Treating Edema

Treating Edema explores essential treatment strategies for managing edema. 

Learn how to formulate a comprehensive treatment plan, establish therapeutic goals, and implement suitable home care protocols with our online massage therapy course. Discover strategies for addressing potential challenges by identifying adjustments, precautions, and contraindications specific to edema. 

The course provides a detailed communication and treatment guide for patients that present with edema and lymphatic dysfunction. Review the common causes of edema and learn how to effectively treat edema in various conditions and states of healing. Gain insight into integrating medical interventions as adjuncts to manual therapy. 

Completing this course equips you with the confidence to effectively treat massage therapy patients and clients with edema. 

To complement your treatment knowledge, we recommend exploring clinical assessments for massage therapy with Assessing Edema together with Understanding the Lymphatic System. This will provide an understanding of the lymphatic system, common lymphatic system conditions and how to confidently assess and treat edema.