Hello friends,I've recently been listening to a really great podcast series called " Folding Towels " by a couple of massage therapists. It 's mostly aimed at massage therapists, but I wanted to share a nice episode about the history of massage . Episode 125: Touch is older than Medicine.The episode discusses the origins and development of massage.It 's likely that massage developed in many different places all at the same time. Consider that massage at it's most basic is intentional touch ....

Have you ever thought about getting a massage while you're sick ? Maybe the joint and muscle pain that often accompanies a fever has made you really keen to receive some relief. The reality is that massage when you're acutely unwell with a cold or flu might make your illness worse. When your body is fighting an infection, the lymphatic system works to localise the infection at sites of lymphatic nodes. Think about how your throat swells up with the flu, this is just one area of prominent...

Today, a little bit about manual lymphatic drainage in recovery after liposuction surgery. Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) is becoming increasingly popular. It is useful not only after surgery, including liposuction, but for immune health, oedema, digestion, allergies, headaches and actually so many more conditions. Post-liposuction lymphatic massage needs to be gentle because of how the lymphatic system is built and because of what the tissues have just been through during surgery. The...