Friday, December 17, 2010
3rd International Lymphedema Framework Conference
The 3rd International Lymphedema Framework conference is taking place in June 2011 in Toronto, Canada. Abstracts for presentations can be submitted in January and I really encourage all Vodder Therapists to attend and make a presentation. Information on the conference can be found on the ILF website at: www.lympho.org/3rd-ilf-conference.php
Friday, December 10, 2010
Updates on the Vodder website
Manual Lymph Drainage and Lymphedema information can be viewed on our redesigned website at www.vodderschool.com. Look for the new Expert Garment Fitter location to find an expert in garment fitting for patients with lymphedema. We also have a new section on our website for the Dr. Vodder Spa Therapy training program. Update yourself on the latest news about the Dr. Vodder method and research by visiting www.vodderschool.com/vodder_news on our website.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Vodder News
The Dr. Vodder School has a newsletter that is available for viewing by anyone interested in our up-to-date activities. Vodder News will carry current articles from therapists, lymphologists, research and information on upcoming events and courses. Primarily this will be focused on the Dr. Vodder method of Manual Lymph Drainage and the world of lymphedema management and lymphology.
We will be sending out reminders through Facebook/Twitter/Blog, so please do register for one of these. You can get to the different site to register for these by going to our website at www.vodderschool.com and clicking on the link on the top right hand corner.
You can find the Vodder News at www.vodderschool.com/vodder_news
We will be sending out reminders through Facebook/Twitter/Blog, so please do register for one of these. You can get to the different site to register for these by going to our website at www.vodderschool.com and clicking on the link on the top right hand corner.
You can find the Vodder News at www.vodderschool.com/vodder_news
Monday, November 8, 2010
Lymphedema Awareness
Lymphedema awareness will be raised a notch in Toronto on November 20th at the Lymphovenous Association of Ontario conference. Hear speakers from across Canada on topics related to lymphedema. Robert Harris, director of the Dr. Vodder School will give a presentation in the morning titled "from Lymphatics to Lymphedema". Dr. Anna Towers, medical director of the Dr. Vodder School will give a talk on "Lymphedema Management Components". Look for us at the Dr. Vodder School - International booth in the exhibit area where you can find out about the most extensive training available in North America, find certified therapists and read textbooks about lymphedema and the lymphatic system. We will also have various DVDs and CD Roms for sale. For more information about the conference please email: lymphontario@yahoo.com.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Lymphedema Framework Project updates.
Lymphedema Framework Project updates. The next International Lymphedema Framework conference will be held in Toronto, Canada, June 16 to 18, 2011. It will be held at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Toronto. More information will be available soon at www.lympho.org. The American Lymphedema Framework project has released its annual report and it can be found at www.alfp.org.
The lymphedema Framework project is an international initiative which began in the UK several years ago. It is a growing movement around the world to raise awareness, attain best practices for lymphedema care and unite a wide variety of interested parties from patients to health care practitioners, researchers, physicians and industry partners.
The lymphedema Framework project is an international initiative which began in the UK several years ago. It is a growing movement around the world to raise awareness, attain best practices for lymphedema care and unite a wide variety of interested parties from patients to health care practitioners, researchers, physicians and industry partners.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
An interview on the effects of lymphedema and availability of treatment
Lymphedema is a physical and emotional problem for many post-surgery cancer patients. Dr. Anna Towers is interviewed on the effects of lymphedema and availability of treatment.
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/index.html, click on When swelling gets out of hand.
http://www.timescolonist.com/life/index.html, click on When swelling gets out of hand.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Lymphedema compression taken to a new level with Angela Vollmer, orthopedic technician from Freiburg, Germany.
The Dr. Vodder School held a 2 day "Expert Garment Fitter" course in Victoria, BC in May. In conjunction wit BSN medical, this course teaches the art of garment fitting to fitters, therapists and clinicians already familiar with garment fitting. The response from participants was extremely positive and two half days of the course were spent with lymphedema patients learning all the tricks and ways to maximize fitting the perfect garment. Participants from across Canada and Washington State included fitters, occupational therapists, nurses and lymphedema therapists. It is hoped to repeat this class next year.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
MLD/CDT course forms now available online
We are slowly coming into the 21st Century!!
We have recently put together application forms that can be filled out on line and sent by email. All you have to do is fill out the application online and simply hit the Submit button. It will be sent directly to me via email.
