Summer time is festival time! It's August and three quarters of the festival season is already over. But there are still a few great weeks ahead of us. In this festival guide for flat knit heroes I share my tips for a successful festival with lipoedema. Apart from the ultimate tip to wear the compression even on hot festival days, here are a few more
Lipedema & Lymphedema
Shake, shake, shake: use of massage guns for lipedema
What if there was a way to knead and shake yourself properly at home? Without making an appointment. And that at any time of the day. And what if I tell you that not only can you relax your neck with it, but that the use of massage guns for lipedema and lymphedema is great for your self-management
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
The summer with lipedema and lymphedema: The heat plan for flat knit heroes
The summer in compression is a test for many flat knitting heroes. On the one hand, the heat promotes swelling and skin dryness, on the other hand, it also takes longer to put on the compression.
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Body and Mind
Bio Balance Neuro-Reset Training: the ideal 3-minute routine for edema patients
At FIBO 2023, the world's largest trade fair for health and fitness, I looked around as a trade visitor - always looking for new ideas that are also and especially useful and implementable for us lipoedema and lymphedema patients. And I found that in the "Body and Mind Area" in the neuro-reset lecture with subsequent instructions
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General
Wedding in compression: The bride who also says yes to herself
There is something magical about marrying someone you want to keep with you for life. You will never forget the time before, the day itself and the euphoria of the newlyweds. However, many women who have to wear compression fittings due to lipoedema, lymphoedema, thrombosis, etc. often also have to prepare for the wedding
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
Juicy cheeks instead of diaper buttocks - the buttocks-forming addition
In all honesty, wearing compression stockings isn't always easy. But there are means, additives and ways to make conservative therapy a little more bearable. For example the bottom-forming body part, which shouldn't be missing from any of my fittings. In this outfit you can see what the awareness of two really beautiful curves can do to your body.
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Lipedema & Lymphedema
Elbow functional zone: Clear the stage for more comfort!
Whether at work, in everyday life, for a hobby or at a festival - exercise should be fun and have a liberating effect on you. Even if you might perceive your arm compression fitting as a limitation at first glance, it gives you precisely this important freedom to enjoy life even more by reducing pain. What addition you
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Body and Mind
Differences and similarities: living with lipedema vs. lymphedema
This is not a scientific educational article. It is my personal examination of lymphedema, similar to a travelogue... Lymphedema If you ask me what the biggest difference between lipedema and lymphedema is: the final realization that it is irreversible and will not get better. The same is certainly the often indescribable pain that everyone
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General
3 tips for your multi-part flat knit compression for lipedema and lymphedema
We all know the classic compression tights, but what does a multi-part flat-knit compression look like for lipedema and lymphedema, what should be considered and for whom is it suitable? Here are three good tips if you want to try this type of restoration. When does a multi-part flat knit compression make sense? Multi-piece flat-knit compressions are mostly prescribed when there is