After undergoing abdominal liposuction a few days before my massage, I came in for a pre-scheduled lymphatic drainage massage. I had minimal swelling and bruising from my recent surgery. I was scheduled for 30 minutes. I was given no information about what to expect from the massage but had done some reading on my own. The massage therapist immediately began very aggressively manipulating my flesh and tissue, which was raw from the recent surgery. Although I have a high tolerance for pain, I was experiencing excruciating pain and was trying my best to breathe through the process, and I was told that it is painful to most. The massage therapist then informed me that a big lump of tissue had moved to one side of my abdomen but that we were out of time and that I would need to schedule another appointment. She recommended that I come back the next day, but they ended up not having anything until three days later. I was about to pass out from the pain. I went home and did my best to get the lump to go down with hot compress and massaging it myself, but I was three times more swollen than when I came in and the lump would not go away. The next morning I woke up completely black and blue and the lump was still there. I went to my doctor and was told that I was massaged entirely too aggressively. I went back to the doctor a week later and was told that scar tissue had probably been caused and may or may not go away. It has now been three weeks and I am still dealing with the swelling, bruising, lump and the scar tissue that was caused by the overly aggressive massage that I received. I've had other lymphatic drainage massages since then, and I now know that this person was poorly trained, and damaged me after I had just had surgery. I don't know what the credentials are of these professionals that are working at this place, but it seems that they do not know what they are doing!!!! read more