This will help out all of those who don't have a fax machine or no longer use one. Also save money on stamps for those who like to pay by credit card! If you prefer to send check, you can print off the completed form and mail it to us.
The forms can be found on our website under the course you are interested in but please remember these are only available for the courses that are organized by the Dr. Vodder School International. For courses organized by others, please contact them directly for application forms.
We have recently put together application forms that can be filled out on line and sent by email. All you have to do is fill out the application online and simply hit the Submit button. It will be sent directly to me via email.
This will help out all of those who don't have a fax machine or no longer use one. Also save money on stamps for those who like to pay by credit card! If you prefer to send check, you can print off the completed form and mail it to us.
The forms can be found on our website under the course you are interested in but please remember these are only available for the courses that are organized by the Dr. Vodder School International. For courses organized by others, please contact them directly for application forms.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Lecture with demonstration to the 9th Congress of the German Society for Aesthetic Medicine and Related Fields, 29 and 30 May, 1964 - Regensburg.
The Vodder method of lymph drainage.
A new chirotherapeutic treatment method for aesthetic, prophylactic and curative purposes.
By E. Vodder, Copenhagen
It is a particular pleasure to present our new chirotherapeutic treatment method, lymph drainage for aesthetic, prophylactic and curative purposes, at this distinguished meeting of colleagues and specialists. "Lymphatic drainage" is a method whereby the lymphatic system is stimulated by means of a special form of massage that eliminates fluid build-up and speeds up fluid circulation. The lymph drainage method can be viewed as an all embracing, effective method of regeneration, supplemented by breathing and relaxation exercises, diet and other measures. The drainage movements not only work on the water-rich connective tissue but also have a deep action of all of the other tissues of the body, such as lymph and other secretions. The term 'lymph' covers both the nutrient fluid supplied to the cells (interstitial lymph) but also the fluid in the billions of cells, the protoplasm, that comprise half of the lymph fluid, and the waste substances leaving the cells and draining away via the lymph channels. We are able to drain approximately 50 to 60% of the bodily fluids. "These different fluids, which have different names, are separated from each other only by thin membranes and are very difficult to differentiate by chemical analysis." (Prof. Rusznyak)
Interest in the previously almost unknown lymph system as a basis for treatment has grown and grown, to the point where it should now be regarded as a new specialist area of "lymphology". We are especially grateful here to Dr. Nuernbergk of Frankfurt, who was the first German surgeon to grasp intuitively the scientific value of the lymph drainage method.
As you will recall, Alexis Carrel won the Nobel Prize for the culture of living cells in his chicken heart experiment with renewal of lymph fluid. It is on the findings that my method is based.
Both lymph vessels and blood vessels serve the same purpose: constantly to maintain the composition and volumes of fluid within the body. Every organ, every tissue, takes what it needs from the blood plasma passing through the walls of the capillaries and uses it to build the lymph environment specific to the relevant organ tissue. Blood vessels do not communicate directly at any point with functioning organ tissues within the organism. Blood capillaries and organ parenchyma are always separated by connective tissue cells. Between the cells, paracapillary circulation occurs and the tissue lymph here, as indeed throughout the body, is the medium by which transport between cells and capillaries takes place. The connective tissue system is a vast reservoir of body fluids, always at the ready to supply glands and other functional organs with water.
The human body, like all living beings, should be viewed as a whole in which all of the individual parts and organs are connected through the lymph. We know that lymph supplies the body with the flow of fluid that it needs in order to survive. All of the chemical processes in the cells are possible only because the lymph flow passes through the cell; faster the flow removes the decomposition products, the more active the metabolism and the better the conditions of life. Lymph drainage offers a completely different anatomical and physiological basis for treatment in this respect. The aim of drainage is to remove and renew the tissue fluid, allowing new nutrients to come in and new resistance to be built up. This form of drainage supports, as effectively as possible, the body's own natural endeavours to cleanse itself.
However, the lymph tissue works not only as a cleansing, protective and defensive system, but also as a nutrient tissue, because the lymphocytes contribute new building materials, such as trophocytes, stems cells, etc., to the tissue metabolism. The daily task of producing and preparing large quantities of nucleic acid-rich lymphocytes in order to build new and growing tissue and for reconstructive processes in colossal.
