Canadian Lymphedema & Rehabilitation Services, Inc. offers assessment and treatment services focusing on helping clients learn the skills and strategies they need to independently manage Lymphedema. As this condition needs to be diagnosed by a physician, and our clients medical history must be considered when planning appropriate treatment, we require a completed Physician referral form or physician prescription, prior to assessment. The completed referral form can be faxed or e-mailed to our office. After completing the assessment, we will send the referring physician a report summarizing our findings and treatment recommendations. As we also recognize the value of healthcare inter-professional collaboration in coordinating our clients care, we will request client consent to follow-up with physicians and other appropriate healthcare professionals.

Our clinical experience and published research in Lymphedema management supports the crucial importance at the outset of clients' commitment to learn and implement appropriate self-management techniques to optimize long term outcomes. In short, Lymphedema often has one general similarity to other commonly known chronic health conditions. Clients diagnosed with Lymphedema who learn and integrate appropriate techniques and management strategies into their routine daily living activities will have better long term outcomes. Clients must be actively engaged and committed to work with their healthcare providers to learn about this condition and what they can do to better manage this condition while carrying on in their daily lives.

Our experience and previous clinical outcomes has demonstrated the importance of developing a treatment and management program that carefully considers both our clients specific clinical needs and their daily living activities. Our clients must be able to integrate Lymphedema management strategies into their daily living activities as seamlessly as possible, to promote positive long term outcomes. As a licensed Occupational Therapist and certified Lymphedema Therapist, we specialize in assessing how Lymphedema onset has affected clients in their ability to continue with their regular activities of life such as work, leisure, self-care and social activities. As every individual has unique interests, activities, and challenges, we will collaborate with our clients from initial assessment throughout treatment sessions on developing a program to meet our client's objectives. The goal is to create a successful treatment plan, and to offer our client's active treatment, tools, equipment, strategies and techniques, to effectively manage their Lymphedema as independently as possible. The initial phase of intensive treatment is completed when our clients have demonstrated that the Lymphedema is both stabilized and consistently well managed. The therapist's role then shifts to become a resource to provide clinical support, education, and services, to help our clients address any issues that arise and ensure the Lymphedema continues to be well controlled over time. We strongly encourage our clients to follow-up at least annually, or whenever concerns arise.

We are also committed to improving the knowledge, awareness, treatment and management of Lymphedema among healthcare professionals across Canada by offering continuing education opportunities.