Manual Lymphatic Drainage: The Proper Technique
FOR LICENSED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS - NOT FOR COSMETOLOGISTS OR ESTHETICIANS
Course Overview
Professional training in Manual Lymphatic Drainage for post-surgery treatment—built on 33 years of clinical practice and focused on the precision, reasoning, and technique needed to work safely with post-surgical tissue. Learn directly from Marian Sotelo-Paz and understand why knowing a sequence of MLD movements is not the same as understanding how, when, and why to apply them to the post-surgery patient.
AUDIENCE: Qualified Healthcare Professionals
ADMISSION: Credential Verification Required
AVAILABILITY: Available Now PRICE: $1,000 (Introductory price until Sep/30/2026 — Regular price $1.500)
Who is this for
This course is for licensed healthcare professionals only — LMTs, PTs, Nurses, Kinesiologists, and other credentialed practitioners working in post-surgery treatments. Courses are provided for educational and professional development purposes only. They do not grant professional licensure, expand scope of practice, or authorize restricted procedures. Post-surgical tissue is inflamed, fragile, and in an active state of repair. Treated incorrectly, it doesn't just fail to help — it causes real, often permanent harm: seromas, indentation, fibrosis. Every year, patients are placed on tables by providers with no license, and no training, to touch post-surgical tissue at all — and the damage rarely surfaces until it's too late to correct. Treating a few patients after plastic surgery does not make someone a post-surgery specialist. Manual Lymphatic Drainage technique alone does not make someone a post-surgery expert, either. Post-surgery treatment is not an extension of an aesthetic service. Professional specialization requires structured education, formal training, clinical knowledge, sound judgment, and supervised or accumulated practical experience in the specialty. Expertise requires something more: extensive, sustained experience over time. In this Academy, the term expert is reserved for professionals with more than 10 years of direct work in the specialty. Titles should reflect preparation and experience — not self-proclamation. Manual Lymphatic Drainage is a clinical specialization, not an add-on service. If you're a licensed professional ready to treat it as one, credential verification is required before enrollment.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
✔ A complete professional training in Manual Lymphatic Drainage for post-surgery treatment — organized to teach the sequence, logic, direction, and purpose of each step.
✔ The full 35-step MLD sequence — clearly presented and structured for professional learning.
✔ More than 50 custom illustrations — designed to help students visualize hand placement, movement, direction, and lymphatic pathway flow.
✔ Step-by-step visual guidance of the lymphatic route — so the learner understands not only what to do, but where to direct the work and why.
✔ Clinical demonstrations — showing how the technique is applied in post-surgery treatment settings.
✔ Self-paced professional training — study on your own schedule.
✔ Direct instruction from Marian Sotelo-Paz — based on 33+ years of clinical practice in post-surgery treatment.
✔ Certificate of Completion — issued after the required course components are completed.
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THE 35-STEP TECHNIQUE
The Complete 35-Step Technique Learn the full Manual Lymphatic Drainage sequence in the correct order, with each step clearly demonstrated.
Master the 35-Step MLD Technique Follow the complete Manual Lymphatic Drainage sequence in the correct order, with clear visual guidance for each step.
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LYMPHATIC DIRECTION & PATHWAYS
Follow the Lymphatic Pathway Understand where each movement is directed and how the sequence follows the body’s lymphatic pathways.
Know Where the Fluid Must Go Use more than 50 custom illustrations to understand hand placement, movement direction, and the lymphatic pathway guiding each part of the technique.
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CLINICAL APPLICATION
From Illustration to Clinical Practice: See how the technique, hand placement, direction, and sequence are applied in real post-surgery treatment.
Technique Is More Than Memorization. Learn the reasoning behind the sequence so each movement, direction, and transition has a clear purpose in post-surgery treatment.
PRICING & ENROLLMENT
Invest in Specialized Professional Training
Manual Lymphatic Drainage-The Proper Technique
Course Tuition Fee: $1,000
Introductory price valid until October 31, 2026. Regular price: $ 1,500
Your enrollment includes access to the complete course program, required knowledge checks and assessments, real-patient clinical demonstrations, and the educational materials included with this course.
Students receive 90 days of course access from the enrollment date.
We issue a Certificate of Completion after you successfully complete all applicable course requirements.
Professional credential verification is required before enrollment.
Continuing Education credit and applicable CE information will be displayed only when officially approved for this course.
Course hours and Continuing Education information will be displayed when officially applicable.
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Professional Mentorship Program
Personalized one-on-one mentorship with Marian Sotelo-Paz or David Sotelo-Paz, designed for professionals seeking guidance beyond the structured course curriculum. Mentorship sessions may focus on real clinical cases, treatment planning, professional decision-making, case progression, difficult situations, practice development, or specific questions arising in the professional’s post-surgical practice. Rather than following a predetermined lesson, each session is customized around the professional’s individual needs, experience, and current challenges.
AUDIENCE: Qualified Healthcare Professionals
FORMAT: Private Virtual Mentorship
DURATION: 60 Minutes
AVAILABILITY: Available Now
PRICE: $250 per session
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Professional Consultation — Virtual or In-Person
30-minute professional consultation designed to evaluate the patient’s current condition, surgical history, concerns, and treatment needs. Consultations may be conducted virtually or in person and include a structured assessment, professional recommendations, and a written report outlining the findings and suggested next steps. For patients considering treatment with us, the consultation also provides the foundation for determining candidacy and developing an appropriate treatment plan.
AUDIENCE: General Public / Post-Surgical Patients
FORMAT: Virtual or In-Person
DURATION: 30 Minutes
AVAILABILITY: Available Now
PRICE: $80
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Professional documentation & Practice Resources
A comprehensive professional documentation system designed to support an organized post-surgical practice. The package includes intake and medical history forms, informed consent and disclaimers, photography authorization, treatment documentation, follow-up records, and other practice resources for managing post-surgical patients. These resources provide a structured foundation that professionals can adapt to their own practice, professional scope, and local legal requirements.
AUDIENCE: Qualified Healthcare Professionals
AVAILABILITY: Available Now
PRICE: $250
TO PURCHASE: Contact +1 786 488 8805