Lymphatic drainage massage is a procedure of restorative action, which is shown even to perfectly healthy people. After the first session you will feel positive changes in your self-awareness, and after a full course the effect will be even more pleasant! Unfortunately, not everyone has the time and opportunity to attend a course of salon procedures. However, with a certain skill, you can learn and lymph drainage massage at home.
Lymphatic drainage massage: effect
Lymphatic drainage massage at home, conducted by an amateur, of course, will not be as effective as the one that a professional with rich experience will do to you. However, many women easily master this type of massage and notice significant improvements in their health. Even performed alone, lymphatic drainage massage to some extent will give the following results:
- improving the flow of oxygen and nutrients into the cells;
- effective removal of metabolic products and decay from cells;
- improvement of the functioning of all cells of the body;
- restoration of the structure of body tissues;
- improvement of metabolism at the cellular level;
- fighting inflammatory processes;
- weight loss (due to fluid withdrawal);
- withdrawal of extra intercellular fluid;
- effective fight against cellulite;
- acceleration of lymph current;
- the disappearance of edema;
- improvement of skin tone.
Incidentally, it is anti-cellulite lymph drainage massage that is especially popular with enterprising women who decided to master this wisdom at home.
Lymphatic drainage massage at home: contraindications
There are some contraindications, in which case you should abandon this idea and find another way of general recovery:
- previously transferred plastic surgery (including Botox, the introduction of gold threads and filler);
- any benign and especially malignant neoplasms;
- all diseases of the cardiovascular system;
- period of pregnancy, especially the first trimester;
- use of a pacemaker;
- diseases of the nervous system;
- suppurative rashes on the body;
- open wounds on the skin;
- epilepsy.
In all other cases, you have no apparent reason to refuse lymphatic drainage massage. Before using it, in any case, it is recommended to consult a specialist at least in online consultation.
How to do lymph drainage massage?
The most important thing is that you have to master the techniques of lymphatic drainage massage and train your hands, which at first will be very quickly tired. The more training - the easier it will be for you to give this procedure. In order to speed up the metabolism and facilitate the course of the procedure, a few days before the start of the course you need to start drinking 2 liters of water per day, if you do not already. This - the norm for an adult, according to doctors. Consider how to do lymphatic drainage massage:
- take a comfortable posture - reclining or sitting, and apply on the palm cream or oil for massage;
- on the inner surface of the hips near the knees, put your hands and with gentle, stroking movements raise your hands up, moving to the inguinal lymph nodes (it is important to massage only this way!);
- follow this movement several times: the first seven strokes gradually increase pressure on the body, and the next seven, on the contrary, soften strokes;
- similar stroking movements massage the inner side of the calves and thighs towards the stomach.
It is lymph drainage foot massage is considered the most accessible, simple and understandable. Even without a medical education, you can easily do everything right, if you do not deviate from the instruction. This procedure can be carried out daily for two weeks, after which you should take a break.