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 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
Lymph Drainage Therapy is a profound and effective means whereby the lactation therapist can facilitate optimal breast health. I have seen breast lumps dissolve before my eyes; relieved severe and chronic breast pain in one to two treatments; resolved acute breast and lactation problems with regularity; and empowered my clients by teaching them self-care breast routines that give them the ability to prevent and resolve future problems. I highly recommend Lymph Drainage Therapy to all therapists who desire lasting and meaningful health changes for their clients.
Alison K. Hazelbaker, MA, IBCLC - Author, Inventor, Professional Educator, LDT practitioner, CST practitioner, Certified NOMAS Examiner
LDT has been very successful in treating both acute and chronic pain where no other modalitiy has quite resolved the condition. I have also found it to be an incredible healing modality for bones, burns, shingles, infertility etc.
Vivian Michaud, B.S.,M.Ed.,C.M.T.
Dr. Chikly has explored the pathways and implications of the lymphatics at a depth greater than has been previously explained. The importance of the lymphatics cannot be denied. Knowledge of this material is of great assistance in the diagnosis and treatment of many common health complaints.
Ken Lossing DO - Board certified by the American Academy of Osteopathic Family Physicians, Director of the Visceral Manipulation Program, American Academy of Osteopathy
The lymphatic system remains perhaps the least studied and understood system in the human body. Now, in Silent Waves, Theory & Practice of Lymph Drainage Therapy (LDT), Dr. Bruno Chikly methodically pulls the curtain of mystery aside. He traces how, through the ages and piece-by-piece, different scientists unraveled the structure and function of the lymphatic system. From gross structural revelations of hundreds of years ago to today''s elucidation of individual lymph cell types, the author demonstrates for us a depth of understanding and clinical application helpful to both novice and expert clinician alike. Today''s health professionals need this knowledge to more effectively combat their ever growing clinical challenges.
Stephen Davidson, DO, CSP-OMM
Bruno Chikly is one of the most gifted medical professionals I have ever met. His insight in the development of LDT has not only expanded successful treatment options available to patients but has helped rewrite the art and science of diagnosis. Theory and practice of Lymph Drainage Therapy and the information on the lymphatic system should be required reading in every medical school in the country.
Nancy J. Soliven, M.F.C., M.D., D.C.
Sharing the Joy of Healing
I thought I would share the joy. I received this from one of my clients who comes to me regularly for "maintenance" care for her lymphedema:
As you and lymph drainage therapy (LDT) have been so instrumental in my recovery, I really have to share the outcome of my semi-annual radiation oncology follow-up. You would not believe how amazed my doctor was! He stated:
"You are a supreme example of what can happen when a patient assumes responsibility for her health care. What you have done is a true illustration of integrative medicine – a harmonious blend of conventional and complementary therapies."
I gratefully acknowledged the role of the Chikly method of therapy as the prime source of pain and lymphatic congestion relief (and all of the other combined life adjustments). My doctor was truly amazed that the symptoms had been so greatly reversed! (Not his words, mine! – He looked for swelling and couldn''''t seem to find much! –He remembered that I have an extensive case – arm, breast and torso). All he could say was WOW! Also, I do not have to go back to him for nine months (instead of six)…
Anyway, I am thankful for all that I have learned from you, and I thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a patient, humble, and kindly way.
