Lymphatic Drainage Massage
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How can Manual Hands-on Lymphatic Drainage Massage ("LDM") help you? Manual Hands-on LDM increases lymphatic circulation and helps detoxify the body. It drains sluggish lymph nodes and helps reenergize them. Our lymphatic capillaries have no valves, so the lymph flows in all directions. Lymph fluid can be directed in the desired direction with LDM. The purpose of LD is to cleanse & regenerate tissues and organs as well as promote internal chemistry balance. Stimulating lymph fluid movement, it encourages the formation of lymphocytes that produce antibodies thereby increasing the body's resistance to infection. For damaged tissues, LDM helps to stimulate the lymphatic system to remove waste more rapidly from around the inflamed tissues and send it back for removal and cleansing to the lymphatic system.
SOME BENEFITS OF MANUAL HANDS-ON LDM: Immune enhancement; pain reduction and management; promote tissue regeneration; helps w/ bronchitis, sinusitis, arthritis, acne, eczema, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, auto-immune disease; stimulating the nervous system, helps with reduction of stress, depression, insomnia; helps w/ reduction of pain, muscle spasms, after trauma (i.e. whiplash), after lacerations, Pre-surgery: helps prepare and cleanse the body and Post- surgery: reduce inflammation & accelerate healing (consult w/ your surgeon/doctor); tissue swelling in head from ear, nose & throat region; reduction of headaches, tinnitus, vertigo; and can help with your weight loss regime. |
The Experience of LDM: |
As a licensed Massage therapist, I use my hands to do LDM ~ reason I call it "Manual Hands-on" LDM. It is a very "light feather touch" massage. Much lighter & more gentle than Swedish massage. The reason for this feather touch is so that I can direct your lymph fluid in the correct direction towards your lymph nodes without stopping the lymph flow. If the touch or massage is too heavy, it will not be able to correctly direct the flow of the lymph fluid.
LDM is a process. Depending on your health situation, you may need more than 1 session in a period of a month. A healthy person can get monthly sessions for optimal health w/ their lymphatic system and maintenance of overall health. |
Contraindications: |
There are those individuals where LDM is NOT appropriate for them due to their health issues. If you have serious circulatory problems, epilepsy, blood clots, blocked intestines, acute infections, fever, overactive thyroid, diverticulosis, diseases involving inflammation of the intestines, edema related to a weak heart, cardiac arrhythmia, hemorrhage, abdominal aortal aneurysm, massive arteriosclerotic changes (like metabolic disturbances i.e. diabetes mellitus), adhesions in the abdomen as a consequence of surgical intervention, changes in abdomen or lower abdominal region after radiation therapy, radiation cystitis or colitis or extremely ill. If you have any of these, you can Not get a LDM session. If you have a serious ailment not listed above, Please consult your doctor & get their approval before getting LDM.
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