Julia Rodrick, OTR/L, WCC, CLT-LANA, has practiced in the field of Occupational Therapy since 1980. Her experience includes outpatient orthopedic hand therapy, the treatment for lymphedema and wound care. She is Senior Staff Therapist in the Outpatient Clinic at St. John’s Rehab South in Springfield, Illinois, and is recognized as a Master Clinician in the area of Lymphedema and Wound Care specialties. Mrs. Rodrick is a national mentor and lecturer for the management of lymphedema and sub-acute edema management. She is co-owner of Edema Therapy Essentials, a privately owned seminar company providing accredited courses in the treatment of problematic edema conditions.

Julia is a leader in Lymphatic studies having received advanced training of MLD/CDT through Foeldi Clinic and College in Hinterzarten, Germany. She teaches the principles of Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) and Complete Decongestive Therapies (CDT) internationally. She has collaborated to modify its principles for the treatment of sub-acute and chronic edema for the upper and lower extremity and to facilitate wound healing.
 
Julia is recognized as a Certified Lymphedema Therapist by the Lymphology Association of North America (LANA) and is a contributing member to its Board of Directors.  She is also a Certified Wound Care Specialist, credentialed by the National Alliance of Wound Care, and an active member of the International Society of Lymphology.
 
Julia is the author of Treatment and Theory for Reducing Edema an accredited internet hand course, online since May of 2003; also An Alternative Approach in the Treatment of Sub-acute and Chronic Edemas, Selected Papers, Spring/Summer edition, 2003 She has also co-authored “Manual Edema Mobilization: A New Concept in Sub-acute Edema Resolution” published in May 2002, by The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy.
 
As a researcher, Julia has completed the first pilot study of Manual Edema Mobilization vs. Retrograde Massage for the treatment of sub-acute hand edema presenting her findings at the 6th annual Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy, Edinburgh, Scotland June 2004. She was the Malaysian Oncological Society’s keynote speaker at the annual Cancer and Lymphedema funding dinner, sponsored by Yayasan Al-Bukari, Hospital Putrajaya and the Malaysian Oncological Society, Putrajaya, Malaysia; January, 2007.

Mrs. Rodrick is an active member of the American Lymphedema Framework Project (ALFP) and was recruited to edit the International Best Practice Document for the treatment of lymphedema, 2009 to the present. She is currently completed a systematic review to explore the use of adjunctive treatment methods for the management of lymphedema.

Professional Memberships include:
• American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
• National Lymphedema Network (NLN)
• International Society of Lymphology (ISL)
• Lymphology Assoc. of North America
• American Lymphedema Framework Project Steering Committee