Collins Hohne, LMT
Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage Practitioner
The body knows how to heal — sometimes it just needs a witness.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) is a gentle, specialized massage that supports your body's natural drainage system — reducing swelling, easing inflammation, and helping you recover faster. Available at Watershed Wellness Cooperative in Madison, TN.
Serving Nashville, Madison & the greater Middle Tennessee area
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Collins Hohne, LMT · Vodder-Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage · Madison, TN
1 hr - 2 hr
From 115 US dollars
1 hr - 2 hr
From 150 US dollars
Therapeutic sessions are for general wellness, lymphedema and lipedema management, immune support, prenatal and postpartum care, chronic inflammation, and ongoing maintenance.
The session combines Vodder-method MLD with myofascial and therapeutic massage techniques where appropriate. The work is gentle but not superficial. Most clients notice a significant shift — in fluid retention, body tension, and nervous system settling — during or immediately after their session.
This service is priced at a premium rate, reflecting the structured protocol, additional assessment, and session documentation involved. This is not a general massage— but a goal-oriented, structured protocol for clients recovering from surgical procedures — cosmetic, reconstructive, or oncological.
Every session begins with a review of your surgical history, recovery timeline, current symptoms, and surgeon clearance. Session notes are kept. Progress is tracked. Collins is specifically trained in post-operative MLD and works safely with healing tissue, breast procedures, abdominal reconstruction, and clients whose recovery involves scar formation, fibrosis, or radiation effects.
Available in 60, 90, and 120-minute sessions.
Available in 60, 90, and 120-minute sessions.
Post-surgical clients: email collins@watershedcoop.org before booking if you have questions about timing or surgeon clearance. Collins responds personally.
Navigating the Watersheds
490
8 weeks :: 3x 90min sessions :: paced to fit your life
Valid for 2 months
Clearing the Watersheds
980
4 weeks :: 6 sessions :: tapered in a way that supports recovery
Valid for 4 weeks
Maintaining the Watersheds
655.50
6 weeks :: 3 sessions :: Lymphedema + Maintenance Package
Valid for 6 weeks
Restoring the Watershed Post-Op Recovery
855
6 weeks :: 6 post-op sessions :: steady, weekly care through recovery
Valid for 6 weeks
Lymphatic Care, planned around your return to Self
Introducing packages for lymphatic restoration
For establishing a healthy rhythm of care to hold onto — whether you're navigating a major life event, moving through a grief process, or simply want to feel, for a season, what regular full-body lymphatic care can do when you make space for it.
This is the pace many of my clients are already returning to again and again, so I coupled this plan to honor that regularity — spaced across 8 weeks, pre-schedule three 90minute sessions at your own pace, so that your care, doesn't get swept under the rug.
This package of six 90-minute sessions inside a single month is offered for those navigating a chronic condition and looking for consistent, concentrated lymphatic support.
Delivered close together, this cadence gives your system the chance to move enough lymphatic fluid, consistently enough, to shift your body's fluid balance — a full-body reset that nourishes every cell from the inside out.
For lymphedema, this is the indicated clinical care: regular MLD, maintained consistently, to keep lymphatic load from progressing. Sessions are 2 hours because the lymphatic system works as one connected system — even when we're focused on a specific area, addressing the whole system gives fluid densities the time and space to actually shift and settle, rather than just moving fluid locally.
This package is for those recovering from surgery. Vodder-certified MLD is best planned and discussed with your surgeon in advance, with care beginning 2-4 weeks post-surgery once you've received clearance. Booking ahead of your surgery date means this care is already in place, ready to begin the moment you're cleared — one less thing to figure out while healing.
Weekly 60-minute sessions are paced to restore disrupted lymphatic vessels and return your body's flow pattern to its natural rhythm.
Interest-free installments available through Afterpay at checkout
All Packages are priced at 5% off single session pricing
Who benefits from MLD?
After surgery
Recovering from a cosmetic or medical procedure? MLD reduces post-surgical swelling, supports tissue healing, and helps you feel like yourself again.
Wellness & immune support
Monthly maintenance, stress reduction, better sleep, and immune resilience. You don't need a diagnosis to benefit — many clients come simply because it makes them feel lighter and clearer.
Lymphedema or Lipedema
Ongoing fluid backup, limb heaviness, or swelling that won't resolve on its own.
