INDICATIONS FOR DR. VODDER LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE


according to experimental researches conducted in the Clinic of Dr. Asdonk
in Feldberg, West Germany on approximately 20.000 cases (Feldbergklinik All.),

as well as in the clinic centers of Vodder Schools
(Walchsee, Austria; Friburg, Damp, All.)


 

INDICATIONS

 Post-traumatic and post-surgical :

  • "swollen arms" after mastectomy

  • fracture

  • sprain

  • hematomas

  • algodystrophy

  • post-surgery schock

  • commotio cereabri

    Circulatory Problems :

    • venous insufficiency

    • lymphatic insufficiency

    • varices

    • varicous ulcers

    • cellulitis

    • arteriosclerosis

    • premenstrual syndrom

    • cyclic idiopathic oedema

    • glaucome

    • ménière

    • tinitus

      Respiratory Problems  :

      • hay fever

      • asthma

      • bronchitis

      • mucoviscidosis

        Rheumatic Diseases :

        • cervicalgies

        • dorsalgies

        • lombalgies

        • scapulo-humeral peri-arthritis

        • coxarthrosis

        • gonarthrosis

        • Bechterew

          Intoxications :

          • by food

          • pharmaceutical

          • environnemental

            Infectious Diseases :

            • cold

            • flu

            • sinusitis

            • mononucleosis

              Internal Organs Diseases :

              • obstipation

              • colitis

              • appendicitis

              • lymphostatic enteropathy

                Nervous Problems :

                • headaches

                • migraine

                • insomnia

                • stress

                • depressive syndrom

                • nevralgies (facial, trigemini, intercostal)

                • cerebral vascular accident

                • multiple sclerosis

                • cerebral palsy

                • lymphostatic encephalopathy

                • 21 trisomy (mongolis)

                  Dental Problems :

                  • orthodintic problems

                  • weak gums

                  • parodontosis

                    CONTRA-INDICATIONS

                    The subject of contra-indications for Lymphatic Drainage is very controversed and advices from medical authorities are sometimes diverging. Dr Vodder never stopped claiming his method's innocuity, even after 50 years of practice on all types of cases.

                    The following cases are however to be treated with caution by an experimented practitionner :

                    • carotid sinus sclerosis

                    • hyperthyroïdy

                    • hypotension

                    • thrombosis

                    • phlébitis

                    • cardiac oedema

                    • asthma

                    • acute or chronic infection

                      In those cases, the treatment will be distant from the problem areas and/or the sessions will be shorter, at least in the beginning, and the massage pressure will be adapted.

                      Evelyne SELOSSE
                      Physical Therapist from Louvain University (Belgium)
                      Agreed Instructor by Dr.Vodder
                      Former Seminar Animator at the CREA- ISCAM in Brussels
                      and at the Medicine Faculty of Paris XIII