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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/robohara/public_html/www.LegsLikeMine.com/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114I thought I’d never write a blog post about underwear, but then I got diagnosed with Lipedema and started Complete Decongestive Therapy.\u00a0 According to Lipedema.net,<\/a> CDT is made up of four parts:\u00a0 Massage, Compression, Exercise and Skincare. Our ‘massage’ is really Manual Lymphatic Drainage, and it helps reduce swelling and even pain.\u00a0 I go to an occupational therapist, who consults and trains with me while she’s helping me with MLD.<\/p>\n So, one day after surgery, I was visiting my OT for MLD treatment on my legs.\u00a0 The process she uses starts with opening up the lymph flow in my armpits and neck, and the groin area so the fluid can flow freely.\u00a0 When she came to open up the flow to the leg, she mentioned to me that my underwear, which were a basic traditional panty with kind of tight leg holes, were not helping the situation.\u00a0 She told me it was time to get some granny panties or boy shorts so that the leg holes of my undies aren’t digging in and putting pressure on the key lymph nodes in the groin area, immediately, like on the way home.\u00a0 She said that my underwear was literally preventing the lymphatic fluid from flowing out of my legs!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s why.\u00a0 A major lymph node network, called the Inguinal lymph nodes are right in that groin area.\u00a0 If your undies are pushing down on them all the time, they might be constricting flow! (Photo copyright The Cleveland Clinic)<\/p>\n