When we were sent Dr. Zilch's valuable book "Lymphsystem und Lymphatismus" (Lymph system and Lymphatism) in the autumn of 1963, we were very pleasantly surprised and astounded to learn that many German doctors and scientists are concentrating on research into the almost unknown lymph system and the main disease group: lymphatism.
In one of 43 essays in the books, Dr. Gruner calls on practitioners, including the small town specialist who is able to observe his patients over decades, to help put together an overall picture. The general and local symptoms attributed to lymphatic manifestations are unfortunately increasing, with continually recurring infections and catarrh.
Dr. Asdonk, a GP in Essen, has so many positive experiences with the method in the course of a year that he trained up a second assistant. His experiences relate to eczema, chronic inflammatory processes and traumatic oedema, allergies and osteopathies.
We have conducted a number of experiments with Dr. V. Kolitshcer, in Zell am See. He took measurements with an electronic acupuncture device and with an oscillograph by Prof. Gesenius' method before and after treatment, which clearly showed a more even flow of lymph and in particular, a reduced burden on the diseased organ.
A wealth of experience gained in clinical work at the bedside and by the practical activity with thousands of out-patients in many countries has confirmed out theories. There may not be a single uniform treatment for lymphatism, but I am convinced that the lymph drainage method, correctly applied, represents a universal treatment which could be used as the basis for all lymph therapy, for aesthetic, prophylactic and curative purposes.
(Followed by a brief demonstration of head treatment and leg treatment with explanations)
Ref: Vodder, E (1965) The Vodder method of lymph drainage. A new chirotherapeutic treatment method for aesthetic, prophylactic and curative purposes. Aesthet.Medizin. 14 (6), 190-1.
Translated in November 2004 by Integrated Language Services, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Also posted at http://www.vodderschool.com/current_articles
The Vodder method of lymph drainage.
A new chirotherapeutic treatment method for aesthetic, prophylactic and curative purposes.
By E. Vodder, Copenhagen
It is a particular pleasure to present our new chirotherapeutic treatment method, lymph drainage for aesthetic, prophylactic and curative purposes, at this distinguished meeting of colleagues and specialists. "Lymphatic drainage" is a method whereby the lymphatic system is stimulated by means of a special form of massage that eliminates fluid build-up and speeds up fluid circulation. The lymph drainage method can be viewed as an all embracing, effective method of regeneration, supplemented by breathing and relaxation exercises, diet and other measures. The drainage movements not only work on the water-rich connective tissue but also have a deep action of all of the other tissues of the body, such as lymph and other secretions. The term 'lymph' covers both the nutrient fluid supplied to the cells (interstitial lymph) but also the fluid in the billions of cells, the protoplasm, that comprise half of the lymph fluid, and the waste substances leaving the cells and draining away via the lymph channels. We are able to drain approximately 50 to 60% of the bodily fluids. "These different fluids, which have different names, are separated from each other only by thin membranes and are very difficult to differentiate by chemical analysis." (Prof. Rusznyak)
Interest in the previously almost unknown lymph system as a basis for treatment has grown and grown, to the point where it should now be regarded as a new specialist area of "lymphology". We are especially grateful here to Dr. Nuernbergk of Frankfurt, who was the first German surgeon to grasp intuitively the scientific value of the lymph drainage method.
As you will recall, Alexis Carrel won the Nobel Prize for the culture of living cells in his chicken heart experiment with renewal of lymph fluid. It is on the findings that my method is based.
Both lymph vessels and blood vessels serve the same purpose: constantly to maintain the composition and volumes of fluid within the body. Every organ, every tissue, takes what it needs from the blood plasma passing through the walls of the capillaries and uses it to build the lymph environment specific to the relevant organ tissue. Blood vessels do not communicate directly at any point with functioning organ tissues within the organism. Blood capillaries and organ parenchyma are always separated by connective tissue cells. Between the cells, paracapillary circulation occurs and the tissue lymph here, as indeed throughout the body, is the medium by which transport between cells and capillaries takes place. The connective tissue system is a vast reservoir of body fluids, always at the ready to supply glands and other functional organs with water.
