Skin is meant to be touched It's natural for us to touch, hug and stroke those we love. These caring actions don't just maintain our social networks, they are rooted in biological processes which ensure the skin remains healthy, and that immune reactions favour would healing and tissue repair. MLD Therapists can harness this dynamic interaction to deliver treatment strategies that promote healing, improve patient outcomes, and foster overall well-being.

Although most surgical wounds will heal well, almost half will result in persistent post-surgical pain, with as many as 40% of post-op patients reporting symptoms consistent with neuropathic pain. Physiologically different to usual post-surgical pain which resolves naturally as tissue healing progresses, neuropathic pain is a complex and often misunderstood condition that may persist long after wound healing has occurred, and can significantly reduce quality of life (1,2)

Explore how Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) promotes wound healing through lymphangiogenesis, improves tissue repair, and reduces chronic wound

As the prevalence of MCAS rises, there is an increasing demand for supportive therapies to manage symptoms and reduce the inflammatory load,

The unique structure and innervation of the facial skin contributes to specialised functions such as facial expressions and sensory percepti

mitigating excess scar formation is of paramount importance in allied health care, and MLD and Elastic Taping are two of the most effective

Almost 50 years ago Prof. Dr. Paul Hutzschenreuter measured the effect of Dr Vodder's MLD on the sympathetic nervous system, noting a signif

I had an email recently from a therapist who described her client as having deep #pitting_oedema and heavy #fibrosis. Technically this is...