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Does MLD make you sick?
A long time ago I made the mistake of watching some YouTube videos purporting to teach Dr Vodder's MLD. Some of them would have made great...
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Sep 12, 20214 min read
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How do new discoveries in lymphology influence our clinical practice?
Across two decades of teaching therapists how to interact with lymphatics through MLD and Lymph Taping, I have witnessed an explosion in...
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Aug 19, 20213 min read
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Lymphatic endothelial cells, so much more to know!
The study looked at how the lymphatic endothelia cells behave when there is tissue hypoxia, so there are three interesting things here. How
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Jul 21, 20214 min read
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Lymphatic therapy for exercise and injury recovery among athletes
The main difference between the three lymphatic therapies was in the rate of removal of lactic acid, which was more effective in the group r
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Jun 21, 20215 min read
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MLD for post-COVID symptoms and the ?forgotten? intercostal pathways
Intensive drainage of the intercostal pathways are used during MLD for upper torso and arm lymphoedema, and along with the bronchitis techni
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May 23, 20212 min read
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Its never too early to start MLD
Thompson et al, found evidence for MLD to prevent onset in early breast cancer patients and to reduce arm volume in early stage lymphoedema
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Mar 6, 20216 min read
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Update on my Mum's new knee
My Mum's knee surgery went really well, after 3-weeks of MLD and exercise she has recovered almost full flexion and extension.
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Feb 5, 20213 min read
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MLD and total knee replacement
Research conducted at the University of Western Australia (1), with Vodder MLD significantly greater active knee flexion in the MLD group wh
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Jan 9, 20213 min read
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MLD & CRPS
Early and frequent MLD may prevent the newly forming lesion from developing, and in more progressed disease MLD will be effective in this ki
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Nov 27, 20203 min read
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COVID-recovery and the role of MLD
..driven by the body's exaggerated inflammatory response to the virus and could therefore benefit from MLD therapy. Primarily due to the lig
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Nov 8, 20202 min read
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Inflammation and fibrosis in lymphoedema. What's really going on and does MLD help?
While there are multiple studies showing that MLD & CDT reduce the symptoms of inflammation and can reverse some fibrotic changes, there is
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Oct 4, 20205 min read
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How does Dr Vodder's MLD affect small blood vessels?
Manual Lymph Drainage, developed by Emil and Estrid Vodder over 80 years ago, has gained recognition around the world for its effectiveness
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Aug 13, 20202 min read
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The lymphatic system does not 'de-toxify' your body
there is no such thing as a lymph gland, the parasympathetic nervous system can be directly simulated by MLD & MLD does not remove fat cells
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Jul 15, 20203 min read
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Lymph flow, valves and why lymph loading is so important
Lymph flow is required for the valves to form and function, and now we know that endothelial cells can ‘sense’ the flow and respond.
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Jan 19, 20205 min read
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Another ICG update, do we need to change anything?
My issue is that therapists and clients pick up on studies like this and start thinking that it means we should do something different
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Nov 16, 20194 min read
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How can Vodder's MLD resolve trigger points without pain?
People are often surprised when I start talking about MLD to resolve trigger points, or treat conditions like adhesive capsulitis and CRPS
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Aug 20, 20196 min read
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MLD for Pain and Stress
When I teach MLD we talk a lot about the way the body responds to stress. We're all familiar with the symptoms, sweaty palms, knotted stomac
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Apr 3, 20196 min read
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Winter-days in Walchsee
Our lovely Koby Blanchfield (Instructor) getting her techniques checked. Yes, we all go back to 'the source' for refinement and...
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Jan 25, 20193 min read
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Using ICG to image the effects of MLD
What ICG fluoroscopy can't tell us, is what is happening in the deep system, nor the systemic effects of MLD which were shown by Heutzschenr
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Sep 1, 20182 min read
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Does MLD improve volume reduction in lymphoedema management? And does the technique really matter?
A recent SR and MA on standard therapy (compression with or without exercise and skin-care), compared to standard therapy with MLD, concl
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Jun 3, 20186 min read
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