If there’s one thing the wellness world is obsessive about, it’s detoxing. There isn't any shortage of cleanses or products that promise to eliminate all the toxins in your body, so it’s unsurprising that a style of massage that guarantees to “drain” your body of poisons is growing in popularity: manual lymphatic drainage (MLD).
Your lymphatic system is a network of organs, vessels, ducts, and nodes that move lymph (a fluid made up of white blood cells, proteins and fats) out of your tissues into your bloodstream, eliminating waste and toxins – it’s sometimes called your body’s own sewage system (sexy). The thought is that by massaging your lymph nodes, manual lymphatic drainage supposedly stimulates the lymphatic system and accelerates the...
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