• For

    Students of my Applied Vodder MLD or Wholistic MLD Classes. 
    **This class necessarily builds upon those, so even if you've taken classes from another school, you must start with one of those.

  • Exclusive In-Class
    Hand-Outs

    New Advanced Protocols & Techniques

  • Length of Class

    4  Days
    8 Hours per day

    • CEU Given

      32 CEU hours Approved

    Advanced Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage for Trauma, Illness, and Surgery
    a 4-day Hands-On Class,
    **  Exclusive ADVANCED Theory **
    ** Exclusive ADVANCED PROTOCOLS **

    Advanced Class DEBUT PROMO
    $300 off now! inal prices below
    Nov 15-18,  2024 in Concord, CA
    Feb 21-24,  2025 in Concord, CA
    May 16-19,  2025 in Concord, CA
    Nov 7-10,  2025 in Concord, CA

    ACT NOW: Prices for all 2025 classes go up 1/1/25!

    All 2024 prices and discounts apply to next year's classes until January 1st!

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    Advanced MLD Class
    February 21-24, 2025 Class
    $2275  $1795 Today
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    For any class you have already taken there is a 50% discount for repeating it. This is a very good option to increase your mastery.
    If this is your first time in this class the 50% off does not apply.

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    From Practitioner to Elite

    Advanced Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage for Trauma, Surgery, and Pathologies

    This exciting fully in-person hands-on class includes advanced theory and practical training including advanced Vodder MLD techniques for joints, skin, and head congestion due to trauma, illness or surgery, including elective surgeries. Additional physiology will be taught pertaining to the drainage of the brain, the intestines and other organs, as well as the filtration of fluid at the capillary. Advanced protocols for elective surgeries for the face, arms, abdomen, chest and buttocks will be given.

    This class is for the therapist interested in deepening knowledge and skill of Manual Lymph Drainage using the Vodder MLD Technique. The class starts with a quick review of the fundamental MLD strokes for the full body. After completion of this class the therapist can address many inflammatory conditions such as: acne, rosacea, muscle strains and sprains, sports injuries, post operative inflammation, stress, and elective surgery hematomas and scars.

    Prerequisites for Advanced MLD:
    Has completed The Fundamentals of Manual Lymph Drainage Theory Online Course and taken the Body Workers Fundamentals of MLD Practice (Hands-On) Class for the Full Body
                        OR
    **Pending Approval upon review, those who have successfully completed a 32-40 hour in-person hands-on MLD course for the full body from another NCBTMB Approved Provider, may be allowed into the class. Please contact Gay Lee directly to discuss this further.

    Gay Lee Gulbrandson, CLT-LANA is a consummate professional therapist and previously taught MLD for Dr. Vodder School International.

    (NCBTMB Approved Provider #451083-09. CE hours pending approval for this course)

    Enroll early for next year's
    Advanced MLD Class
    February 21-24, 2025 Class
    $2275  $1795 Today
    Prices go up Jan 1st 2025!

    Enroll now
    in the May 16-19, 2025 Class
    $2275  $1795 Today

    Enroll now
    in the November 7-10, 2025 Class
    $2275  $1795 Today

    From Practitioner to Elite!

    ACT NOW: Prices for all 2025 classes go up 1/1/25!

    All 2024 prices and discounts apply to next year's classes until January 1st!

    What's included?

    Exclusive Advanced MLD Course Handbook found no where else

    You must BRING your MLD Tool™ to this class from your previous class!

    32 hour Certificate
    NCBTMB Approved

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    Gay Lee Gulbrandson
    CLT-LANA, NCTMB, AMTA, NLN

    Your instructor
    Gay Lee Gulbrandson is a Dr. Vodder School certified MLD Therapist, was a certified Dr. Vodder School Instructor from 2002-2019, a Lymphedema Association of North America (LANA) Certified Lymphedema Therapist. She has taught MLD to body workers and estheticians since 2002, continuing in 2022 with her own School of MLD(tm). She is a continuing education Approved Provider through NCBTMB. Gay Lee’s teaching inspires health care professionals to address physical symptoms of over 60 pathologies and to treat pre and post surgical patients whose swelling related conditions are often inadequately managed. She also maintains a thriving private practice in MLD and Combined Decongestive Therapy (CDT) in Berkeley, California.
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