My son is experiencing some sweling in his neck where lymph nodes were removed and I found your posts very interesting and wondered what the massage technique was. I looked it up on the mayoclinic.com and they mention that "Manual lymmph drainage involves special hand strokes" . . but their reference is to the limbs. What disturbs me a little is that they also say "avoid massage on areas of your body that have received radiation therapy." So now I'm thinking maybe it would take a massage therapist to really know the correct way to do this? Anyone have any clarification on this? Thanks.