Additional Learning Learning

Here is a list of all the lipedema readings, sessions and webinars I have attended:

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• Lipedema Awareness for Massage Therapists - Kathleen Lisson

• ​Liposuction Postoperative Protocols for Lipedema - Kathleen Lisson

• Understanding Germany’s Lipedema Policy Breakthrough - Lipedema Canada

• The Real Weight of Lipedema: Lifting Stigma Through Patient Stories - Lipedema Canada

• 8 Surprising Truths About Lipedema – and How Canadians Are Still Being Left Behind - NSWOC

• The Lipedema Landscape – A Head-to-Toe Assessment and Addressing Canada’s Awareness Gap - NSWOC

• Lipedema & Menopause - Lipedema Canada

• Lipedema Unveiled: Bridging the Gap Between Diagnosis and Comprehensive Treatment - Tactile Medical

• Travel Made Easier: Tips for Lipedema and Lymphedema Patients on the Go - Juzo

• Emerging from the Shadows: Recognizing and Treating Lipedema - Obesity Medicine​

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Vodder - Dancing with our Hands

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• Exploring the Unknown - Ian Soles, BA, MT (Feb 2025)

• Exercise Theory - Denise Drisdelle, BA, RMT (Mar 2025)

• Research on Exercise with Lymphedema - Dr. Margaret McNeely and Dr. Sara Nelson (Apr 2025)

• Beyond the Hands - Sarmita Misra, PT, CLT (May 2025)

• Oh the Things You Will See & Do - Betsey O'Neill, LPTA, CLT (Jun 2025)

• Lymphedema in Spinae Bifida - Laura McGuckin MPT (Jul 2025)

• Fibrotic Lower Limb Lymphedema - Miseon Kim (Sep 2025)

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• How Nutrition Can Support Lymphedema – Jean LaMentia (Feb 2026)

• Mentoring 101 – Guess the Condition - Ian Soles (Mar 2026)

• Additional Expert Topics – Jean LaMentia (Apr 2026)

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RMTAO Workshops & Webinars

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• Headaches and Migraines can be a pain in the neck!

• Chronic Pain and Massage Therapy

• Embodied Well-Being: The Science of Emotion, Well-Being, and Social Connection

• Trauma-informed Care in Massage Therapy

• Resilience - Psychological Capital: Today’s Competitive Advantage

• Psychological Informed Practice for RMTs

• Managing Burnout and Creating a Career of Balance

• Considerations for the Treatment of COVID Long-haul Patients through a BPS Lens

• Demystifying the Enigmatic “Groin Pull”

• Low Back Pain: A Person-Centered Approach to Rehabilitation

• Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

• Practice of Critical Thinking in Practice

• Optimizing Hip and Knee Function

• The Clinical Process Through a Trauma-Sensitive Lens

• Oncology Massage: Working with people during and after cancer treatment

• Rotator Cuff Strain Rehab and Management

• Sacroiliac Joint Mobilizations

• Oncology Massage: Integrating Massage Therapy into Breast Cancer Rehabilitation

• Massage Therapy and Post-Acute Infection Syndromes: Keeping Up with the PAISs

• Demystifying the Pelvic Floor​​

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World Lipedema Conference (2023)

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• Psychosocial challenges of managing Lipoedema - Dr. Christine Moffat

• Self-management program “Healthy and active living with lipoedema and lymphoedema” - Susanna Helmbrecht

• Guided Self-Management – What can the patient contribute to the therapy? - Dr. Christian Ure

• New therapeutics frontiers and approaches to lipedema - Dr. Marco Mattioli

• Exploring disease interrelationships in patients with lipedema and other lymphatic disorders - Dr. Stanley Rockson 

• The Role of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in the Conservative Management of Lipedema - Dr. Aria Vazirnia

• Defocused and radial shock wave therapy, mesotherapy and kinesio taping effects in patients with lipedema: a pilot study
  - Dr. Serena Michelini 

• Pilot study: Ultrasound cavitation (UC) and extracorporeal shock wave treatment (ESWT) as conservative treatments for lipedema SAT improves pain, decreases thigh circumference, increases QOL and improves SAT structure in women with lipedema - Karen Ashforth, CLT

• Indications of Peripheral Pain, Dermal Hypersensitivity, and Neurogenic Inflammation in Patients with Lipedema - Dr. Joseph Rutkowski

• Non-Obese Lipedema Patients Show A Distinctly Altered Quantitative Sensory Testing (Qst) Profile With Promising Diagnostic Potential - Dr. Rebecca Dinnendahl

• A New Theory: Lipedema is caused by subclinical saphenous compartment syndrome - Dr. José Luis Simarro

• Lipedema Reduction Surgery Improves Mobility, Physical Function, and Multiple Measures of Quality of Life in Women with Lipedema - Dr. Thomas Wright 

