No prior lymphedema certification is required!
Course Description:
This course provides a practical and empowering overview of the essential breast cancer knowledge needed by clinicians, medical caregivers, and fitters involved in the care of people with breast cancer. We’ll begin with key breast cancer facts, including encouraging trends in survival rates and how advancements in detection and treatment continue to improve patient outcomes. You’ll learn how to recognize potential signs of breast cancer recurrence early and understand when to refer patients back to their oncology team.
We will review the common effects of breast surgery, plastic surgery procedures, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy—highlighting what is typical, what is concerning, and how these treatments influence recovery and function. The course also covers how to identify both truncal and upper-extremity lymphedema and when to initiate appropriate referrals and compression therapy.
Although the topic of breast cancer is serious, this course offers engaging, occasionally humorous teaching to help you understand and retain the material, and enjoy the learning process along the way. Throughout the course, you’ll discover specific, meaningful ways you can positively impact the lives of your breast cancer patients—helping them navigate treatment, recovery, and long-term wellness with confidence and compassionate care.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Gain a solid understanding of essential oncology concepts, such as the different types of cancers, how benign and malignant tumors differ, common metastasis patterns in breast cancer, and when to notify medical caregivers of concerning signs in your patients and clients.
- Recognize how breast cancer surgery affects your patients and clients, and understand how you can positively impact their quality of life while ensuring they receive appropriate care for treatment-related issues and symptoms.
- Grasp the distinctions between axillary lymph node dissection and sentinel lymph node biopsy, along with their postoperative impacts such as axillary web syndrome, cellulitis, and lymphedema, and when to ensure patients return to their oncology medical team for further assessment and treatment.
- Understand the early and late effects of radiation therapy for breast cancer and identify various DME devices and garments that can improve soft tissue fibrosis, breast, trunk, and arm lymphedema, body image, posture, and balance.
- Expand your understanding of chemotherapy—how it works, why exercise is essential during treatment, the range of potential side effects, and the appropriate times to refer patients back to medical caregivers to support comprehensive care and quality of life.
Course access is NOT immediate due to the need to ensure that the prerequisites are met and to allow for hand processing of the order. Upon registration and payment of the course fee, you will be emailed a Student Agreement within 3 business days. Once the Agreement is electronically signed by you and emailed back to Klose Training, a username and password for accessing the online course will be emailed to you within 3 business days. You will have 3 MONTHS of access to the online course from the time the access information is emailed to you.
Jodi Winicour, PT, CMT, CLT-LANA, graduated from Indiana University’s Physical Therapy program in 1993 and received her massage therapy certification in 1997 from Michigan’s Health Enrichment Center. Initially practicing general orthopedic physical therapy at Community Hospital East’s Outpatient Physical Therapy Department in Indianapolis, Indiana, she began specializing in the treatment of cancer patients in 1998 and lectured for the Physical Therapy Department of Indiana University.
Jodi was certified as an MLD/CDT Therapist by Klose Norton Training & Consulting in 1998. She received her CLT-LANA Certification in October, 2001.
In 2000, Jodi joined Cedars Sinai Medical Center where she worked to develop and expand the oncology and lymphedema program in Los Angeles for seven years. Since 2007, she has treated patients with lymphedema, cancer-related dysfunction, and orthopedic issues in Longmont, Colorado.
In addition to her work as a full-time clinician, Jodi has served as a class instructor for Klose Training & Consulting’s Lymphedema Therapy Certification course since 2000. She is also the author and instructor for one of Klose Training’s most successful continuing education courses, “Breast Cancer Rehabilitation.”
Jodi has taught and presented at courses and conferences across the United States and in Europe on the topics of lymphedema and breast cancer rehabilitation.
No prior lymphedema certification required! This course is offered to breast prosthetic fitters, medical assistants, massage therapists, medical vendors, radiation, mammography, and ultrasound technicians.
NOTE: It is the responsibility of all health professionals to ensure that they work within the limits of their license.
The total tuition for the course is
$595.
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This agreement must be signed and submitted before you begin your course.
Klose Training Student Agreement - Online Courses
This course totals 4 contact hours and has been approved for 4 CE hours for most healthcare professionals.
To receive a Certificate of Completion, the student must be a licensed health care professional and watch all video portions of the course, pass an online quiz with a score of 80% or better, and return the required documents specified in the course. The Certificate will then be emailed to the student.
