Expand your understanding of the blood, lymph, and interstitial fluids, including applications to humans, animals, and plants. Apply your LDT techniques to the central nervous system (pia and dura), vessels, semi-circular canal, and other areas.
- Mapping of the superficial and deep lymph flow, the layers of fascia, and interstitial fluid stagnations. No-mapping" zone
- Interstitial fluid release, with applications for edema, fascia, muscles, skin (i.e. scars and acne), and articulations (ethmoid, sacroiliac, and coccyx)
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Manual Lymphatic Mapping (MLM): superficial and deep MLM, no mapping zone (NMZ)
- Semi-circular canal release for tinnitus and vertigo
- Applications of venous techniques
- Significance of centrifugal/centripetal rhythm
- Methods to assess and release the ventricles of the brain and the spinal canal
- Drainage of the dura and pia mater
- Lympho-fascia release (LFR)
- Applications to viscera: Pericardium, stomach, the root of the mesentery, ovaries, and colon
- Microanatomy / microphysiology: applications for cells and organelles.
Class length 4 days
• Contact Continuing Education (CE) Hours Total: 18 CEUs for massage therapists - NCBTMB Approved Provider # 451238-10
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• 18 CEU's for OT and OTA by American OT Association (AOTA)
AOTA Provider # 10304
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• 18 hours approved by the Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba, Canada (MTAM)
• 18 hours approved by the Certified Registered Massage Therapy Association of Alberta, Canada (CRMTA)
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INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS
- Lecture
- Study Guide
- Question & Answer
- PowerPoint Slides
- Demonstration
- Practice sessions
- Review
LDTA1 OUTLINE (Subject to Change)
Day One
8:30 - Registration
9:00 - 11:00 - Introduction, teachers, students, teaching assistants, and facilitator. Teaching material
- Lymphatic rhythms (capillaries, collectors, “universal” rhythm) - practice
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30 - Manual Lymphatic Mapping (MLM): Participants need to find on their own superficial and deep MLM on a live subject as well as no mapping zone (NMZ)
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 2:30 - Interstitial Fluid technique and its applications: clinical case
2:30-3:30 - Interstitial Fluid technique and its applications: practice
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:30 - Working with the cisterna chyli. Draining the cisterna chyli and its applications
- Working with Animals and Plants
Day Two
9:00 - 11:00 - Review, questions, and answers
- Lymphatic drainage of the Large intestines
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:30 - Lymphatic drainage of the colon flexures, rectum.
12:30-2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 - Finding the Cannon-Böhm point.
2:30-3:30 - Lymphatic drainage of the Small Intestines
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:30 - Lymphatic drainage of the Root of mesentery and the mesentery
Day Three
9:00 – 9:45 am - Review, questions, and answers
- Lymphatic drainage of the Thyroid
9:45 am – 10:30 am - Lymphatic drainage of the Thymus and other viscera
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:30 - Lymphatic drainage of the Pericardium
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 - Lymphatic drainage of the Stomach
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:30 - Lymphatic drainage of the Ovaries
Day Four
9:00 - 10:30 - Review, questions, and answers
- Brain ventricles
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 12:30 - Lymphatics drainage of the dura and pia
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 2:45pm - Working on veins / venous sinuses
- Final questions and answers.
- Take home protocol.
- Self-reflection and identification of changes for practitioner’s practice
LEARNER’S OBJECTIVES (Subject to Change)
- By the end of the 1st-day participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person one specific rhythm that applies to the lymphatic collector system
- Using manual lymphatic mapping (MLM) participants will be able by the end of the course to correctly discriminate on a specific area of a live person's superficial and deep lymphatic flow.
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT interstitial fluid technique.
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT technique on the cisterna chyli
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the large intestines
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly find on a live person using manual mapping the location of the Cannon-Böhm point.
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the small intestines
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the root of the mesentery
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the thyroid
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the thymus
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the pericardium
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the stomach
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the ovary
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate the LDT technique on the brain ventricles
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate on a live person LDT drainage of the dura matter
- By the end of the course participants will be able to correctly demonstrate the LDT technique on a vein
Prerequisite: LDT3
Please read the following sections in Silent Waves:
Part 1 chapter 8, the immune cells; Part 5 chapter 8,9,10,13,14,and 15; Part 6 chapter 1 and 3.
An in-depth advanced study of anatomy is important for this class. Review the list of words and see where your stand with your knowledge. We have provided a list of terms below you need to study before attending this course.
1. Review the following plates in Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1st Edition Netter=1E, 2nd Edition Netter=2E, 3rd Edition Netter=3E, 4th Edition Netter=4E)
- Semicircular canal: 2E=90-91,3E=90-91,4E=95-96
- Venous sinus: 2E=91-92,3E=91-92,4E=96-97
- Meninges: 2E=94,96,103,3E=94,96,103,4E=99,102,109
- Ventricles of the brain: 2E=102,3E=102,4E=108
- Arteries and veins: 2E=17,64,68,131,194,226,248,293(1E=294), 398(1E=402), 442(1E=446),466(1E=471),477(1E=481),495(1E=499), 510(1E=514); 3E=19,66,70, 131,201,234,257,302,410,456,482,494,513,528;4E=23,70,74,138,205, 238, 265,312, 427,473,500,512,531,544
2. Be sure you clearly understand the following words, as applicable. You should know precisely where to locate them in the body and what the physiology related to these structures is.
