Dr Vodder’s MLD uses gentle, repetitive skin movements to bring about change in the connective tissue. MLD stimulates the meissner’s corpus

There's nothing quite so satisfying as reading a well written paper which summarises everything interesting that we know about the lymph system. Wix stock image In this regard, the recent paper by Weber et al ( 1 ) is a good read for anyone fascinated by lymphatics, regardless of academic ability. Personally I can't help but make connections with the descriptions given, and what I know about lymphatic physiology and the effects of MLD. It's also very affirming when new unders

Whether it's long-COVID brain fog, frozen shoulder, or long-term inflammatory disease, Applied MLD offers a lymphatic approach to treatment.

Gentle stretching forces help resolve acute inflammation, and reduce pain and immune cell infiltrate. This has implications for those of us

Cerebral spinal fluid (CFS) is sometimes referred to as a 3rd circulation system, functioning as the lymphatic equivalent to clear wastes fr

Releasing a frozen shoulder makes it much easier to apply effective CDT in arm lymphoedema, and reducing piriformis pain will certainly help

Systematic reviews are an academic exercise to ‘systemically review’ the existing literature on a particular research question. They are ...

explain the scientific basis of the effects of MLD, the specific tissue or system effects achieved by individual techniques, and the expecte

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 how-not-to-videos for the classroom, and I was quite disturbed by the number of chats claiming that you should feel nauseous or ill somehow after lymph drainage. There was even an insistence in some comments that it hasn't worked unless you feel dreadful. This is the exact opposite of what I have learned and observed in nearly 25 years of

Across two decades of teaching therapists how to interact with lymphatics through MLD and Lymph Taping, I have witnessed an explosion in research on lymphatic function and disease. Some observed truths have been completely reversed, like the advice around exercise for people affected by lymphedema. Once it was shown that any post-exercise swelling is temporary, and that overall people who exercise have better lymphedema outcomes than those who don't, our advice did a big 180

The study looked at how the lymphatic endothelia cells behave when there is tissue hypoxia, so there are three interesting things here. How

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

Intensive drainage of the intercostal pathways are used during MLD for upper torso and arm lymphoedema, and along with the bronchitis techni

Thompson et al, found evidence for MLD to prevent onset in early breast cancer patients and to reduce arm volume in early stage lymphoedema

My Mum's knee surgery went really well, after 3-weeks of MLD and exercise she has recovered almost full flexion and extension.

Research conducted at the University of Western Australia (1), with Vodder MLD significantly greater active knee flexion in the MLD group wh

Early and frequent MLD may prevent the newly forming lesion from developing, and in more progressed disease MLD will be effective in this ki

..driven by the body's exaggerated inflammatory response to the virus and could therefore benefit from MLD therapy. Primarily due to the lig

While there are multiple studies showing that MLD & CDT reduce the symptoms of inflammation and can reverse some fibrotic changes, there is

Manual Lymph Drainage, developed by Emil and Estrid Vodder over 80 years ago, has gained recognition around the world for its effectiveness