Understanding Lipedema from the Treatment Room
“He notices what others don’t.” Insights from Physiotherapist and Lymphedema Therapist Christen Chr. Sigridnes, Hana Fysioterapi, Sandnes (Norway).
When women describe physiotherapist Christen Chr. Sigridnes, the same sentence returns again and again:
“He notices what others don’t.”
At Hana Fysioterapi in Sandnes, he has become an important clinical voice for women with lipedema. Not because he claims to have all the answers, but because he refuses to accept explanations like “that’s just how it is.”
Christen did not start his career in healthcare. He was once a rock musician living a bohemian life, before later retraining as a physiotherapist as an adult. A chance “yes” to a lymphedema course became the beginning of what is now his primary clinical field.
Today he works almost exclusively with lipedema — and he has seen the patterns, the pain, and the misunderstandings up close. These are his observations.
