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Hi , welcome everyone , yes .
Today we are going into the often overlooked and forgotten lymphatic system . So , alaina , you're our in-house expert so I will defer to you . All right Are all things lymphatic ? But I think this is a really good topic because so many people come in and they get a thermography and we tell them , oh , your lymph needs some help .
Or they complain about pain or vague symptoms and the first thing you and I think of is , hmm , wonder how their lymphatic circulation is .
Yeah , yeah , because no one thinks about it . No .
No , even in prepping for this , when we looked at the medical literature I mean , the NIH National Institute of Health had an article talking about how there's such a lack of scientific and medical attention given to the lymphatic system , and it's sad because I think it's a really important part of our physiology .
Well it is . And that's where I love that we decided to talk about this today , because I mean , how many times , sharon , do we see people in our office and we start talking about lymph ? And most people are clueless , oh for sure .
And I think we forget how clueless people are because it's such an everyday thing to us , but a lot of people don't know that it is one of the most important functions in the body , and so I'm excited to share a little bit today with people what it is and why it's so important . And I think a good place to start is , like what is the lymph ?
Yeah . So let's say , Joe Schmoe comes in off the street and they just got out of the office with me and they're like lymph , lymph , what . What do you tell somebody who asks you what is this about my lymph ? Why do I have to do this ?
Well , I think there's a lot of scientific explanations you can give people , but I think the easiest way to understand it is to look at it like a garbage system or even the plumbing underneath your house .
When the garbage or the plumbing backs up , the entire body suffers Because you've got this whole system of lymph nodes which are like filters , and a lot of people know about filter , not filters , but know about the lymph nodes when they're really working hard . You know , sharon , like we have , people come in like okay , can you feel them in your neck ?
People say I've got this swollen lymph node , I have this swollen that right here in my chest , and most times it's a swollen lymph node and these little lymph nodes filter out toxins such as bacterias and viruses , chemicals . You name the toxin , your little lymph nodes working hard to clean that out .
And then you've got the lymphatic vessels which are the pathways between the lymph nodes , and these pathways help . It's a circulatory system , but your lymph isn't pumped by your heart like your blood is , so we have to help create friction or vibrations to help the lymph move . So , once again , what is it ? It's your garbage system .
And I like to talk to people too about , hey , if you didn't take your trash out in your house , what would happen in your house ? So imagine in your body what's happening when you don't take the trash out .
Well , and when you think about the vessels , as there's so many analogies , so many word pictures you can draw with this and I always tell people think about the pipes under your house . You want water going out the drain . You don't want water coming up the drain . What happens when that comes into your bathtub , your shower , your sink ?
It's just , it's just , yeah , it's gross .
So same thing , yeah . So just understanding what it is in the first place helps . I think it helps people then understand why they need to take care of it , because otherwise people are just like , oh , lymph , I don't have to worry about it till I get cancer or something .
Yeah , so here's the next newbie question . So where is my lymph Like right here under my throat ? Is that it ?
Well , that's one of them , but you do have it from head to toe . You have lymph everywhere in your body . The biggest ones are going to be at your neck , right at your armpits , with apical nodes , and then you've got the stomach . That's your cisterna chile . It's your largest lymph node and the funnest one to say cisterna chile .
And then you've got the groin as well . But another interesting thing to note is , while we have lymph nodes from head to toe , 80% of it is in the neck up . Yeah , 80% . And we're walking around constantly , breathing in new toxins and allergens and all these things that are affecting our health .
And , once again , if you aren't taking it out , you're going to notice when they're swollen and that's where it's the most common , but it's everywhere .
Absolutely everywhere in the body . You know , even in medicine we tell people most viruses come in through the ears and the nose . So you kind of want a lot of drainage support there .
But the lymph is going to be part of the immune system . It's your first line of defense . You're exposed to a new virus or bacteria . You know anything like that ?
Yeah , for sure and so understanding that yeah , it is in your neck right but in your stomach and it plays a real important part in gut function , even .
Yeah , digestion . And just you know you think of people who have anxiety . So much of it is in the gut because so much of their lymph is not moving or it's working too hard . And it's amazing , once you get a little lymph moving , people's lives change . I know mine changed back in the day when I first started on the journey realizing what lymph was .
Yeah , it was night and day difference Just getting it to move .
I think another important thing yeah right , anyone is . You don't really hear anything about it until you have somebody , like with congestive heart failure , Right , right , and their legs are so swollen and or you know , somebody gets cancer and all of a sudden we're talking about lymph nodes .
Mm-hmm , but where ? If we started from day one , you know , especially on the thermographies that we see , I'd say 90% of the clients we see have lymphatic issues . It's actually rare to see someone who doesn't , but it's everyone . If you think it's not you , you probably still have some cleanup to do .
Yeah , for sure . And considering too lymph plays such an important role in fluid balance . Yeah , like people with congestive heart failure , you know , they get really bad lymphedema in their feet and their legs and they hurt . It hurts .
