The Lymphatic - Detox Massage

The Lymphatic System & Detox Massage

The lymphatic System is one of the five main elimination channels in your body along with skin, lungs, kidneys & bowels. It is a major route for the absorption of nutrients from digestion into the tissues and it is also your bodies metabolic waste-disposal system. It clears toxins, unwanted proteins and waste which can not be removed by any other means from your tissues and cells. These are by-products of metabolic wastes, stress, dead cells, metals, in organic substances and other assorted debris which your cells cast off.

Major functions of the Lymphatic System: Maintains connective tissue to optimal state, carries toxins out of interstitial spaces, helps transport lymphocytes and hormones throughout the body (immune reaction), filter for harmful substances & bacterial infection, maintains balance of fluids in the tissues & recovers substances that have escaped into the tissues ie. proteins.

The Lymphatic System has no pump, its nourishing, water balancing and eliminative functions are dependant upon muscle contractions, diaphramic breathing and body movements. It is common to develop a somewhat sluggish lymphatic flow, causes being inactivity, consumption of inappropriate food & beverages and reduced water intake. All these factors stress the lymphatic system.

Lymphatic Drainage Massage is a light technique designed to stimulate the circulation of lymph to speed up the removal of wastes from all over the body. It works wonderfully on the nervous system by reducing sympathetic activity, allowing para sympathetic activity, stimulates the defenses of the immune system and increases the flow and volume of lymph fluid. People will often feel the results for as long as a week.

Lymphatic Drainage Massage is great for scars, stress, cellulite, stretch marks, detoxification, chronic fatigue, overweight, arthritis, neurological disorders, well being, pregnancy & pain.


Article provided by Sonya Fuller