Complete Decongestive Therapy in Lakewood.

The full four-part standard of care for lymphedema, under one roof. A lighter limb, clothes that fit again, and a routine you can run yourself.

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What It Is

Four parts. One job.

Lymphedema is swelling that builds when lymph fluid can’t drain the way it should. It can follow surgery, cancer treatment, an injury, or a circulation problem. It is a lifelong condition. It is also a very manageable one.

Complete Decongestive Therapy is the accepted way to manage it. Four parts, run together: manual lymphatic drainage, compression bandaging, targeted exercise, and skin care. No single part carries the load alone. That is the entire point of the program.

Care runs in two stages. First we bring the swelling down. Then we hand it over. The endpoint here is not a cure, because nobody has one. The endpoint is a maintenance routine you run yourself, with your therapist checking the limb along the way.

Licensed physical therapist wrapping compression bandaging around a patient arm during complete decongestive therapy Treatment supplies included

What It Helps

Start here if a limb is swelling.

You’ve spent years tracking everyone else’s appointments. This one is yours. Swelling caught early stays easier to manage: left alone, it tends to ask for more, not less.

Lymphedema Pre & Post Surgery The ring that stopped coming off by noon

What A Session Looks Like

Thirty to sixty minutes, all four parts.

1

We measure the limb, then check the skin.

2

Hands-on drainage, then bandaging before you stand up.

3

Exercise and skin care you practice before you leave.

Why It Works

What you get back.

Less heaviness in the limb.

Sleeves and shoes that go on easier.

Skin you protect instead of worry about.

A maintenance routine you can run yourself.

Pairs Well With

CDT is the program. These are its parts.

Manual Lymphatic Drainage The hands-on part: light, mapped strokes that move fluid out. Short-Stretch Bandaging The compression part: holds the reduction between visits.

Questions, Answered

Complete Decongestive Therapy, no mystery.

No. The drainage work is light, closer to a hand resting on your skin than to a deep massage. The bandaging should feel supportive, never sharp and never numbing. If something pinches, say so and it gets adjusted on the spot. You’re one-on-one with a licensed physical therapist for the whole visit, so nothing gets rushed past you.

Enough to bring the swelling down, then enough to prove you can hold it yourself. A general guideline is 2–3 visits a week for 4–6 weeks, with sessions running 30–60 minutes. That’s a guideline, never a guarantee: your limb and your history set the real number. Lymphedema is lifelong, so the finish line isn’t a cure. It’s a maintenance routine you run at home, with periodic checks here.

No referral needed to start. California Direct Access lets you be seen for up to 45 days or 12 visits, whichever comes first, before a physician has to sign off. We’re a Medicare specialist, we accept 14 plans plus all PPOs, and we verify your exact benefits before your first session. Since the 2013 Jimmo Settlement Agreement, Medicare covers skilled therapy that maintains a condition or slows decline, which is exactly what lymphedema care does. Questions before then? Call us at (562) 512-3320.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back during business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
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  • No doctor’s referral needed to start

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