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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

Jul 21, 20214 min read

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

Jun 21, 20215 min read

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

May 23, 20212 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

Mar 6, 20216 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

Oct 4, 20205 min read

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

Aug 13, 20202 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

Apr 11, 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.

Jan 19, 20205 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

Nov 16, 20194 min read

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

Aug 20, 20196 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...

Jul 2, 20191 min read

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

Apr 3, 20196 min read

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

Sep 1, 20182 min read

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

Jun 3, 20186 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. Th

Mar 8, 20183 min read

Shedding light on fluorescent imaging

Also called near-infrared fluorescence imaging (NIRFI) or near-infrared fluorescence lymphatic imaging (NIRFLI) the technique uses a very sm

Jan 3, 20184 min read