1st December 2025
 

Good Morning,

Julie and I are excited to share our latest collection of insights, case studies, and professional advancements. This is truly a "bumper newsmagazine", featuring revolutionary therapeutic applications, essential self-care strategies, and critical updates from leading specialists.

Our company ethos is that #SharingKnowledgeImprovesLives, and this issue clearly demonstrates how Deep Oscillation Therapy (DOT) continues to transform recovery and treatment across various fields.

Inside this issue, you will discover:

We provide essential reading and insights directly from experts, including those from PhysioPod Regular Guest Writers who attended the World Lipoedema Congress in Rome 2025:

• Associate Professor Ramin Shayan’s review provides useful input regarding the significant shift towards biological and GLP-1-based therapies in lipoedema.

• We feature Mr. Vasu Karri, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, sharing his three crucial take-home messages from the Congress.

• Don't miss the interview with Jane Wigg, RGN, MSc, Lymphoedema Clinical Expert, following her year of pioneering change, exploring academic validation and emphasising that “People living with lymphatic conditions deserve better.”

• Read Gaynor Leech’s beautifully researched article exploring the differences between dry body brushing vs. wet body brushing and their benefits for supporting your lymphatic system.

• Also, read and listent to Bel Hardman's article, "Calm Within the Chronic", on the essential need for emotional care for life with lipoedema, reminding us that our minds and hearts need tending to just as much as our physical bodies.

Deep Oscillation Therapy (DOT) Highlights

• Why Lymph and Scar Therapist Vaida Voitechovic describes Deep Oscillation as her most significant investment and the "missing piece of the puzzle" for her practice, leading to incredible improvements, especially with scars (including a reduction in nerve pain around C-section scars).

• Therapist Kerstin Müller shares how DOT is revolutionising speech therapy, stating that it "enormously" facilitates her work and has become "indispensable". Patients report immediate relief from facial cramps and pain after pretreatment.

• DOT's benefits extend to postpartum recovery, as its gentle, non-traumatic application not only provides instant pain relief but also accelerates the healing of surgical wounds, particularly after a Caesarean section. It can also dramatically address painful lactation issues.

• The case study detailing how a combined approach, including DOT, significantly contributed to the complete resolution of severe migraine and blurred vision for 73-year-old Peter within five sessions.

• A testimonial confirms DOT's effectiveness for diagnosed piriformis syndrome and sciatica, leading to pain reduction, improved mobility, and stopping pain relief medication after just two sessions.

• Updates from highly experienced practitioners bringing DOT to new areas, including Kate Attenborough in Rugby and Dawn Seaman in Norfolk, who add therapy for both people and their beloved equine partners.

And finally, to melt your heart

• We share a special feature: "A Gentle Approach to Puppy's Healing", a case study from Christine Talbot, Lymphoedema, Bowen and Deep Oscillation Practitioner.

• The "fantastic article" and recorded piece by our guest blogger Dean Attwood, "REAL IS RARE – ESCAPING THE DECEMBER SEQUEL TRAP", which is guaranteed to make everything seem better when you listen to his voice.

Please remember to catch up on videos and download Self-Care Forum Fact Sheets if you missed Self-Care Week 2025. We also share news about Juzo bringing 6D Tape training to the UK and the introduction of vocaSTIM® Master for paresis-related swallowing and voice disorders. Fiona (Fee) Stevenson talks about the dangers of Virtual Backgrounds an Gavin Neate talks on Empowerment Action!

PS A big thank you to Hannah Poulton at HLP Therapy for making us so welcome at the HLP Scar Symposium. A very well-organised and well-attended event. We are delighted to confirm that Deep Oscillation was extremely well received.  

Wishing you ALL a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year x

We are excited to share that a chapter dedicated to Deep Oscillation Therapy (DOT) is included in the newly published Applied Lymphology.  Authored by Dr Jens Reinhold, this chapter provides a detailed examination of this unique modality.  

First Online 20th October 2025

Reinhold J. (2025). Deep Oscillation. In: Cornely M. E. et al. (eds.), Applied Lymphology. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77734-9_40

Associate Prof Ramin Shayan's review of the Lipedema World Congress 2025 in Rome offers valuable feedback on the significant shift towards biological and GLP-1-based therapies in Lipoedema...

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Peter, 73, presented with severe migraine and blurred vision. Chartered Sports and Spinal Physiotherapist Chris Boynes utilised a combined approach including Deep Oscillation Therapy (DOT). DOT, known for softening deep connective tissue, significantly contributed to the complete resolution of his headaches and stiffness within five sessions

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Julie and I are thrilled to announce that Kate Attenborough, a highly experienced registered general nurse and dedicated lymphoedema specialist practitioner, is bringing the power of DEEP OSCILLATION® to Rugby. With over 30 years of nursing expertise, Kate is ready to elevate your wellness journey with this advanced intervention.

