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Tip of the Week: You Deserve A Treat!

This week is ‘everyone deserves a massage’ week!  We all know that massage is good for your body and most enjoy the relaxed state that welcomes you at the end of one.  Massage is for everyone- from a child to the elderly and can provide physical benefits for all.  The next time you think about getting a massage, consider a lymphatic drainage massage.  Don’t let the name scare you though!  Its purpose and effects are specific and innumerable. 

While this form of massage can be for just about anybody, if you are feeling low on energy, experience swelling, have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, or if you have been fighting an illness, a lymphatic massage may be especially for  you.  This gentle therapy is performed to help lymph, (the fluid that circulates through body tissues to pick up fats, bacteria, and other unwanted materials) effectively move through our bodies to help keep the immune system healthy by filtering them out through the lymphatic system.  Some massage therapists are more experienced and can perform a lymphatic drainage, a more advanced form of the lymphatic massage.  With their great understanding of the lymphatic system the therapist is able to recognize the rhythm, direction and quality of the lymphatic flow and get a better understanding of how to redirect the flow of the lymph back into the circulatory system.  Most lymph vessels are located just below the skin and by using very gentle circular rhythmic movements the therapist can stimulate the lymph system to work more effectively.  When the lymphatic system works well, we feel healthy and our immune system works better to fight against illness.

When you treat yourself to your next massage be sure to ask your therapist about a lymphatic massage and what effects it could have on you directly.  This may be a very effective massage and could have you feeling full of energy and just healthier all together!

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