HILTON HEAD OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

We have been providing health care to the people of the Lowcountry for over twenty years and have a proud tradition of offering a unique approach for our patients. BOTH lymphedema and pain patients have the benefit of knowledge gleaned from the medical health community and are offered the latest information based on evidence based practices from both the national and international research communities... The best way to understand what lymphedema is, is to break the word itself into parts: "lymph" + "edema". First of all, "edema" is a common term that we associate with the word "swelling". "Lymph" however, is a little more confusing for most people. Most of us are aware that we have "lymph nodes" (feel them under your jaw, your armpits, etc.) and we may even be aware that these nodes are part of the lymphatic system which have multiple functions (filtration, production of immune cells, and fat transportation) but many people confuse 'lymph' with 'water' and herein lies all the..

Primary location: Bluffton United States