Breast Cancer
 
Compression Sleeve  

What is a compression sleeve?

Compression sleeves are elasticized bandages that are often used to treat patients with lymphedema. The sleeves are custom fitted to your arm by a physical or occupational therapist.

Compression sleeves can either be used alone or with a manual lymphatic drainage, also known as complex decongestive physiotherapy. Manual lymphatic drainage entails extremely gentle hand massaging of the skin and the underlying lymphatic vessels of the affected area.


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