Lymph Drainage Therapy is an
original hands-on method that supports the proper movement of lymph through the
body.
Lymph Drainage
techniques are a gentle and efficient hands-on technique.
Developed by French physician Bruno Chikly, LDT is among the most
scientifically documented, gentle and efficient hands-on therapeutic tools
practiced today. It is a very unique
approach to promoting health.
The Lymphatic System
is very important to good health. The proper functioning of the
lymphatic system is critical to our body's ability to operate at peak
performance. This system drains fluids, detoxifies and regenerates tissues,
filters out toxins and foreign substances and helps us maintain a healthy
immune system.
If lymph circulation stagnates however, toxins accumulate and
compromise cellular functioning, which opens the way to physical ailments.
LDT is a gentle,
light-touch, noninvasive technique. Clients often go into
a deep state of relaxation as the water in their tissues is slowly moved into
lymphatic vessels, down into lymphatic nodes and ducts and back to the
circulatory system.
Practitioners of LDT learn how to “manually attune
the specific rhythm, pressure, quality and direction of the lymph flow by using
precise hand techniques.” This allows the practitioner to restore the normal
flow of fluids from the tissues to the circulatory system.
Practitioners move
lymph from the tissues to the circulatory system. During the process stagnating
fluid, toxins and wastes are drained as well. As lymph travels through
lymph nodes, the body can generate the production of more lymphocytes to
reinforce our immune response.
LDT can also help with:
-
Increased circulation in
joints
-
Pre and Post Surgery
(reduction of swelling and improved healing time)
- Helps to detoxify the liver
and other organs
- Regeneration of tissues,
including burns, scars and wounds
- Stimulation of the immune
system.
Contraindications of LDT include:acute infectious/early onset inflammatory disease and fever, serious circulatory problems such as thrombosis, major cardiac problems including acute angina pectoris and coronary thrombosis (heart attack), hemorrhage (bleeding) and active-cancer patients if the tumor has not been removed and is not under medical control.