Breast health & oncology support
Post-mastectomy recovery, radiation-related swelling, or ongoing breast tissue care. Collins is trained to work safely and gently with clients navigating cancer treatment and recovery.
Chronic inflammation & immune conditions
Digestive issues like IBS, skin conditions like eczema or rashes, recurring sinus congestion, joint swelling, or persistent fatigue — when your body is stuck in an inflammatory loop, MLD helps reset the drainage pathways that clear it.
Prenatal & postnatal care
Third-trimester heaviness. Feet and legs so swollen nothing fits. A postpartum body that doesn't quite feel like yours yet. MLD is safe and deeply gentle at every stage of the journey — from pregnancy swelling through the immediate postpartum window and into later recovery. This is slow, nurturing work. A space to be cared for, not just treated.
1 hr
30 US dollars
About Collins
Collins Hohne is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Vodder-Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage Practitioner based at Watershed Wellness Cooperative in Madison, TN. She specializes in post-surgical recovery, breast health and oncology support, scar tissue work, complex lymphatic conditions, and hormone-related fluid changes — combining MLD with myofascial release for whole-body results.
Collins has worked with clients at every stage of the motherhood journey — third-trimester swelling, the immediate postpartum window, and later recovery when the body is still finding its way back. Some clients navigating fertility support, including those going through IVF, have shared that regular MLD became an important part of feeling grounded and cared for in their body during that process.
Hormone flux isn't only a pregnancy or fertility experience — it shows up through puberty, menopause, gender-affirming hormone therapy, thyroid shifts, and more, and can affect the felt experience of heaviness in the body's tissues. MLD supports the body's natural processing, helping tissues feel lighter and more like your own again, whatever stage or shift you're moving through.
Scar work is also part of Collins's practice, for anyone whose tissue has been through surgery, injury, or trauma.
Collins believes in creating a safe, unhurried space where your nervous system can finally let go.
What to expect at your post-surgical MLD session.
Every session is private, unhurried, and tailored to where you are in your recovery. Here's what the experience looks like from start to finish.
① Before
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Drink 16–32oz of water in the hours leading up to your session — hydration is essential for lymphatic movement.
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Wear or bring loose, comfortable clothing that allows easy access to surgical sites without constriction. Avoid applying lotions, oils to the treatment area immediately before your appointment.
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When you arrive, Collins will take time to review your surgical history, timeline, surgeon's clearance, and any current symptoms — swelling, tenderness, bruising, or areas of firmness.
Nothing is too much detail.
Surgeon clearance is required for post-operative sessions.
Email collins@watershedcoop.org with any questions about timing before booking.
② During
Gentle work. Profound recovery.
You are welcome to undress to your comfort level. Even if we are working with breast tissue, you will remain professionally draped throughout — warm, covered, and with only the area being worked on ever being exposed. Your comfort, dignity, and sense of safety are not negotiable.
Much of this work is about more than lymphatic fluid. Surgery can be a harsh experience for the body — and real recovery means returning the body to a felt sense of safety and belonging. Collins holds that intention in every session.
The work itself is light but not without depth. Sessions include long, sustained holds for fascial release, gentle pumping techniques, and moments of deeper sustained pressure — always within your tolerance, never to the point of pain. Collins checks in throughout. And you are always in control.
Most clients feel a profound settling of the nervous system during the session. It is common to fall asleep.
③ After
Recovery continues after you leave the table.
Reach for mineral water after your session — the minerals support your body's recovery process as lymphatic fluid moves and is reabsorbed.
Rest as much as possible and follow any aftercare directions provided by your surgeon.
Avoid alcohol, strenuous activity, and heavy meals for the remainder of the day.
You may notice increased urination, reduced swelling, or a quiet feeling of lightness in the hours that follow. Some clients feel the effects immediately. Others notice the shift gradually over 24–48 hours. Both are normal.
Collins will discuss a session cadence with you based on your procedure and where you are in recovery. Lymphatic drainage is cumulative — consistency produces significantly better outcomes than occasional sessions.
Most post-surgical clients begin with 1–2 sessions per week in the first month, tapering as healing progresses.
If you notice increased pain, fever, or significant changes at the surgical site after your session, contact your surgeon promptly.