The human body, like all living beings, should be viewed as a whole in which all of the individual parts and organs are connected through the lymph. We know that lymph supplies the body with the flow of fluid that it needs in order to survive. All of the chemical processes in the cells are possible only because the lymph flow passes through the cell; faster the flow removes the decomposition products, the more active the metabolism and the better the conditions of life. Lymph drainage offers a completely different anatomical and physiological basis for treatment in this respect. The aim of drainage is to remove and renew the tissue fluid, allowing new nutrients to come in and new resistance to be built up. This form of drainage supports, as effectively as possible, the body's own natural endeavours to cleanse itself.
However, the lymph tissue works not only as a cleansing, protective and defensive system, but also as a nutrient tissue, because the lymphocytes contribute new building materials, such as trophocytes, stems cells, etc., to the tissue metabolism. The daily task of producing and preparing large quantities of nucleic acid-rich lymphocytes in order to build new and growing tissue and for reconstructive processes in colossal.
When we were sent Dr. Zilch's valuable book "Lymphsystem und Lymphatismus" (Lymph system and Lymphatism) in the autumn of 1963, we were very pleasantly surprised and astounded to learn that many German doctors and scientists are concentrating on research into the almost unknown lymph system and the main disease group: lymphatism.
In one of 43 essays in the books, Dr. Gruner calls on practitioners, including the small town specialist who is able to observe his patients over decades, to help put together an overall picture. The general and local symptoms attributed to lymphatic manifestations are unfortunately increasing, with continually recurring infections and catarrh.
Dr. Asdonk, a GP in Essen, has so many positive experiences with the method in the course of a year that he trained up a second assistant. His experiences relate to eczema, chronic inflammatory processes and traumatic oedema, allergies and osteopathies.
We have conducted a number of experiments with Dr. V. Kolitshcer, in Zell am See. He took measurements with an electronic acupuncture device and with an oscillograph by Prof. Gesenius' method before and after treatment, which clearly showed a more even flow of lymph and in particular, a reduced burden on the diseased organ.
A wealth of experience gained in clinical work at the bedside and by the practical activity with thousands of out-patients in many countries has confirmed out theories. There may not be a single uniform treatment for lymphatism, but I am convinced that the lymph drainage method, correctly applied, represents a universal treatment which could be used as the basis for all lymph therapy, for aesthetic, prophylactic and curative purposes.
(Followed by a brief demonstration of head treatment and leg treatment with explanations)
Ref: Vodder, E (1965) The Vodder method of lymph drainage. A new chirotherapeutic treatment method for aesthetic, prophylactic and curative purposes. Aesthet.Medizin. 14 (6), 190-1.
Translated in November 2004 by Integrated Language Services, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Also posted at http://www.vodderschool.com/current_articles
Thursday, April 8, 2010
International Lymphedema Framework chooses Toronto in Canada for its third conference in the Spring of 2011. The decision was made at the March meeting in Brighton, England and we are delighted that Canada will host this important event. For more information on the Lymphedema Framework, visit: http://www.lympho.org/.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Congratulations to Professor Wittlinger
Congratulations to Professor Hildegard Wittlinger, co-founder of the Dr. Vodder Academy-Austria, who recently celebrated her 80th birthday. For those who know her, Professor Wittlinger has maintained a very high standard of teaching and is passionate about her work. She was the first to bring Manual Lymph Drainage to North America in 1972 and has inspired thousands of therapists around the world to use MLD in patient care. Professor Wittlinger will again be in North America in May at the Dr. Vodder School advanced course for our certified therapists.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Manual Lymph Drainage Research
Dr. Vodder trained therapist Sung Joong Kim, PhD, PT of South Korea has recently had his research on the effects of MLD on cardiac autonomic tone published. In conclussion, Kim states; "These results suggest that MLD could help reduce stress and improve autonomic function by increasing HRV (heart rate variability) and parasympathetic activity."
Therapists trained by the Dr. Vodder School learn the original method of Manual Lymph Drainage and we develop highly skilled therapists in our 4-week training program (www.vodderschool.com). The results of his research are an affirmation of the quality skills our therapists develop.
S. J. Kim: Effects of Manual Lymph Drainage on Cardiac Autonomic Tone. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2009; 119:1105-1117
Therapists trained by the Dr. Vodder School learn the original method of Manual Lymph Drainage and we develop highly skilled therapists in our 4-week training program (www.vodderschool.com). The results of his research are an affirmation of the quality skills our therapists develop.
S. J. Kim: Effects of Manual Lymph Drainage on Cardiac Autonomic Tone. International Journal of Neuroscience, 2009; 119:1105-1117
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