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The 20th and 21st centuries are the time periods characterized by the impressive and rapid development of Sciences. This fact applies also to all sciences which have as their object the human health. Despite progress however, a significant part of the human population continues to suffer from health problems that have been identified as pathologies, but their study and treatment is proved controversial and very difficult. Many of these pathologies have a great relevance and their therapeutic approach is part of the subject of Physiotherapy, e.g. Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Venous lymphoedema, Parkinson's disease, Paraparesis, Chronic Lumbar Syndrome, Tendonopathies, Muscle strain etc. Lymphoedema is a characteristic representative of these Pathologies. The therapeutic solutions that exist and are proposed are several but with the exception of Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD), their results are from poor to non-existent. The MLD is almost impossible to be applied in Cyprus due to climatic conditions since it requires permanent bandage dressing.The existence of sufficient experience in a particular medical era, the appropriate will for scientific research and the necessary equipment, allowed me to approach Lymphoedema therapeutically by applying the technique of Endermologie. From March to September 2017 i applied the treatment protocols for Lymphoedema to ten patients and the results were very good in all cases. The reception and acceptance of the treatments by the patients, who in all cases did not know what they were suffering from, why they were in pain and their legs were swallowing, was enthusiastic despite the initial mistrust. My belief is that this treatment should be studied in more details by larger population and stronger economies so as to be recognised as a first choice treatment for Lymphoedema. At the same time period, i encountered a variety of other incidents from the physiotherapist's point of view, e.g. epicondylitis, clavicle fracture, fracture of the head of the radius, severe ankle sprain, cervical stiffness, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc. In all cases, therapeutic results were confirmed by the Doctors of the respective specialties. Some of these incidents are presented in the last pages of my Graduate Work. The treatments we applied required a total of 950 working hours, of which 720 were handled by the writer. In conclusion, this particular treatment technique deserves more attention and study from the scientists dealing with the human health problems.