How To Do A Lymphatic Drainage For Body Detox Video

Draining lymph fluid to detoxify the body can be a fulfilling massage experience. Learn the art of giving massage in this health video.

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Use fingertips
Lightly caress cheeks toward temples
Move towards heart

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Melisa Brown is a licensed massage therapist specializing in Thai Massage, Shiatsu, Pre-Natal Massages for expecting mothers, Post Mastectomy Massages, and more. Brown was trained at the Educating Hands School of Massage in Miami, and the Institute of Thai Massage in New Jersey. She is currently a teacher at the Educating Hands School of Massage.

MELISA BROWN: Hi, my name is Melisa Brown and I'm a licensed massage therapist here in Miami, Florida. I'm with U Need A Massage. In this clip, I'm going to be talking about how to do lymphatic drainage for body detox. Lymphatic drainage is the lightest type of massage. I'm using the tips of my fingers, probably these two the most or my thumbs. And I'm just very lightly using these to drain the lymph, so I'm going as lightly as possible. And I'm going around the cheeks very, very, very light. I'm going towards the temples. This is as close as you can think of getting to a feather massage. And I'm going very gently, very slowly. This is great for any type of swelling, puffiness. The same thing you're going to find in our hands whenever we're swollen. A lymphatic drainage is for very, very tightly--very loosely draining it out of the hand. I'm not going towards the fingers because that would make it even more. The swelling is going to be taken out going towards the heart, and we're moving it towards the lymphatic drainage, the lymphatic system. The same thing can happen when we're going to the ankles. I'm draining and I'm going very gently. Notice I'm using my forefinger for this. Sometimes we have a lot of fluids in our ankles. Very light.

How to Do a Lymphatic Drainage for Body Detox Video

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