Kate Attenborough

Registered General Nurse, Bsc Health Sciences and Psychology, LTA Lymph Cert

Rugby
Nuneaton
CV22 5BH
Mobile 07855 771 875

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by Mrs Teresa Helen Clayton-Sanderson (Author)

This unique little book, Soft Resilience: Daily Moments of Calm, is the ideal gift to slip into a Christmas stocking. Designed to fit easily in a bag or pocket, it functions as a quiet self-care companion and a pocketful of calm in a storm. Made with love, by Tess, our regular guest blogger and fellow self care champion, it provides simple words, gentle prompts, and honest encouragement. The book avoids pressure, focusing on soft resilience, tiny moments of joy, and the reminder that caring for oneself is a necessity and a kindness. It contains practical activities that are easy to slot into the day. The recipient can dip in and out, finding a lift or a little nudge back to themselves: a perfect Christmas gift, a small token for daily moments of calm.

Fiona (Fee) Stevenson

Learn why your fun virtual background might be dangerous. Learn how shifting images and high-contrast visuals can trigger discomfort, headaches, dizziness, and even seizures in people with photosensitive epilepsy, migraines, or vestibular disorders. We reveal these hidden hazards and stress why prioritising accessibility and safer design choices in digital environments must be a priority for all organisations.

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Welcome to the future of independence! Born from a simple, effective intervention by a mobility instructor at The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, WelcoMe is the free service poised to empower millions. Discover how communicating specific needs and general training to staff before arrival ensures confident, respectful interactions, giving disabled individuals more freedom, choice, and control over their daily lives....

Due to its gentle, non-traumatic application, DO is highly effective even immediately following surgery, providing instant pain relief and accelerating the healing of surgical wounds, particularly after a Caesarean section. This therapy helps encourage tissue renewal, leading to softer, more flexible scars, and patients have reported regaining sensation much sooner than expected.

Beyond C-section recovery, Deep Oscillation dramatically addresses painful lactation issues. Clinical observations show that, when applied to the breasts, the treated side can demonstrate considerable improvement by the third day after treatment commencement, effectively countering lymphatic and venous oedema and normalising breastfeeding. 
 

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Living with lymphoedema means being proactive about self-care and skin health. The most popular technique we see in blogs or social media groups is dry body brushing. However, I recently met a lovely therapist who lives in my area named Vida Probert from the Restorative Body Clinic, and she suggested that I try wet body brushing. For me this would probably make more sense, as I have extremely dry skin despite daily moisturising and keeping myself hydrated.

While I have covered and written about dry body brushing before, this was new to me, and I was intrigued to see what the difference was, but more importantly, I wanted to look at whether there were any benefits to the lymphatic system.

Vida has an east-vs-west approach to her practice, which got me thinking, and so I did some research, and it was surprising how long-ago body brushing has been in existence. Before I look at body brushing, I thought I would take a look at when and where body brushing came from and the benefits it was thought to achieve.

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Author: Lic. Rosario Pineda 
Affiliations: International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO) 

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Presented by Lic. Rosario Pineda at the XXI World Congress of the International Union of Phlebology (UIP) in Buenos Aires in 2025. A prestigious event for professionals in the fields of phlebology and lymphology. The work was carried out by the Rosario Leg Institute from 2015 to 2025 in Argentina.

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Dawn Seaman

Dip MCST (WCST), Dip MCAM (OCEPT), Dip HM (ITEC), EEBW, AMCST, RAMP

Activate & Align Integrated Therapies
Costessey
Norfolk
NR8 5AD
Mobile 07786 546523

PhysioPod® sits down with Jane Wigg following a “busy, busy, busy” year. Driven by the philosophy “Change is hard, but change we must!”, her organisation trained over 400 students and presented in eight countries. This conversation explores academic validation, cutting-edge research, and her goal that “People living with lymphatic conditions deserve better.”

I used the PhysioPod Deep Oscillation Unit to treat a diagnosed condition of piriformis syndrome and sciatica in October/November 2025.

I cannot praise this treatment enough! It was extremely effective, and I felt like there was light at the end of the tunnel after feeling very low about my situation. The piriformis runs through your glute, and when inflamed, it caused me the most horrendous pain and spasms in my buttock, back, hip and leg. 

I am a very active person, and this treatment literally took me off my feet! I struggled to walk, change positions, make any sudden movements, and just generally live my life.

I am a regular runner, walk 5–8K daily and attend gym classes. I had to stop all activities except for short walks, which I did while experiencing extreme discomfort and taking painkillers. 

