MLD for post-COVID symptoms and the ?forgotten? intercostal pathways
Last November I posted on the role of MLD in the treatment of potential post-COVID symptoms, you can read my preliminary thoughts on the...
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Interpreting Lymphatic Research to Inform Clinical Practice
Jan Douglass
Mar 6, 20216 min read
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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Jan Douglass
Oct 4, 20205 min read
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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Jan Douglass
Aug 13, 20202 min read
How does Dr Vodder's MLD affect small blood vessels?
Vodder's MLD is world renown for treating lymphatic conditions, but less well know for small blood vessels disorders such as rosacea.
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Jan Douglass
Apr 11, 20205 min read
Basic Pre-Quiz, how did you do?
The Basic Pre-Quiz is being updated. Here are the results on the 500 responses received
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Jan Douglass
Jan 19, 20205 min read
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 Douglass
Nov 16, 20194 min read
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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Jan Douglass
Sep 14, 20192 min read
New delivery format for Dr Vodder courses in 2020
The Vodder courses just got more accessible, with some theory going online and Therapy 1 converted to a certificate of its own.
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Aug 20, 20196 min read
How can Vodder's MLD resolve trigger points without pain?
Did you know that #MLD as described by #Vodder can resolve trigger points and treat conditions such as adhesive_capsulitis ...
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Jul 2, 20191 min read
Lymphoedema services in regional Australia
I just did a quick search on the National Lymphoedema Practitioner Register #NLPR to see where people affected by lymphoedema have access...
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Apr 3, 20196 min read
MLD for Pain and Stress
Intuitively, we all know that relaxing therapies can reduce #stress and relieve #pain. So it's not surprising that #MLD has a profound...
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Sep 1, 20182 min read
Using ICG to image the effects of MLD
I frequently receive emails from therapists questioning protocols they were taught in view of treatments being promoted that use...
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Jun 3, 20186 min read
Does MLD improve volume reduction in lymphoedema management? And does the technique really matter?
Therapists looking to the published literature to assist in making a clinical decision about whether to spend time performing MLD for...
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Mar 8, 20183 min read
Brain drainage – what’s all the fuss about?
An area of great excitement in lymphatic research - and I think great confusion - is the ‘new discovery’ of ‘lymph vessels’ in the brain....
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Jan 3, 20183 min read
Shedding light on fluorescent imaging
There is a lot of excitement in the lymphoedema community about the use of indocyanine green (ICG) dye and fluorescent imaging to observe...
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