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Should You Get a Lymphatic Massage After Surgery?
Summary Lymphatic massage helps with swelling and comfort after many surgeries, but it is not universally necessary. It has the strongest support after mastectomy, cosmetic procedures, and certain other surgeries, while research on preventing chronic swelling is genuinely mixed, so the right choice depends on your specific surgery. Even without firm evidence, lymphatic massage’s goal…
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Understanding Heat Dysregulation and Its Impact on the Nervous System: A Guide to Massage Therapy
Heat Dysregulation and Massage You may not think of massage when you think of heat dysregulation; in fact, you may not think of wanting to be touched at all. In terms of our ability to ‘feel good,’ the interplay between the external temperature and our internal nervous system is a delicate balance that affects our…
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Lymphatic massage: What is it and why it won’t make you lose weight?
What is lymphatic massage? To start let’s go over what exactly lymphatic massage is. It is a light touch massage modality. It focuses on skin depth manipulation of the epidermis, in an effort to move fluid through the body. Targets include the lymphatic capillaries and the lymph nodes. It is now common to see in…