Hi Sue, good to see you’re looking for new treatments!
One of my manual therapists did a bit of it on me, and I actually felt it did help a bit. As he didn’t continue it, I had another try doing it on myself using youtube videos and that also had a slight effect, but I somehow felt i didn’t need it that much at that time. I think there were times in the past where I’d’ve benefited more from it.
So I think its potential will be higher if you are or feel a bit swollen or have vascular problems, not just the feeling of heaviness or not being able to walk well alone. Then I think it can improve the fluidity of your movements.
So “s’posed to help” is the question help what for (exactly)…
Thing is of course nothing helps and everything helps, cos it just depends, and it’s difficult to know without trying if it’ll help or not. I’ve heard / read people try it every now and then. Like on a thread here where I shared new research that it works @Lmd answered that it did help:
Generally - if the description of how it works resonates with your symptoms, that’ll help decide. Like the research suggest, I’d actually always recommend to try it and see / feel if it’s right at the moment or might be in other moments. Personally, I’d try it on youtube first to get a first impression.
If it’s viable now and nothing else is more promising or viable, I’d go for it.
I believe just cos other things didn’t help that shouldn’t stop us from trying anything. It’s only when people try telling me I need to do something much longer altho it’s harming me or something that isn’t viable or promising for my body.
I’d long put off trying LDN, cos it didn’t seem that promising, seemed weird, possibly harmful. But I hadn’t had anything better to try any more. And used my experience how things may harm and help me. So started with a dose far lower than the recommended lowest starting point, so I made sure it hardly harmed even if it praps didn’t help yet. Turns out my starting dose of 0.07mg hardly harmed, but did help quite a bit, even a crucial bit and increasing is also hardly harming (but not helping more as yet). Similarly if I started lymph drainage again I’d start with youtube, then I’d go for a few sessions and see how they do it - to possibly see how not to do it, if they’re not gentle enough and don’t know their way with fibro and then return to trying self-treatment… I’d also consider going there and continuing self-treatment in between (esp. if there are long breaks in between) to train by comparing what they do and what I do.