Lymphatics Australia

🤰🏻Don’t let Oedema take the joy from your pregnancy or fertility journey. ✨

Oedema is the technical term for fluid retention or swelling 💦 which is very common throughout the pregnancy or during fertility treatments, as the levels of progesterone are higher and the hormonal changes in the body are at their peak.

🦵🏽🦶🏽Legs and feet are usually the most affected in terms of swelling because lower body is the furthest from the heart, so it’s a bit harder and it takes a bit longer for the circulation and drainage process to be effectively done in those areas. 🔑 This is why Lymphatic Drainage is a must to reduce the swelling during this stage of life, it will help to balance fluid levels and speed up the process to eliminate fluid retention - that means less discomfort and more quality of life.

One more post about my unpopular opinion 😃 🪵

Wood therapy / Madero therapy / Colombian therapy, whatever you see it being called, as popular as it is, it’s not a scientific proven technique of Manual Lymphatic Drainage such as Dr Vodder, Leduc, Foldi, Godoy, Casley-Smith and other clinical methods.

👉🏼 This isn’t me talking s**t about wood therapy, but rather clarifying this topic to those who are new to lymphatics and want to seek the right alternative to address their health concerns.

MLD is a GENTLE pressure and speed massage that manually guides lymph towards lymph nodes, respecting the SLOW 🐢 pace of the lymphatic system. Aiming to reduce fluid retention and eliminate toxins. It doesn’t hurt and it shouldn’t cause any bruising. This is also the right technique for pregnancy, post operation, lipoedema, lymphoedema, chronic conditions if there is not health issues as contraindications. 🤲🏼

Wood therapy has vigorous manoeuvres and incorporates wooden tools. Similar to the Brazilian lymphatic drainage style where ‘fast and furious’ 🏎💨 moves are used to bring a ‘deeper’ sensation to the body work. This might be an unpopular opinion but it is NOT suitable to treat any of those specific patients mentioned above.

Do some research before booking an appointment out there so your expectation can be met and not put your health at risk 🙏🏽❤️.

💫 Feeling grateful for the opportunity to work with such powerful techniques and special people. 💫

Knowledge doesn’t come from nothing, it’s a pathway built up with lots of passion, study, investment and dedication. 📚🧬

💕 Thank you for trusting me to be part of your journey to achieve better quality of life, you are all definitely part of mine.

Love,
Nat 🧜🏻‍♀️

NUTRIENTS IN 🥗 WASTE OUT 💩

Your body won’t have the capacity to absorb new nutrients and transform it into energy if the old ones you consumed a while ago are still there.

There are many reasons why you may be constipated and it’s always good to check with your health provider if things are not progressing. Try natural ways to move your bowel, drink water - eat fibre - fruits - exercise - do lymphatic drainage: diaphragmatic breathing and abdominal massage support digestion and the drainage in the lymph nodes located in the abdomen.

💛 Do you feel better after lymphatic drainage? Leave your comment below 👇🏼

⚠️ 🥬 Your green juice won’t detox you, your lymphatic system will.

I am not saying you should stop drinking your healthy juice, smoothie or tea, I’m saying that they won’t have much effect if your capacity to receive and absorb these nutrients is low. Your body naturally detoxifies itself, it’s part of its vital functions but things can get really slow. 🐌

The lymphatic system is a crucial part of this detoxification process, it keeps bodily fluid levels balanced, it absorbs fats and fat-soluble vitamins and nutrients so they can make their way into the bloodstream. The filtering process of what lymph carries consists in keeping the good stuff in 🚪✨ and eliminating the bad stuff out 🚽💦.

It helps to filter out waste products and abnormal cells, protecting the body from infections and destroying old or abnormal cells the body doesn’t need. 🦠

📌 So the message here is YES, it’s super important to eat / drink healthy but a green juice or detox tea won’t detox you if your lymphatic system is clogged. Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) is proven to help the body detox process and work more efficiently as it reduces the amount of fluids carrying metabolic waste. If you want to have better results in your detox journey drink your juices, eat your greens, exercise, keep hydration high and also do your lymphatic drainage, it’s an integrative and logical approach: NUTRIENTS IN, WASTE OUT. 🙌🏽✨

A frequent question: “why does lymphatic drainage focus more on the front surface of the body?”

The short answer is because it’s where most of our cluster lymph nodes are. Even when we turn over on the massage bed to drain posterior surface (back), we still guide the fluid to the anterior side (front), apart from our popliteal lymph nodes (the ones behind our knees).

