History

Manual Lymphatic Drainage was introduced in the 1930s by the German doctor Emil Vodder for the treatment of immune disorders such as chronic sinusitis. While treating chronic colds they noticed that many of their patients had swollen lymph nodes. Although at the time the lymphatic system was poorly understood by the medical profession at the time, the Vodders developed careful hand movements to cause lymph movement and introduced Manual Lymphatic Drainage in Paris in 1936.

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