Mel Horton

Prior to moving into the wellness arena Mel worked for many years in the IT industry. She was a founding company director and Senior Vice President – Engineering of an international software company for 23 years. Mel was elected a Chartered Fellow and life member of the British Computer Society (the UK IT Chartered Institute) in 2005 in recognition of her services to the industry. Since moving on from the IT industry Mel has been able to pursue her passion for wellness. Founder of Mandurah Oedema clinic in 2018, Mel recently injured her shoulder requiring a rotator cuff repair and now acts as a consultant therapist to the Clinic She is a qualified Remedial Massage Therapist and a member of the AMT (Association of Massage Therapists). She is also an accredited lymphoedema practitioner, Trained in the Dr Vodder method of manual lymph drainage, and a member of the ALA (Australasian Lymphology Association) . Mel is a pregnancy massage practitioner through Pregnancy Massage Australia and she is also a Bach Flower Remedy Therapist having completed her practitioner training at the Mount Vernon Bach Centre in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom.

Qualifications & Memberships:

Dip RM (Diploma Remedial Massage) Professional Member AMT (Association of Massage Therapists) Dr Vodder Lymphoedema & CDT (Complex De- congestive Therapy) Therapist Accredited Lymphoedema Practitioner ALA (Australasian Lymphology Assoc.) NLPR Nurture Life Practitioner Pregnancy Massage Australia BFRP (Bach Flower Registered Practitioner) & Practitioner Member UK Bach Centre Certs. Lymphatic (MTC-L) & Advanced Sports Taping Certs. BSN, Mobiderm, SIPC Compression Working with Children Check - Western Australian Notice No: 2732475 Western Australia Police Check Public & Professional Liability Insurance Registered Private Health Care Provider

Location

We want Mandurah Oedema Clinic to be a welcoming home from home, not an impersonal clinical environment. We believe our clients want comfortable, familiar surroundings and that feeling at home during treatment is a big part of successfully managing oedema. Our clinic is set on Waterside Canals in a refurbished & specially redesigned home providing comfortable treatment rooms, a lounge waiting room with a library and purpose built, heated pool for hydrotherapy. We are on the water, close to town but away from the noise & foot traffic of a busy main street. We have on-site, gated parking for up to 6 cars and are signposted with a blue information sign from the corner of Leslie Street.

Treatment Rooms

We have two private, well fitted treatment rooms with electric/hydraulic beds where our therapists have access to a range of oedema equipment. With state of the art bioimpedance Spectroscopy equipment, compression pumps, garments, lasers and lymphscanner, we are able to offer treatment & advice on all aspects of oedema.

Office

Our clinic management software is provided by Cliniko, a leading Australian medical software company providing secure, comprehensive client record keeping & online booking with SMS & Email notification. We offer HICAPS for instant health insurance refunds and credit card payments streamlining our office systems, your time with us is valuable, why waste it doing paperwork. If you’d like to know more about our clinic, please contact us & we’ll be happy to answer your questions.

Lois Friedlander

A Mandurah girl, Lois moved from Australia to the UK in 1985 where she established her own therapeutic clinic. Operating from 1996 to 2016, the clinic was known for its innovative approach to lymphoedema therapy, rehabilitation and wellness. Lois has spent the last 5 years working with patients between France and the UK. Having returned to live once again in Mandurah, she took over the role of Principal of Mandurah Oedema Clinic from Mel Horton on the 1st March 2021. Lois is an experienced remedial massage practitioner and holds advanced remedial and manipulative therapy and Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) qualifications. She has also practised acupuncture, acupressure, scar management, Oedema early intervention and Complex De-congestion Therapy (CDT) She cares deeply about the well being of her clients and brings 25 years clinical experience to Mandurah Oedema Clinic. . Her special interests are in the lymphatic system and lymphatic disease, Lipoedema, late onset and degenerative conditions and Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia.During eight years of extensive research into moist heat therapy and hyperthermia Lois made a major contribution to the creation of Heat Enhanced Lymphatic Therapy (HELTh) Qualifications: • Remedial Massage NIM 1995 • Advanced Diploma Remedial Massage NIM1996 • Dip Hons Manipulative Therapy Northern College of Physical Therapists 1999 • MLD Level 1 and 2 NIM 1997 • Foundation in Acupuncture level 1 and 2 School of Biomechanics Sports and Remedial Therapies. • CDT bandaging Compton Hospice Wolverhampton. 2006 • EFT AAMET 2014 • EFT Advanced and Matrix 2014 EFTMRA