- Semicircular canal: 2E=90-91,3E=90-91,4E=95-96
- Venous sinus: 2E=91-92,3E=91-92,4E=96-97
- Meninges: 2E=94,96,103,3E=94,96,103,4E=99,102,109
- Ventricles of the brain: 2E=102,3E=102,4E=108
- Arteries and veins: 2E=17,64,68,131,194,226,248,293(1E=294), 398(1E=402), 442(1E=446),466(1E=471),477(1E=481),495(1E=499), 510(1E=514); 3E=19,66,70, 131,201,234,257,302,410,456,482,494,513,528;4E=23,70,74,138,205, 238, 265,312, 427,473,500,512,531,544
- Heart structures: atrium, ventricle, septum
- Veins: facial, femoral, internal jugular, portal, pulmonary, temporal, inferior vena cava
- Venous sinus, superior sagittal sinus, inferior sagittal sinus, straight sinus, transverse sinus, sigmoid sinus, occipital sinus
- Arteries: internal carotids, facial, femoral, pulmonary
3. Advanced reading Silent Waves, by Dr. Chikly: Part 1 Chapter 8, Part 5 Chapters 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15; Part 6 Chapters 1 and 3.
4. If you would like more information about animals, Dr. Chikly recommends Anatomy of Domestic Animals: Systematic and Regional Approach, by Chris Pasquini. Available through Sudz Publishing at 940-686-9208.
Price: $950
Registration Discount: $750
You can receive the discounted price of $750 by using your CHI-Pak or by registering and making a minimum deposit of $200 at a prior CHI class and pay the balance in full 45 days before the class start date.
(If the class is not paid in full 45 days prior to the start of class, the rate automatically goes up to $950)
Repeat: $475
Bruno Chikly's book is an incredible resource for patients, their caregivers and health professionals. The extent of the information you make available to therapists and physicians is a gift we can all utilize in our practice and work.
Bernie Siegel, MD, Surgeon and author of Love, Medicine and Miracles; Prescription for Living and other books.
At last someone that give to the lymphatic system its “nobility” / its sense/ significance / important scientific date….Lymph Drainage Therapy is a breakthrough in the filed of manual therapy (…)
I appreciate / admire both the man and the physician, the researcher and the writer.
Jean Pierre Barral, DO, MROF, Developer of the Visceral Manipulation curriculum
Silent Waves is the bible in the field of lymph drainage therapy. Author Bruno Chikly, MD, is a skilled physician and true healer, and he is the Einstein of this rapidly developing field. This book is a treasure not only for healthcare professionals but also anyone who whishes to learn more about one of the most neglected systems of the human body.
Larry Dossey, MD, Executive Director, Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Author of nine books- including Healing beyond the Body, Reinventing Medicine and Healing Words.
Having taught Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) since the early 1980's, I feel as though I have recently discovered a huge key to unlocking the mysterious patterns of pain and dysfunction in soft tissues. After taking Bruno Chikly's basic lymphatic drainage course, my eyes were opened to a significant factor in the problems of chronic pain. Integrating the NMT techniques and lymph drainage therapy will produce significant changes for even the most chronic pain conditions and the mastery of these techniques will enhance the practitioner's results significantly. This text has been long needed and will impact all fields of manual techniques.
Judith (Walker) DeLany, L.M.T., NMT Center Seminars - Founder, Director, NMT Instructor, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies - Associate Editor
Bruno Chikly’s pioneering and innovative development of Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT) is the most significant contribution to the field of Lymphatic Drainage since its inception almost a century ago.
LDT is a fundamental technique for all physical therapists to learn. It is here presented by one of the world’s leading teachers of manual therapy today. LDT is a powerful and effective technique for all physical therapists to learn.
Kenneth I. Frey, PT, Diplomate in CranioSacral Therapy, Director, Institute of Physical Therapy, New York, NY
The completely new enhancement of Lymph Drainage Therapy (LDT) is the palpation of the lymph flow in the different layers of the tissues, including its rhythm, quality and direction. His work has opened the possibility for practitioners to map the lymphatic flow, greatly enhancing effectiveness of the work. A.T. Still, the father of osteopathy, stated several times, that the importance of the lymphatics cannot be overestimated.
Roger Seider MD, DO (MROD) Orthopedic Physician Hamm, Germany
In Lymph Drainage Therapy, Dr. Chikly has brought the healing arts a powerful approach to the treatment of both chronic and acute conditions. It enhances the clinical acumen of those interested in an osteopathic approach to the management of systemic as well as musculoskeletal problems. His courses are a celebration of the integration of basic lymphology and manual medicine.