• Effectiveness of liposuction in lipedema – a cross-sectional data collection of 860 lipedema patients - Dr. Marie-Luise Aitzetmüller-Klietz 

• Complications after Liposuction for Lipedema - Dr. Stefan Emmes

• Lipedema Progresses In Only One Third Of The Patients, Probably Related To Fat Gain - Dr. Isabel Forner-Cordero

• Lipedema and Obesity – interdisciplinary therapy for successful treatment - Dr. Anja M. Boos 

• Persistence of Lipedema Phenotype and Symptoms after Bariatric Surgery: A Case Series - Dr. Jeremias Schmidt 

• Lipedema World Alliance – Working together we can make a change - Dr. Sandro Michelini

• Myths and challenges in management of lipedema – Indian perspective - Dr. Srinagesh Vadrevu 

• Standard of Care for Lipedema in the United States: The Current Perspective - Dr. Karen Herbst 

• Insights from the Revision and Update of the German Guidelines for Lipedema - Dr. Gabriele Faerber

• Liposuction for Lipedema: The Swedish Perspective - Dr. Anders Liss

• Proposed Framework for Research Case Definitions of Lipedema - Dr. Matthew Carmody

• The effect of diet on improving lipoedema symptoms - Dr. Yannan Jin 

• Lymphoscintigraphic alterations in lower limbs in women with lipedema in comparison to women with overweight/obesity - Dr. Angelika Chachaj

• Surgical Approaches for Managing Lymphedema - Dr. Dhruv Singhal 

• Anatomy and Physiology of the lymphatic system which transversalities with lipoedema - Dr. Jean-Paul Belgrado 

• Lymphoscintigraphic patterns in patients with lipedema - Dr. Alberto Onorato

• Does tumescent liposuction diminish the lymphatic function in the legs of lipoedema patients? - Dr. Robert Boonen

• Lipedema – My Experience as a Lymphologist - Dr. Hakan Brorson 

• Multiple Symmetric Lipomatosis: Insights into Pathogenesis - Dr. Lukas Prantl 

• Morphological characterization of adipose tissue from patients affected by lipedema - Dr. Roberto Cannataro

•  Lipedema stage affects adipocyte hypertrophy, subcutaneous adipose tissue inflammation and interstitial fibrosis - Dr. Sabrina Gohlke

• Adipose tissue biology and effect of weight loss in women with lipedema - Dr. Vincenza Cifarelli 

• LIPLEG: Update on a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing CDT Alone and Liposuction for Lipedema - Dr. Maximilian Kovacs 

• Lymph Vessel Sparing Ultrasound Assisted Liposuction for Lymphedema and Lipedema Surgical Treatment - Dr. Corrado Cesare Campisi

• Liposuction Techniques for Achieving Better Cosmetic and Lipedema Symptom Improvement - Dr. Thomas Su 

• Initial stages: the forgotten patients. Tricks and tips for diagnosis and surgery - Dr. Enrique Burgos

• To WAL or not to WAL – Surgical treatment of lipedema: A single center retrospective data analysis - Dr. Ashwin Reddy 

• Power-assisted Liposuction for Lipedema – Best practice from 30 years experience - Dr. Stefan Rapprich & Dr. Hans Bayer

• Lymph Vessel Sparing Liposuction for Lymphedema and Lipedema Treatment - Dr Corrado Campisi

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Canadian Lymphedema Framework Conference (2023)

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• Why Weight? What you need to know about the Canadian Adult Obesity Guidelines - Dr. Denise Campbell-Scherer

• Lymphedema prospective surveillance and risk reduction - Dr. Shirin Shallwani

• New ILA recommendations for diagnosis of Lipedema - Dr. Anna Towers

• Motivating patients to make meaningful and sustainable health behaviour changes with relationship-centred care - Dr. Céline Koryzma

• Aqua lymphatic therapy for therapists - Dr. Marie-Ève Letellier 

• How should we treat palliative patients who have uncontrolled Lymphedema? - Dr. Anna Towers

• PAD Best practice assessments for lower limbs with Lymphedema - Dr. Maryse Beaumier​​

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Other Leaning:​

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• First Aid & CPR-C + AED, updated annually

• Theralase Certification, May 2021

• Ultrasound, May 2021

• Sigvaris Certified Fitter, November 2021

• Advanced Trainings - TMJ and Jaw Dysfunctions, September 2021

• Integrative Healthcare - Introduction to Cupping, March 2022

• Integrative Healthcare - Working the Rib Cage, April 2022

• Integrative Healthcare - Massage for Lower Back & Pelvic Pain, May 2022

• Integrative Healthcare - Massage for Headaches & Neck Pain, May 2022

• Exercise Recommendations for Pregnant Individuals, September 2022

• University of Michigan - Sports Related Concussion Training Certification, May 2023

• Udemy - Deep Tissue Myofascial Massage, October 2023

• Udemy - Master Myofascial Cupping, October 2023