I was introduced to Deep Oscillation Therapy and was fortunate enough to use the PhysioPod unit for 16 days, and wow, what a difference. I had daily 20/30-minute sessions with a combination of self-massage using the applicators and my partner treating the area through gloved hands.

 
Immediately after each session the pain subsided, and mobility and range of movement improved. After just two sessions I stopped all pain relief medication. Regular use meant the stiffness and pain reduced significantly, and after week one, I was able to run 5-8k without any discomfort.
 

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My name is Karen, and I was diagnosed in 2016 with tongue cancer. I thought I was healthy as I had never smoked, didn’t drink much alcohol, was a runner and was careful with my diet. I was 43 at the time, a wife and mum to 2 teenage children, and working full-time in a nursery attached to a school.  There was no public awareness of head and neck cancers at the time (and still too little to be honest.) My cancer started as a stubborn ulcer that wouldn’t heal, but during visits to my GP and dentist never any mention of the possibility of this being cancer.

There was no signposting to support groups online. I started going to a local face-to-face support group run by my cancer nurse who is now retired, but this was only every 3 months, and it shut due to COVID. COVID changed so much for many of us. It was just before this time that I came across the Mouth Cancer Foundation on Facebook and I joined my first Mouth Cancer Awareness Walk that the charity put on every year; my first one was September 2019 and I met the charity ambassadors, and more importantly I met other head and neck cancer patients and their family members and it opened up a new world of friendship for me.

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If you’re living with lipoedema, like me, you’ll know, that most of the conversations online are focused on the physical body, swelling, dry brushing, deep oscillation, supplements, the right diet, surgeries, compression and more. These treatments matter deeply, they support our physical wellbeing, movement, pain levels, and daily quality of life, but so do the emotions that live underneath. Our minds and hearts also carry the weight of this condition, and they need tending to just as much as our legs and lymphatic system does. 
 

Listen above or read below.

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We are absolutely thrilled to share exciting news about a fantastic product we highlighted in our newsmagazine in Dec 2023: the innovative 6D Tape! We are particularly delighted that our longstanding friend and supporter of the PhysioPod business, Adam from Juzo, is now supplying and delivering training for 6D Tape in the UK for healthcare professionals.

The Six-Dimensional Power of 6D Tape

6D Tape is a patented, skin-friendly handle tape intended for physical therapy, lymphatic therapy, and active self-care. It differs from classic kinesiological tapes and enables a new type of tissue stimulation.
 

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Vaida Voitechovic is in Glasgow, and Vaida wrote this on her Facebook, our hearts are still singing.

"A little honest share from me…

I haven’t been very present on Instagram lately, and Facebook has been completely forgotten.

I was working a lot, travelled a bit. I am back now and I wanted to share something that truly transformed my practice.

Since starting my career as a massage therapist, I’ve invested thousands in different courses, explored different techniques to work on various tissues, there was a time I blended my own oils, and collected a range of tools — all in search of the best possible results for my clients.

I was always busy, always doing my best… but something was missing — especially when it came to scar work and post-operative care.

And then I discovered Deep Oscillation.

This has been my biggest investment so far, and honestly, it was the missing piece of the puzzle.

Since introducing it into my treatments, I’ve seen incredible improvements — especially with scars. Clients notice a reduction in nerve pain and sensitivity around C-section scars, and it feels amazing for releasing abdominal tension linked with IBS or endometriosis.

It’s also gentle yet highly effective for neck work and for post-surgery clients, when started early, we’ve seen no signs of fibrosis or seroma formation after liposuction.

Deep Oscillation has also been helping beautifully after facial lift procedures — softening hardened tissues and improving recovery after hematoma.

Another wonderful effect I’ve noticed is how it helps to soften lymph nodes that have become firm and less efficient at pumping in cases of lipedema and oedema, helping the lymphatic system function more effectively and comfortably.

These are honest results, and I’m genuinely so grateful to finally have found what was missing.

Vaida Voitechovic

Lymph and Scar Therapy
14 Rogart Street
Glasgow
G40 2AA

Mobile 0757 880 8788

 

Wreath Making Event with Proceeds to Dorset Cancer Care Foundation Held At Stoborough Village Hall (November 2025)

"Awhile back I thought it would be such fun to hold a Wreath Making Event in the Village Hall.  My friend and I would demonstrate the required techniques for Christmas Wreath creations.

The whole idea evolved simply from my Nordic walks in the forest and my obsessive now addictive obsession with fir cones which has become annoying as it intrudes into the flow of my walk as I stoop down to gather these fascinating creations in colour and design  During my cone squirrelling I began to notice all the different foliage possibilities furthering my thoughts as an abundant supply for a wreath workshop......