MLD uses gentle rhythmic strokes to help stimulate your lymphatic system and to move fluid out of congested areas to reduce swelling and pain and promote deep relaxation. This style of massage can help with inflammatory conditions such as autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, headaches/migraines, injury recovery such as whiplash, sprains/strains and post-surgical swelling. This is a very slow, nurturing and relaxing form of massage that can ease pain, speed healing and calm the nervous system.
- For clients with lymphedema, as a MLD certified therapists we can work with people maintaining stage 0 and 1 lymphedema. We do not provide care for advanced lymphedema, compression, wound care or garment fitting.
- For everyone: Because MLD moves fluid through your body you should not receive MLD if you do not have healthy kidney or heart function.
- Post-surgical clients, please check with your surgeon that you are cleared to receive MLD.
Marina is our certified manual lymphatic drainage practitioner.
