Spring Cleaning for the Liver and Lymphatic System
It’s out with the old and in with the new for springtime, and the same goes for toxin build up in your body. Just like good housekeeping, there is good body keeping! Cleansing at least once a year is especially helpful, and even more supportive if done as the seasons change. Just like the temperature, the foods we eat during each season change. As we move from winter to spring, the body is working up towards some of the busiest months of the year.
The liver is one of the main organs to take toxins out of the body, and is also one of the hardest working organs in our body! The liver works with other organs to detox blood, produce bile, breakdown hormones, and acts as a storage facility for our vitamins and minerals. If the liver is not functioning properly, it can effect many other areas of our body.
Some things you may notice if your liver is not performing at its best include:
gas or bloating, constipation, heartburn, acid reflux, yellowish tint to skin and eyes, high blood pressure, difficulty losing weight, cognitive difficulties, dark urine, chronic fatigue, poor appetite, and chronic fatigue.
To help support your liver we can help the body detox with the right nutrition supplementation using muscle testing. We can also help detox by doing detox foot baths or lymphatic drainage therapy.
The goal of the whole lymphatic system is to move toxins through the body effectively. If the lymphatic system slows down then toxins get backed up and the liver can't do it's job, causing all sorts of problems.
The lymphatic system is composed of vessels throughout the whole body that carry lymph fluid through lymph nodes and particular organs and then through more vessels in order for the lymph to be dumped and recirculated into the blood stream at the collar bones. Unlike blood vessels which have a heart to pump blood, lymphatic vessels don't have a pump to move lymph. Lymph moves by contraction of your muscles. That is why exercise is important for detox among other things.
If the lymph gets backed up and toxins cannot be moved through the body headaches, brain fog, fatigue, mucus in the morning, recurrent sore throats, frequent colds, constipation, unable to lose weight, joint stiffness in the morning, sore breasts, itchy skin and more can occur. These toxins can literally reek havoc in all sorts of ways.
To help the lymphatic system not get backed up with toxins dry brushing, oil pulling, rebounding, foot detox bath, all help with the lymph and so does a lymphatic therapy session.
Lymphatic therapy aims to improve the efficiency of not only your lymphatic system but also your circulatory system. By dropping the volume of retained fluid and the pressure this special type of massage can also reduce the risk of impeded circulation. Lymphatic drainage therapy has the potential to improve your immunity and is really beneficial post-surgeries and postpartum. Dr. Armitstead loved getting lymphatic therapy after delivering her daughters to help with recovery.
We use the Lymphstar Pro Fusion machine which is an electronic instrument that is amazing at moving the lymph at a deep level. It uses low grade electrons to move the lymph and also improve microcirculation and general circulation by the massage therapist running bulbs across the skin. When the glass bulbs sticks to the skin there is lymphatic congestion and when the glass bulb smoothly glides over the skin there is no congestion. If the bulb sticks then the massage therapist slowly goes over the area until it no longer sticks.
There are only a handful of these Lymphstar Pro Fusion machines in NYC and we are so happy to have one to give patients amazing results.
Lymphatic Therapy Is Beneficial For:
Getting toxins out of the body
Cellulite fat accumulation
Pre-Post Surgery Swelling
Lymphoedema
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Swollen legs or arms due to fluid retention.
Hormonal & emotional imbalances.
Breast tenderness & congestion.
Post-mastectomy or breast cancer treatment.
Fibromyalgia & Lupus
Depression & Anxiety
Recurrent infections
Our lymphatic therapy sessions are 30 minutes for post-surgery or postpartum or 75 minutes to increase the lymphatic flow and circulation that is needed to help heal the body. The lymphatic enhancement practitioner will guide you about the treatment follow up depending on your medical condition.