it, these vessels may play a major role," Kipnis said. "Hard to imagine that these vessels would not be involved in a [neurological] disease with an immune component."
Even Kipnis was skeptical initially. "I really did not believe there are structures in the body that we are not aware of. I thought the body was mapped," he said. "I thought that these discoveries ended somewhere around the middle of the last century. But apparently they have not."
After noticing vessel-like patterns in the distribution of immune cells on his slides, he tested for lymphatic vessels and there they were. The impossible existed. The soft-spoken Louveau recalled the moment: "I called Jony [Kipnis] to the microscope and I said, 'I think we have something.'"
As to how the brain's lymphatic vessels managed to escape notice all this time, Kipnis described them as "very well hidden" and noted that they follow a major blood vessel down into the sinuses, an area difficult to image. "It's so close to the blood vessel, you just miss it," he said. "If you don't know what you're after, you just miss it."
"Live imaging of these vessels was crucial to demonstrate their function, and it would not be possible without collaboration with Tajie Harris," Kipnis noted. Harris, a PhD, is an assistant professor of neuroscience and a member of the BIG center. Kipnis also saluted the "phenomenal" surgical skills of Igor Smirnov, a research associate in the Kipnis lab whose work was critical to the imaging success of the study.
In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. That such vessels could have escaped detection when the lymphatic system has been so thoroughly mapped throughout the body is surprising on its own, but the true significance of the discovery lies in the effects it could have on the study and treatment of neurological diseases ranging from autism to Alzheimer's disease to multiple sclerosis.
"Instead of asking, 'How do we study the immune response of the brain?' 'Why do multiple sclerosis patients have the immune attacks?' now we can approach this mechanistically. Because the brain is like every other tissue connected to the peripheral immune system through meningeal lymphatic vessels," said Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, professor in the UVA Department of Neuroscience and director of UVA's Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG). "It changes entirely the way we perceive the neuro-immune interaction. We always perceived it before as something esoteric that can't be studied. But now we can ask mechanistic questions."
"We believe that for every neurological disease that has an immune component to it, these vessels may play a major role," Kipnis said. "Hard to imagine that these vessels would not be involved in a [neurological] disease with an immune component."
New Discovery in Human Body
Kevin Lee, PhD, chairman of the UVA Department of Neuroscience, described his reaction to the discovery by Kipnis' lab: "The first time these guys showed me the basic result, I just said one sentence: 'They'll have to change the textbooks.' There has never been a lymphatic system for the central nervous system, and it was very clear from that first singular observation - and they've done many studies since then to bolster the finding - that it will fundamentally change the way people look at the central nervous system's relationship with the immune system."Even Kipnis was skeptical initially. "I really did not believe there are structures in the body that we are not aware of. I thought the body was mapped," he said. "I thought that these discoveries ended somewhere around the middle of the last century. But apparently they have not."
'Very Well Hidden'
The discovery was made possible by the work of Antoine Louveau, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in Kipnis' lab. The vessels were detected after Louveau developed a method to mount a mouse's meninges - the membranes covering the brain - on a single slide so that they could be examined as a whole. "It was fairly easy, actually," he said. "There was one trick: We fixed the meninges within the skullcap, so that the tissue is secured in its physiological condition, and then we dissected it. If we had done it the other way around, it wouldn't have worked."After noticing vessel-like patterns in the distribution of immune cells on his slides, he tested for lymphatic vessels and there they were. The impossible existed. The soft-spoken Louveau recalled the moment: "I called Jony [Kipnis] to the microscope and I said, 'I think we have something.'"
As to how the brain's lymphatic vessels managed to escape notice all this time, Kipnis described them as "very well hidden" and noted that they follow a major blood vessel down into the sinuses, an area difficult to image. "It's so close to the blood vessel, you just miss it," he said. "If you don't know what you're after, you just miss it."
"Live imaging of these vessels was crucial to demonstrate their function, and it would not be possible without collaboration with Tajie Harris," Kipnis noted. Harris, a PhD, is an assistant professor of neuroscience and a member of the BIG center. Kipnis also saluted the "phenomenal" surgical skills of Igor Smirnov, a research associate in the Kipnis lab whose work was critical to the imaging success of the study.
Alzheimer's, Autism, MS and Beyond
The unexpected presence of the lymphatic vessels raises a tremendous number of questions that now need answers, both about the workings of the brain and the diseases that plague it. For example, take Alzheimer's disease. "In Alzheimer's, there are accumulations of big protein chunks in the brain," Kipnis said. "We think they may be accumulating in the brain because they're not being efficiently removed by these vessels." He noted that the vessels look different with age, so the role they play in aging is another avenue to explore. And there's an enormous array of other neurological diseases, from autism to multiple sclerosis, that must be reconsidered in light of the presence of something science insisted did not exist.Note: Material may have been edited for length and content. For further information, please contact the cited source.
University of Virginia, Health SystemPublication
Kipnis J et al. Structural and functional features of central nervous system lymphatic vessels. Nature, Published Online June 1 2015. doi: 10.1038/nature14432
- See more at: http://www.neuroscientistnews.com/research-news/missing-link-found-between-brain-immune-system-major-disease-implications#sthash.8acfpcso.dpuf
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Spring Clean Your Body
SPRING CLEAN YOUR BODY- It's time for us to do some spring cleaning. This includes your homes, cars, offices, and your BODIES. Time to DETOX your body and here are some of the benefits of detox.
1. Improves Immune system
2. Improve Energy
3. Healthier Skin
4. Reduces excess waste in our bodies
5. Helps weight loss
6. Reduce excess water
7. Anti-Aging effects
8. Reduce excess water retention and bloating
9. Clearer thinking
10. Feel lighter
11. Breathe Easier
12. Overall improved sense of wellbeing.
Consider receiving MLD (Manual Lymphatic Drainage Treatments) to help boost your detox regiment. You may go to my website to read further on MLD.
1. Improves Immune system
2. Improve Energy
3. Healthier Skin
4. Reduces excess waste in our bodies
5. Helps weight loss
6. Reduce excess water
7. Anti-Aging effects
8. Reduce excess water retention and bloating
9. Clearer thinking
10. Feel lighter
11. Breathe Easier
12. Overall improved sense of wellbeing.
Consider receiving MLD (Manual Lymphatic Drainage Treatments) to help boost your detox regiment. You may go to my website to read further on MLD.
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