So if you’re a first timer doing lymphatic drainage this is a good post to understand that this modality of massage doesn’t focus on a “back massage”, yes, it’s lovely to get one too but the main goal is stimulating the lymphatic system to work faster and eliminate stagnant FLUID that is aggravating inflammation and causing symptoms like body swelling, abdominal bloating, constipation, acne, fatigue and many others.

Ps: MLD is super relaxing and should never hurt you.

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💓 Forever grateful for the opportunity to improve the quality of life of my clients. 💓

Manual Lymphatic Drainage is a gentle yet powerful massage that brings relaxation and promotes detoxification at the same time. This lovely client of mine comes weekly for her lymphatic sessions since she had breast implants removed and has felt a significant improvement in her wellbeing ever since.

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The importance of Lymphatic Drainage prior and during Fertility treatments 🤰🏻✨

Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) occurs when a woman’s ovaries swell and leak fluid into the body. This condition is a complication that can occur in women who receive fertility treatments that stimulate the ovaries to produce more eggs than usual, but there are rare cases of OHSS occurring spontaneously.

In most cases, OHSS develops because of high levels of the pregnancy hormone hCG following fertility treatments that stimulate the production of many eggs at one time, as is done with many IVF protocols. Substances used in these treatments cause the blood vessels surrounding the ovaries to leak fluid, making the ovaries to swell. Sometimes this fluid moves into the belly and other areas causing PAIN, ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT, SWELLING OF THE LIMBS, BLOATING, NAUSEA, SKIN BREAKOUTS and other symptoms.

The lymphatic system plays a vital role in our body, it works alongside the immune system fighting bacteria, pathogens; it distributes nutrients to cells and it is the body’s waste managemen to eliminate cellular wastes and toxins. A healthy lymphatic system will reduce levels of inflammation to better receive fertility treatments, balance the hormones and minimise the swelling caused by it.

💜 Send this post to someone you know that’s planning their fertility journey 💜

💫 Hello November 💫

The best month of the year is finally here 🙌🏽 when we are heading towards summer but still get the chance to watch the flowers bloom 🌺 it’s not too hot, not too cold 🌦. The last month of the year we can enjoy some time to ourselves before we give it all to Xmas time. 🎄

And just so it happens It’s also my birthday month 🥳 so I want to celebrate it doing a special ✨GIVE AWAY✨ of a Detox Combo session for one lucky winner!

🔥 Detox Combo 🔥
A power session combining:
- Dry body brushing +
- Lymphatic drainage +
- Infrared sauna 🧖🏻‍♀️

📍Announcement: 22nd of November 🥳

To enter the Give Away all you need to do is:
🧡 Follow our page;
🧡 Like this post;
🧡 Tag your friends on the comments.

Don’t miss it out, I can’t wait to meet the lucky winner! 🤞🏼✨

Love,
Nat 🧜🏻‍♀️

A client of mine sent me a reels (which I’m still deciding if I should post here or not 😵‍💫) the other day of someone having a post surgery Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) lymphatic drainage and the therapist was draining the abdomen incorrectly.

The first image of this post show the arrows pointing out to the axillary lymph nodes and not the inguinal ones: why is that if they are the closest to the incision? ❌ 👉🏼 they won’t be able to drain it properly as the incision done during surgery damaged the lymph vessel that make this drainage connection possible; so lymph needs to find another way out. It is now up to the axillary lymph nodes to take most of this load and do the job.

As a client you don’t have to be an expert in human anatomy, it’s really not your job in this case, but knowing the basics about the lymphatic drainage pathways may help you identify if the therapist you chose to do your post-op sessions know what their doing. Understanding lymph direction is the key 🔑 to a better and faster recovery. ❤️‍🩹

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Lovely review from one of our clients about our 90min “No Flow No Glow” session. She wanted to focused on her lower body as her legs felt heavy and swollen.

Lymphatic Drainage improves circulation and reduces swelling, promoting great relief and relaxation.

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Hello gorgeous✨
This is a reminder of how worthy you are. You, with all your imperfections, insecurities, your fears, challenges and everything that make you feel vulnerable and human.

Embrace it all for a minute, breath in - breath out - remember that you are BEAUTIFUL and worth it just the way you are and whoever tells you otherwise (and I mean ANYONE, from real life people to social media people) can get the reck out of your life 🥾.

- ✨”Change your thoughts, and you change your world.”✨-