A few years back, a client came to see me just a few weeks after having a C-section. She was exhausted in that deep, bone-tired way that goes beyond just not sleeping — she was bloated, inflamed, and frankly, just didn't feel like herself yet. Her body had been through something major, and it was holding onto every bit of that experience in the form of fluid, tension, and swelling around her incision site.

Over the course of three weeks working together, something beautiful happened. Her swelling reduced noticeably. Her scar started healing faster than her doctor had expected. And slowly, she started to feel like she was living in her own body again.

I've seen this same thing unfold for women recovering from tummy tucks, liposuction, and breast surgeries. The results aren't magic — they're physiology. And once you understand what your body is doing after surgery, it makes total sense why manual lymphatic drainage, or MLD, is one of the most powerful tools for recovery.

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