Professional home-visit lymphoedema care
Home Lymphoedema Therapy in Singapore
Professional lymphoedema therapy delivered in your own home, anywhere in Singapore. Individualised one-to-one care to help you manage swelling, stay comfortable, and make long-term lymphoedema management easier to keep up with.
- Home visits across Singapore
- Individualised one-to-one care
- Manual lymphatic drainage where appropriate
Home visits only · Singapore
- Home visits only
- Personalised care
- Singapore-wide
- WhatsApp enquiries
Understanding lymphoedema
What is lymphoedema?
Lymphoedema is long-term swelling that develops when the lymphatic system cannot drain fluid from the body’s tissues as well as it should. Fluid builds up under the skin, most often in an arm or a leg, though it can affect other areas.
It usually develops when lymph nodes or lymph vessels have been damaged or removed — for example after surgery, radiotherapy or as part of cancer treatment. It can also follow infection or injury, and in less common cases it can be present from birth or develop without an obvious cause.
Early on, the swelling may come and go, and the limb may feel heavy, tight or full. Over time, if it isn’t managed, the swelling can become more persistent and the skin and underlying tissue can change in texture.
Lymphoedema is generally a long-term condition. It is not usually cured, but with appropriate management it can often be controlled well.
Not all swelling is lymphoedema.
Swelling has many possible causes. New, sudden, painful, red or unexplained swelling should be assessed by a doctor before starting any lymphoedema treatment.
Professional lymphoedema management
How can lymphoedema therapy help?
Lymphoedema therapy aims to help you manage swelling and its effects over the long term. Treatment is individualised, and what it involves — and how much it helps — varies from person to person.
Manage swelling
Treatment aims to help reduce and control swelling in the affected limb or area, and to keep it more stable over time.
Improve comfort
Many people describe heaviness, tightness or aching. Management strategies aim to make the affected area feel more comfortable day to day.
Support movement
Swelling can make a limb feel stiff or awkward to move. Gentle, appropriate exercise is often part of a management plan.
Look after your skin
Skin care matters in lymphoedema. You'll be shown practical ways to care for the skin of the affected area.
Build confidence
Lymphoedema is managed largely at home. The aim is for you to feel confident carrying out your own routine.
Support daily function
Management is built around what you actually need to do — work, caring for family, exercise and sleep.
Manual lymphatic drainage
What is Manual Lymphatic Drainage?
Manual lymphatic drainage — often searched for as lymphatic drainage massage, lymphatic massage or simply MLD — is a specific hands-on technique that uses very light, rhythmic movements applied to the skin in a particular sequence and direction. The aim is to encourage lymph fluid to move along pathways that are still working well.
It is not a firm or deep massage. The pressure is deliberately gentle, and the sequence matters as much as the technique itself.
In lymphoedema care, manual lymphatic drainage is one possible component of an individualised management plan — not a treatment on its own, and not something that suits every person or every presentation. Whether it is appropriate, and how it fits alongside exercise, skin care, compression and self-management, depends on your assessment.
Lymphatic massage and lymphoedema therapy are not always the same thing.
A relaxation or wellness lymphatic massage is a different service with different goals. Lymphoedema management is a clinical process that starts with assessment and is planned around your individual condition.
Your individual plan
What may lymphoedema therapy involve?
Every plan is different. Depending on your assessment and your needs, treatment may include some of the following.
01
Assessment
Your first visit starts with understanding your history, looking at the affected area and taking measurements where appropriate. This is what everything else is planned around.
02
Manual lymphatic drainage
Where appropriate, gentle hands-on techniques may be used to encourage lymph movement, as one part of a wider plan rather than a treatment on its own.
03
Movement and exercise
Specific, graded movement is often part of lymphoedema management. Anything suggested will be matched to what you can comfortably do.
04
Compression and positioning
Where suitable, we'll discuss how compression garments and everyday positioning fit into your routine, and how to keep using them consistently.
05
Education and self-management
Most of lymphoedema management happens between appointments. A large part of each visit is making sure you and your family know what to do at home.
Not everyone receives every component. Your plan depends on your assessment, your condition and your goals.
Professional lymphoedema care in the comfort of home
No travelling to a clinic
Treatment happens where you already are, with no journey before or after your session.
Easier if getting out is hard
Home visits can be particularly helpful when mobility, fatigue or transport make clinic appointments difficult.
One-to-one and uninterrupted
The whole session is yours. No waiting room and no overlapping appointments.
Strategies that fit your actual home
Positioning, exercise and daily routines are worked out in the environment where you'll be doing them.
Family and carers can be involved
Where you'd like them to be, the people who support you can be part of the session.
Suitability
Who may benefit from lymphoedema therapy?
Lymphoedema therapy may be appropriate for people managing:
- swelling that has developed after cancer treatment
- swelling following surgery involving lymph nodes
- lymphoedema affecting the arm
- lymphoedema affecting the leg
- long-standing swelling already assessed by a doctor
- lymphoedema where getting to a clinic is difficult
- lymphoedema they already manage but want more support with
- a family member's lymphoedema they are helping to care for
A note on swelling.
Not all swelling is lymphoedema, and not every cause of swelling is suitable for lymphoedema therapy. If swelling is new, sudden, painful or unexplained, please see a doctor first.
Not sure whether your situation is suitable? Message us and we can talk it through.
How it works
Getting started is simple
WhatsApp us
Tell us briefly who the therapy is for and what you're hoping to get help with.
Discuss your needs
We'll talk through your situation and whether a home lymphoedema therapy visit is likely to be appropriate.
Home visit
Your appointment takes place in your own home, at a time that works for you.
Looking for lymphoedema therapy at home?
Message us to talk through your situation and whether a home visit would be suitable.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
Lymphoedema therapy is a structured approach to managing long-term swelling caused by a lymphatic system that isn’t draining fluid as it should. It usually combines assessment, hands-on techniques where appropriate, movement, skin care, compression and education, planned around your individual situation.
Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) is a specific hands-on technique using very light, rhythmic movements in a set sequence, intended to encourage lymph fluid to move along pathways that are working well. In lymphoedema care it is one possible part of a management plan rather than a standalone treatment.
Not necessarily. Lymphatic or lymphatic drainage massage is often offered as a wellness or relaxation service with different goals. Lymphoedema therapy is a clinical process that begins with assessment and is planned around your specific condition — manual lymphatic drainage may or may not form part of it.
Lymphoedema management aims to help reduce and control swelling and to keep it more stable over time. Lymphoedema is generally a long-term condition and responses vary between individuals, so no particular outcome can be promised. Ongoing self-management is usually an important part of keeping swelling under control.
Yes — this is a home-visit service only. There is no clinic. Your appointment takes place in your own home.
Home visits are provided across Singapore. Please WhatsApp us with your location and we can confirm availability for your area.
Please WhatsApp us to discuss your situation. If you are already under the care of a doctor or hospital team for your lymphoedema, it’s helpful to mention that when you message.
Lymphoedema can develop after treatments involving lymph node surgery or radiotherapy, and lymphoedema therapy is commonly used in this situation. Whether it is suitable for you depends on your individual circumstances and your medical history, which we would discuss and assess first.
The first visit focuses on assessment: understanding your history, looking at the affected area, taking measurements where appropriate, and discussing what you want to get out of treatment. From there we plan what your management may involve.
Send us a WhatsApp message at +65 8927 6223 with a short description of who the therapy is for and what you’re seeking help with, and we’ll take it from there.
Professional lymphoedema therapy — in your own home
If you or a family member are looking for home-based lymphoedema care in Singapore, get in touch on WhatsApp.
+65 8927 6223
Home visits only · Singapore