09/03/2026
🌺𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 🌺
In order to keep improving my skills within my clinical interests, it is important that I continue learning - I found that it's not about doing more of the same, but about looking at other modalities that look at the same through a different lens.
My clinical interest in 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲, 𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸/ 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮 led me to signing up to 6 hours of Postoperative Decongestive Therapy series delivered by Aftercare Academy by Petra Erving. Petra provides training in Manual lymphatic therapy (MLT), Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) and others.
The evening lectures were on the subjects of 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗟𝗶𝗽𝗼-𝗮𝗯𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. The introductory series was fantastic in all aspects including lectures by the actual surgeons and videos of their surgeries, followed by Petra's clinical considerations & reasoning and a short video of her treatment protocols.
Attending these lectures doesn't give me any qualification in MLT or MLD and as such, I will continue staying within my remit - firstly, as a scar tissue therapist, I will continue seeing patients 3 months after their surgery. Secondly, from an osteopath's remit, I can see you earlier to work for example on the surgery induced trauma in the tissues using cranial and biodynamic approaches, teaching you breathing exercises to support your recovery and educating you about scar care.
For other practitioners in Orkney who are interested in manual lymphatic work - I'd highly recommend Petra's training for the high standards & quality of her teaching - I learnt a lot from her 🌺
https://www.theaftercareacademy.com/
