4 ways to improve your manual lymphatic drainage massage

Unlike other massages you may have had in the past, manual lymphatic drainage massage detoxifies the body through specific strokes. The process of detoxification starts from the moment your massage and through these strokes the lymphatic system is stimulated.

Here are four ways you can improve your manual lymphatic drainage massage:

1. Drink water - being hydrated helps with the detoxification process

2. If you’re planning to have a meal, eat a light meal - you’re detoxing, its okay to have a little food in you belly but not too much

3. No alcohol on the day of your massage

4. Avoid applying body creams as they affect the lymphatic drainage massage strokes

At Angel Touch massage we are always thinking about optimum health and ways you can improve your massage experience so we hope you found this article helpful. If you have any specific questions about your upcoming lymphatic drainage massage be sure to talk to your massage therapist.

How Body Sculpting massage can improve the appearance of cellulite.

Body Sculpting massage can improve the appearance of cellulite and localized fat deposits due to the vigour of the strokes. This is possible because once you improve/promote circulation, using body sculpting techniques, it will increase oxygen transported to the area that has been worked on accelerating the metabolic processes.

Body sculpting technique can be applied to the whole body but it’s mostly used for shaping arms, abdomen, legs, ankles, gluteus, flanks and back where most accumulated fat is found.

At Angel Touch, we combine two techniques; Brazilian lymphatic drainage & body sculpting. The lighter, rhythmic stroke is the lymphatic drainage and the body sculpting stroke is the more vigorous strokes. It is the intensity of the body sculpting strokes that shapes those muscle fibres and contour the body’s natural shape. That’s why when you come for your Angel Touch massage, you experience a light stroke and then the next stroke vigorous and so on.

When body sculpting and lymphatic drainage massage is combined with regular exercise, solid water intake & healthy diet the results will improve even further.

BEFORE & AFTER

The left leg is before the massage and the right leg has been drained and sculpted using the Angel Touch technique.

10 signs that may indicate lymphatic congestion

Our lymphatic system is made up of a huge network of vessels and nodes, the fluid in our lymphatics is called lymph (colourless fluid). This fluid is a mix of water, fats, salts, glucose, proteins, and white blood cells, also known as the infection fighting squad.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT and its main function is to eliminate toxins, pathogens, and the waste from the body. Do you know when you get a blister and you are told not to pop it but you do it anyway? The clear liquid that oozes out is lymph.

Here are 10 signs that may indicate lymphatic congestion:

• Mental fog or “brain fog”

• Compromised immunity

• Frequent sickness

• Swelling and fluid retention

• Cellulite and stretch marks

• Swollen glands

• Dry and itchy skin

• Tiredness and fatigue

• Cold extremities (hands & feet)

• Unexplained weight gain

Talk to your local lymphatic drainage specialist to see if this massage could benefit you.

Feel slimmer after Lymphatic Drainage massage? Here’s why

Lymphatic Drainage massage can certainly make you look and feel lighter. Fluid retention causes areas of the body to swell up, the most common areas are the legs and abdomen area. The lymphatic drainage can visibly reduce these areas. For this reason it brings the visual and the feeling of being light after the massage because you are lighter, you have lost fluid and this affects your measurements.

However, lymphatic drainage massage does not burn fat. The definition of your curves only happens with the body sculpting massage, that's another massage technique all together. Mostly known as "massagem modeladora" in Brazil, modelling massage better translates to sculpting massage in English, these are specific massage strokes that are fast and vigorous to target/treat localized fat and cellulite.

Angel Touch® massage combines both the lymphatic drainage and body sculpting techniques from Australia and Brazil, bringing our clients amazing results in reducing that swelling in the body.

Essential Oils with Massage

With the cooler months having arrived, we need to keep our bodies in optimum health. Essential oils are an amazing way to achieve what we desire whether thats an uplift, stress relief or soothing experience.

I have put together some massage oil combinations that can assist in optimising your massage and health:

• Basil, Geranium, and any citrus oils (uplifting)

• Basil and Wintergreen (stress-relief)

• Black Pepper, Marjoram, and Lavender (warming and soothing)

• Marjoram, Lavender, Peppermint, and Cypress (soothing)

• Lavender and Peppermint (soothing)

• Rosemary and Wintergreen(soothing)

• Neroli Touch, Lavender, Ylang Ylang, Marjoram (aromatic)

You can purchase DoTerra oils through me, click here to add some beautiful massage oils to your collection.

Please note: Massage oils are hot or warm oils that will always need dilution, either with Fractionated Coconut Oil or the doTERRA Hand & Body Lotion. To test for sensitivity, add small amount of diluted oil on a small patch of skin and monitor for up to 5 minutes for a reaction.