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Jan Douglass PhD
1 day ago5 min read
Obesity Matters: How do You Know if You are Overweight and Why Jumping on the Scales May be a Bad Idea?
As many of us resolve to lose weight this year, it’s vital to consider how success is measured to avoid unrealistic goals and setbacks.
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Jan Douglass PhD
Dec 13, 20238 min read
Why Elastic Tape Is a Game Changer for Phase 2 Lymphoedema Management
The populatory of elastic taping among athletes and health professionals is visible across our sporting screens, and the use of elastic tape
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Jan Douglass PhD
Nov 10, 20226 min read
Why MLD should be started as early as possible.
There's nothing quite so satisfying as reading a well written paper which summarises everything interesting that we know about the lymph...
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Jan Douglass PhD
Jun 25, 20224 min read
Measuring clinically relevant outcomes
An easy - and free - way for therapists to assess clinical progress is to use an analogue scale. Image by Volodymyr Hryshchenko on...
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Jan Douglass PhD
Jun 24, 20226 min read
What is the best measure for lymphoedema?
There has been a lot of discussion lately around systematic reviews and RCTs on the effectiveness of MLD in our treatment mix. Measuring tre
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Jan Douglass PhD
May 9, 20225 min read
Lymphoedema and the Roadmap to 2030
Between COVID, climate change and the exponential growth of our connected world, it is obvious to me that we must now behave as as global co
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Jan Douglass PhD
Apr 7, 20223 min read
How to write a case study and why we need them
Randomised controlled trials are not suited to assessing the effectiveness of treatments for lymphoedema and other choric diseases.
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Jan Douglass PhD
Jan 1, 20225 min read
Viewing fad diets through a lymphatic lens, & why I dislike 'Keto'
... not surprising when you consider the strong links between lymphatic disease and fat disorders, they are reciprocal risk factors for each
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Jan Douglass PhD
Dec 2, 20213 min read
Applied MLD, it's more than just lymphoedema
Releasing a frozen shoulder makes it much easier to apply effective CDT in arm lymphoedema, and reducing piriformis pain will certainly help
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Jan Douglass PhD
Nov 11, 20214 min read
Another disappointing SR that fails to tell us anything new 😖
Systematic reviews are an academic exercise to ‘systemically review’ the existing literature on a particular research question. They are ...
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Jan Douglass PhD
Aug 19, 20213 min read
How do new discoveries in lymphology influence our clinical practice?
Across two decades of teaching therapists how to interact with lymphatics through MLD and Lymph Taping, I have witnessed an explosion in...
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Jan Douglass PhD
Jul 21, 20214 min read
Lymphatic endothelial cells, so much more to know!
The study looked at how the lymphatic endothelia cells behave when there is tissue hypoxia, so there are three interesting things here. How
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Jan Douglass PhD
Mar 6, 20216 min read
Its never too early to start MLD
Thompson et al, found evidence for MLD to prevent onset in early breast cancer patients and to reduce arm volume in early stage lymphoedema
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