Mother Brown Lymph Therapy

Mother Brown Lymph Therapy

Andre Willers

31 Jan 2015

“Knees up mother Brown”

Consult your doctor first before doing these .

Synopsis :

A cheap and easy way to move lymph along , especially in the legs .

 

Discussion :

1.Method :

Tie a belt or towel in a figure 8 between the calf of one leg and the thigh of the other leg .

The calf and thigh are inside the loops of the 8 .

Lie on your back with your knees bent .

Open and shut your legs vigorously and rapidly , adjusting the distance between the legs so the belt shifts upwards towards the torso .

1.1 A variant is with snap-kicks in the air . See Appendix B

1.2 Variant for the torso :

Loop belt around torso . Hold ends in hands . Lean against a wall and do slow  , gentle squat .

Let belt wander .

Swap loops around after about ten minutes  or when exhausted .

 

2.How does it work ?

When the belt stops the motion of thigh or calf , pressure of about two times systolic blood pressure is generated . (+- 2x 120 mm Hg)

This is enough to overcome lymph resistance ( which can be seen as about equal to diastolic pressure) .

See Appendix A for the theory .

3.Benefits :

3.1 Cheap

3.2 Can be done anywhere

3.3 Effective.

3.4 Exercise

Andre

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Appendix A

Simple mechanics gives the relation

P = (1/pi) * (m/L) *(r/b) *w^2/d     ... n/m^2 (Pascals)

Where p is pressure , m=mass of limb(kg) , L = length of limb(m) , w= angular speed of movement of limb(radians) , d= give in strap(m)

(r/b) ~ ratio of length of limb to width of strap as a first approximation .

Take (r/b) ~4 for a 10 cm wide belt .

Take d= 0.001 m as fairly unyielding strap

M , L can be obtained from http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/710622.pdf

W can be obtained by counting number of open-shut movements over angle theta .

Typical value would be theta = 30 degrees , open and shut about twice a second .

This gives w=45/360 * 2*pi *2  = 1.5708  radians/sec .

M/L table :

Thigh 13.07 kg/m , p=785.40 * 13.07 = 10265.15*4 Pa = 308 mg Hg

Thigh 5.045 kg/m , p=785.40 * 5.045 = 3962.34 Pa = 120 mg Hg

This should move those dogies along !

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Appendix B

This is without the Mother Brown technique above .

Adding the two gives synergism , and does not need to be so energetic .

Table for Slow Snapkicks to pump edema from lower legs .
g(cm/s^2)=	980
The zeropoint where centripetal and gravity balance .
r=cm from knee to desired point
t=sec for slow snapkick from horizontal to vertical . The controlling variable .
f=pi^2 *r / t^2 - g/(pi/2)  gives t= 0.125775 * r^0.5
World record : 6 year old with 18 kicks in 30 seconds (1.7sec per kick)
https://recordsetter.com/world-record/front-snap-kick-breaks-30-six-year-old-female/39022
Take normal as		0.2	sec per kick
r(cm)	t(sec)	Slow down by	BPM
10	0.40	2	151
20	0.56	3	107
25	0.63	3	95
30	0.69	3	87
35	0.74	4	81
40	0.80	4	75
45	0.84	4	71
50	0.89	4	67
55	0.93	5	64
60	0.97	5	62

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