Massage after care advice
To ensure that you gain maximum benefit from a massage treatment, I recommend that you:
- Loosen tight clothing – this inhibits lymph flow
- Increase the amount of water you drink over the next few days – the body will be in a state of high toxicity for a few days after the treatment
- Reduce your caffeine intake (coffee, tea, colas)
- Avoid alcohol for 24 hours
- Try to cut down on smoking
- Make time to rest and relax- this allow the blood pressure to return to normal if has dropped during a treatment (this often happens)
- Regular (but not too strenuous) exercise helps with muscle contraction, therefore lymph flow
- Deep diaphragmatic breathing also helps to promote healthy lymph congestion
- Diet is important; a light diet of row foods id recommended so that the body does not need to concentrate on sluggish digestions. Remember, low sodium diets are recommended for a healthy lymphatic system – poor diets are a contributing factor to poor lymphatic drainage
Occasionally, you may experience reactions when the body its self-healing process and elimination of toxins. These reactions may include:
- Frequent visit to the toilet
- Runny nose and/or cough
- Slight rush as the skin rebalances
- Perspiration – another way that the body can excrete waste
- Conditions which have been suppressed may flare up temporarily before they heal
- Deep sleep or difficulty sleeping and vivid dreams
Those reactions are only temporary and should clear within 24-48 hours. They are positive signals that your body has responded to the treatment and is balancing itself.
