For a Limited Time when you Enroll in “Relaxation Techniques for Pain Reduction” you will receive 10% OFF “Post Surgical MLD

Post Surgical MLD

Board Approved – Live 7 CEUs

The body’s natural response after surgery includes an inflammatory response when the fluid nourishes the post operative area with white blood cells to start the healing process. Swelling is a normal result after surgery, and mobilizing excess fluid via the lymphatic system helps to facilitate the healing process. Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) is the technique used to jump start the lymphatic system post operatively to remove excess fluid and metabolic waste from the tissues in the body to optimize healing and post-surgical results.

Learn MLD techniques that are often prescribed by plastic surgeons after Brazilian buttock lift, liposuction, tummy tuck, mommy makeover, face lift, and breast augmentations to facilitate healing. Incorporate MLD into treatment plans after elective orthopedic surgeries. Use MLD to help cancer patients recover after lymph node removal. Understand how to best incorporate MLD techniques into your practice as a physical therapist, occupational therapist or massage therapist to best lead your patients and clients on the road to recovery.

  1. Participant will be able to define manual lymph drainage and indicate methods of use
  2. Participate will be able to describe important structures and functions of the lymphatic system and demonstrate knowledge of lymphatic drainage pathways
  3. Participate will be able to demonstrate safe MLD techniques for UE, LE, Abdomen, Face and Neck
  4. Participant will demonstrate knowledge of indications and contraindications of MLD

Learn effective and safe manual lymph drainage techniques to help reduce edema post operatively and optimize healing.

Physical and occupations therapists, physical therapy assistants, occupational therapy assistants, massage therapists and other medical professionals interested in learning MLD.

This will benefit medical professionals and the patients

Michelle Rice, founder of “Preserva Institute”, is a physical therapist with over twenty years of experience and specializes in breast cancer rehabilitation.

She graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor Degree in Human and Organizational Development and received her Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Miami School of Medicine. She has extensive knowledge in manual therapies and incorporates craniosacral therapy, myofascial release, trigger point release, soft tissue mobilization, scar release, manual lymph drainage, yoga, breath control and relaxation techniques into her treatments.

She is a certified lymphedema therapist and yoga instructor. She owns Preserva Therapy MED SPA where she also provides personalized outpatient therapy treatment to women and men on their path to recovery after cancer.

Michelle Rice MSPT, CLT, RYT

Beginner

8:30am: Registration

9am: The Lymphatic System, Manual Lymph Drainage Defined, Research Review

10:30am break

10:45am: Lab for Basic MLD/ Diaphragmatic Breathing/ Abdominal MLD

12:00pm Lunch

12:30pm: Post-Surgical Candidates for MLD; Procedures Defined; Protocols Reviewed

1:15pm: MLD Lab/ UE and LE

3:00pm Break

3:15-4:30pm: MLD Lab continued

4:15pm: Discussion: additional modalities, kinesiotaping, cupping, manual therapies; research review

4:30pm: End

  • At the end of your training, you will receive a current dated and signed certificate which should be displayed prominently in your office.
  • For the list of the States Approval  send us an email.
  • Our Courses are CEBroker listed. CEUs will be automatically credited to your account within 15days after the course completion.
  • Preserva Institute expects that you will adhere to the highest ethical standards of conduct and reserves the right to withdraw permission to display and market our certification if you misrepresent PreservaInstitute.com, its philosophy or its values.

Direction and accommodations will be provided with your confirmation letter. You can also contact our office at 863.658.4360 or send us an email.

Group Discount: (contact us prior booking)
10% discount off each enrollment fee for groups of 5 or more
20% discount off each enrollment fee for groups of 10 or more

Student Discount (contact us prior booking)

A 10% discount is available to current students who have yet to earn a license to practice at the time of course registration. This discount is not available to those therapists who have previously held a license, and are currently enrolled in a doctoral, or other post-graduate, program. This discount cannot be used in combination with any other discounts. To get this discount when checking out online, use the code student99. (Note, this code is only valid for non-licensed students. Our team will verify that registrants signed up with this code are, indeed, current students prior to their attendance of the course).

Referral Credit/Discount
Any therapist who has already taken a Preserva Institute course will earn a $50.00 “referral credit” if:
1. A therapist who has never taken a Preserva Institute course successfully registers for his or her first course(s); AND
2. In the registration process, the first-time registrant gives the name and clinic/hospital of the therapist who referred them to Preserva Institute.
A therapist who has earned a $50.00 “referral credit” may use this credit toward any course that is eligible for a “referral discount”.

Guest Blogger Credit/Discount (contact us prior booking)
Any therapist who completes a qualifying guest blog post on the Preserva Institute blog will earn a $50.00 “guest blogger credit”. This credit may be applied toward any course eligible for a “guest blogger discount”.

Upcoming Courses

Orlando, FL

$349 -> $289

June 22, 2025

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