MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE 

MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE, ALSO REFERRED TO AS LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE, IS BENEFICIAL FOR REDUCING SWELLING CAUSED BY BLOCKAGES IN THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DUE TO MEDICAL TREATMENT OR ILLNESS. THIS TYPE OF MASSAGE INCLUDES THE GENTLE MANIPULATION OF TARGETED BODY AREAS TO FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT OF LYMPH TOWARDS FUNCTIONING LYMPH VESSELS. THIS INCREASES THE REMOVAL OF WASTE FLUID AND TOXINS FROM THE AREA BEING TREATED.

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THE POPULARITY OF LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE HAS INCREASED DUE TO ITS POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS. THIS TYPE OF MASSAGE IS GENTLE AND SPECIFICALLY TARGETS THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM COMPRISES ORGANS, VESSELS, AND TISSUES THAT FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT OF LYMPH, FROM DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BODY INTO THE BLOODSTREAM. MLD HELPS TO SUPPORT HEALTHY BODY FUNCTION AND HEALING.

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ASIDE FROM ITS POTENTIAL BENEFITS FOR OTHER HEALTH ISSUES, LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE MAY ALSO BE EFFECTIVE FOR TREATING VARIOUS CONDITIONS. WHILST BOOSTING THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS ABILITY TO RID THE BODY OF TOXINS AND WASTE, MLD CAN ALSO ASSIST IN SPEEDING UPHEALING FROM SURGERY, REDUCING SWELLING AND BRUISING, REDUCING BLOATING. IT CAN HELP TO REDUCE TH APPEARANCE OF CELLULITE, IT CAN IMPROVE OVERALL IMMUNITY AND HELP THE BODY FIGHT INFECTIONS.

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 RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT CERTAIN HEALTH PROBLEMS MAY RESPOND BETTER TO THIS TYPE OF MASSAGE THERAPY COMPARED TO OTHERS.

SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF LYMPHATIC MASSAGE ON CONDITIONS SUCH AS:

• ‌RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. IF YOU HAVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, YOU MAY HAVE POOR LYMPH FLOW AS THE DISEASE GETS WORSE. ALONG WITH TISSUE SWELLING, PAIN IN THE JOINTS INCREASES, JOINTS LOSE THEIR FUNCTION, AND THE SKIN CHANGES COLOUR. LYMPH DRAINAGE MASSAGE CAN HELP EASE THESE LATER-STAGE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS SYMPTOMS.

• ‌CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY (CVI). CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY IS WHEN THE VALVES OR WALLS OF THE VEINS THAT ARE IN THE LEGS DON'T WORK WELL. THIS MAKES IT HARD FOR THE BLOOD TO FLOW BACK TO THE HEART FROM THE LEGS.‌ LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE CAN HELP INCREASE THE SPEED OF BLOOD FLOW IN PEOPLE WITH CVI.

• ‌FIBROMYALGIA. LYMPH DRAINAGE MASSAGE MAY HELP PEOPLE WITH FIBROMYALGIA. THIS CONDITION CAUSES INFLAMMATION OF THE SKIN NERVES, DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN, AND TISSUE SWELLING. THE MASSAGE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE BETTER THAN CONNECTIVE TISSUE MASSAGE IN TREATING DEPRESSION, STIFFNESS, AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE LIVING WITH FIBROMYALGIA.

• LIPEDEMA.  LYMPHEDEMA FROM FAT IN YOUR LOWER BODY THAT BLOCKS LYMPH FROM DRAINING THROUGH YOUR LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.

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LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE HAS TWO STEPS. THEY ARE:

1. CLEARING. DURING THIS STEP, YOUR TISSUES WILL RELEASE LYMPH FLUID.

2. REABSORPTION. YOUR LYMPH FLUID MOVES INTO YOUR LYMPH NODES.

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READ MORE ABOUT LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE HERE

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MLD MASSAGE TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT CHURCHILL SQUARE, KINGS HILL

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​60 MINUTES £65

90 MINUTES £90

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TO REALLY BENEFIT FROM THIS TREATMENT AND SUSTAIN FASTER RESULTS, IT'S ADVISABLE TO BOOK A REGULAR COURSE OF TREATMENTS. 

A BLOCK OF FOUR TREATMENTS IS AVAILABLE TO BOOK FOR 60 or 90 MINUTES WITH A SAVING ON EACH APPOINTMENT. FOLLOW THE LINK TO BOOK A ONE OFF LYMPHATIC TREATMENT, A PROMPT WILL APPEAR FOR THE BLOCK BOOKING.

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ANY PROBLEMS NAVIGATING THE BOOKING SYSYEM PLEASE LET ME KNOW

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