Inflammation is the generalised response to injury and disease. It is the hallmark of most acute illnesses. Inflammation involves the vascular system, the immune system, the nervous system, and the connective tissues. It is essential to the initial response of the body to the disease process.
The lymphatic system is an integral part of the progression and ultimate resolution of inflammation. If the lymphatic system were to stop functioning, the patient would be dead within 24 hours as a result of mass oedema and the effects from retention of toxic metabolic wastes.
Of all the systems of the body, osteopathic manipulative treatment can exert perhaps its greatest influence on lymphatic function.

“We strike at the source of life and death when we go to the lymphatics.” - A.T. Still (1899).

Ref. Still AT. Philosophy of Osteopathy. Kirksville, MO: A.T. Still; 1809: 108.

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