Lymphatic Drainage

What is Lymphatic Drainage?

It is actually stimulation of the Lymphatic system that encourages lymph flow. So it effectively speeds up the process.

What is Lymph and the Lymphatic System?

Lymph is colourless. It’s a fluid that contains white blood cells. This fluid bathes your tissues and drains via your lymphatic system into your bloodstream.

Your lymphatic system is like a large washing machine on spin cycle. It wrings your lymph out of your tissues and cells.

Functions of the Lymphatic System

• to produce lymphocytes and therefore prevent disease
• maintain fluid balance
• helps the immune system destroy pathogens and filter waste
• removing excess fluid, debris, waste, dead blood cells, cancer cells, pathogens, and toxins
• working with the circulatory system to deliver nutrients, hormones and oxygen from blood body tissue cells

Your Lymph glands are found

• behind the knee
• underarm
• groin
• abdominal region
• crook of the arm

• crook of the arm
• front of the neck
• behind the ear
• in front of the ear
• base of the skull
• beneath the chin
• under the jaw

They are connected by a network of vessels. Muscle movement is needed to move lymph as the lymph system does not have a pump.
The lymph system is responsible for delivering nutrients to your cells and carrying away water, bacteria, cellular waste, toxins and viruses.

So, as you can see it’s very important.

Lymphatic drainage actually helps treat a variety of skin and body conditions.