Post-Surgery Drainage After Plastic Surgery
FOR LICENSED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS - NOT FOR COSMETOLOGISTS OR ESTHETICIANS
Who is this for
This course is for licensed healthcare professionals only — LMTs, PTs, Nurses, Kinesiologists, and other credentialed practitioners working in post-surgical or rehabilitative care. 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 actively repairing. 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. Post-surgical care 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 LearnExpert-Backed Content
Understand the biological response of post-surgical tissue more deeply. Learn how inflammation, edema, and the lymphatic system work together during recovery—so you can make informed clinical decisions based on actual tissue condition, not just calendar days.
Master Tissue Biology & Healing Science
Develop advanced clinical reasoning and patient safety protocols specific to post-surgery treatments. Position yourself as a specialized practitioner trusted by plastic surgeons and healthcare teams while staying within your professional jurisdiction.
Advance Your Professional Knowledge
Marian Sotelo-Paz - Founder - Technique Creator
Discover the principles and manual therapy techniques that prevent post-liposuction fibrosis and common post-surgical complications. Learn what to do—and, critically, what NOT to do—to support normal tissue recovery without interference.
Prevent Complications & Fibrosis
Whether you're starting out or revisiting the basics, you'll solidify core concepts while expanding into new territory. There’s room here to both grow and go deeper.
Strengthen Your Foundation
POST-SURGERY DRAINAGE AND FIBROSIS PREVENTION
The course includes 6 comprehensive modules with structured chapters and lessons, plus 11 real-patient clinical training videos demonstrating post-surgical care and manual lymphatic drainage techniques.
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Chapter 1 — Legal Framework of Postoperative Care in Florida
Lesson 1.1 — Legal Framework of Postoperative Care in Florida
Lesson 1.2 — Professional Boundaries, Scope and Responsibility
Lesson 1.3 — Therapeutic Massage, Medical Massage and Professional Boundaries
Chapter 2 — Who This Course Is For — and Who It Is Not
Lesson 2.1 — Who This Book Is For — and Who It Is Not For
Lesson 2.2 — Nurses and Massage Therapists as Postoperative Providers
Lesson 2.3 — Estheticians and Aestheticians: Semantic, Legal, and Clinical Confusion
Lesson 2.4 — Physical Therapy and Dermato-Functional Kinesiology
Lesson 2.5 — Postoperative Care as Rehabilitation: Between Marketing and Clinic
Module 1 — Knowledge Check
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Chapter 3 — The Role of the Trained Professional in Postoperative Care
Lesson 3.1 — The Role of the Trained Professional in Postoperative Care
Lesson 3.2 — Massage, Manual Therapy, and Professional Distinctions
Lesson 3.3 — Lymphatic Drainage as Manual Therapy, Not Massage
Lesson 3.4 — Post-Operative Care as a Therapeutic Act, Not an Aesthetic One
Lesson 3.5 — A Structural Gap That Harms Patients
Chapter 4 — What Post-Operative Care Is — and What It Is Not
Lesson 4.1 — What Post-Operative Care Is — and What It Is Not
Lesson 4.2 — Healthy Tissue vs. Post-Surgical Tissue
Lesson 4.3 — The body after surgery
Lesson 4.4 — Post-Surgical Tissue and Its Biological Response
Lesson 4.5 — Internal scarring and the need for a different approach
Module 2 — Knowledge Check
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MODULE 3 — Overview & Learning Objectives
Chapter 5 — Post-Surgical Tissue and Its Biological Response
Chapter 6 — Surgical Trauma: A Starting Point, Not a Destination
Module 3 — Knowledge Check
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Chapter 7 — Part One: Foundations, Indications, and Contraindications
Chapter 7 — Part Two: Documentation and Patient Intake for Post-Surgical Treatment
Chapter 7 — Part Three: Manual Lymphatic Drainage Technique
Chapter 7 — Part Four: Approved Manual Lymphatic Drainage Sequence
Chapter 7 — Part Five: Compression Garments and Accessories
Chapter 8 — Part one: When Surgery Ends, but the Risk Is Just Beginning
Chapter 8 — Part two: When the remedy becomes harm
Module 4 — Knowledge Check
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Module 5 — Overview & Learning Objectives
Chapter 9 — Emotional and Psychological Impact
Chapter 10 — Considering a Revision Surgery
Module 5 — Knowledge Check
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Module 6 — Overview & Learning Objectives
Chapter 11 — Fibrosis Prevention
Chapter 12 — Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Prevention, and Professional Responsibility
Module 6 — Knowledge Check
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Treatment Table Setup & Patient Positioning After BBL Surgery
Full-Body Manual Lymphatic Drainage — Vodder Method After Liposuction
Manual Lymphatic Drainage After Neck Liposuction & Chin Fat Transfer — Part 1
Manual Lymphatic Drainage After Neck Liposuction & Chin Fat Transfer — Part 2
Post-Liposuction Torso — Posterior Torso & Back
Post-Liposuction Torso — Lateral Torso & Flank
Manual Lymphatic Drainage After Breast Surgery
Axillary Lymph Node Stimulation After Breast Surgery
Pectoralis Muscle Release After Breast Surgery
Manual Lymphatic Drainage — Upper & Lower Extremities
MLD Hand Technique — Direction, Pressure & Pumping Movement
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