That's where people , also you , want to consider pain . Lymphatic function and pain go hand in hand and you know it's not always going to be the thing that gets rid of all the pain , that cures it . You know there's probably some trigger , but managing your lymphatic function is going to help you manage your pain with a lot less pain meds or supplements .
Yeah , dr Perry Nicholston . I mean , he's built his whole career and for those of you out there who've never heard of him , stopchasingpaincom is his website . He didn't pay me to say that . He didn't even know I exist . Yeah , but he's a great website and we point people to him all the time because he has great daily exercises for and his exercises are easy .
Oh yeah , you know to all of our listeners and viewers if you don't know his little lymphatic routine , it's amazing , it's so easy . Just a great thing to add into your daily routine and start moving that lymph , whether you know that it's in trouble or not . Still , you know , start working on it .
So how do you tell somebody who doesn't have swollen lymph nodes , how do they know if their lymph is working properly ?
Well , that's one of those things I don't think people know . Most of the time they can't tell . Some people are going to be very aware when they have all the swelling , but for a lot of the population it's not swelling , it's going to be pain , it's going to be fatigue or brain fog .
So it's learning to listen to your body and to just be aware of that digression , if you will , so you can notice the patterns that creep up on you and then you can get on top of it . So really , whether people feel it or not , I tell all my clients hey , if we haven't done a thermography , you know where we see it .
Otherwise I tell them , let's just act like it's not working because you're here for you know this liver problems or skin problems , you know what name it digestion . It's like your lymph is going to play a part and a lot of people walk around with a feeling of heaviness that they just accept as normal .
I'm convinced most people have no clue how good they could feel .
You know , I think that's true and I think if I had to pick one thing that hurt our lymph more than anything else , I personally would say a sedentary lifestyle , oh yeah .
But I think now , after having been in a couple of like I'm doing my clinicals for my nurse practitioner and you know we do labs here and we see people with low vitamin D levels , but it is nothing like what I have seen in these medical clinics . I think living sedentary lives inside is probably one of the worst things we do for our health and our lymph .
Yeah , because you're getting fresh air , you're getting some healthy amounts of sunshine . When you're outside you're usually not sitting down right , right right , and I mean they say sitting is the new smoking , so that right there is already doing yourself in . There you go , folks . Yeah , take that , yeah .
But I think for people who might be wondering , is lymph my problem ? Just act like it is . Act like it is from this point on and you'll notice that you start having a little more energy and we'll talk about you know a little bit , some techniques you can use .
But I think another telling sign I'm going to go back to you know , understanding if it's working or not .
A lot of the time when people go to do a detox , if you go to do a detox and you aren't feeling better from that detox , that is a great signal from your body that's saying hey , we can't keep up with this trash you're stacking up and I learned that you know years ago the hard way trying to detox without taking care of my lymph I didn't know what I
know now . I didn't have that understanding of that was as important , if not more so , than any detox . I do because if your lymph is working properly , your body doesn't have to work as hard to detox , because it's true and yeah , and when you're doing a detox , because we've seen people do this all the time .
They come in and like I want a detox .
I want to get up already Right .
I want to get hard , make it hurt . We can make it hurt , but that's not actually going to help usually . But where does it hurt ? Right ?
Because some people do a detox and it's like , oh my gosh , my guts are exploding , or they have headaches and so that's another area of your lymphatic function , or they complain about swollen ankles , or or you'll get a random heart , or like a random limb or arm .
one side swells more than the other , and that's always going to be lymph .
It's all evidence of that beautiful , invisible lymphatic system at work or hurting . Yeah , yeah , okay , so I said sedentary lifestyle inside , right . Yeah , I can't leave that part out , but what else would you add to that list , alayna , as far as things that hurt your lymph ?
Yeah Well , sedentary life , absolutely , and then eating junk food or eating bad food . And to clarify what bad food is anything that's processed and is not a whole food , like meat and veggies or fruit and nuts .
You know , if you have to get it in the middle aisles of the grocery store , it's probably not going to be good for your lymph , not going to be at all . That's a good point , and even medically .
Now they're starting to point out the . It makes me laugh because it's so far away from where we're at Ultra processed foods are so much worse than processed foods , but they're right , right . I mean , how do you get people to stop eating processed foods ? Some people just aren't going to Right , but some of us have no desire to eat processed foods .
But you know , you look at Sharon , you and even myself we've been on a long journey that we've learned . Hey , if I go eat at most restaurants , let alone going through a drive-thru , I'm not going to feel good and my lymph is probably going to back up .
We just , you know , we've had the opportunity to see this personally and professionally enough times and that takes time , it takes habits , and we help people with that every day . You know you got to start somewhere to make good choices .
You remember the time you had that girl come in and she was so constipated all the time she rolled off . Did you got to tell a story ?
Yeah , I mean , I know exactly who you're talking about . This gal had not had an unassisted bowel movement in I don't know . Seemed like forever , and she was so constipated I've set the bulbs on her and our lymphatic therapy uses frequencies to help stimulate the lymph .
Within 10 minutes things started kind of gurgling and moving and at 20 minutes she had to roll off the bed and go to the bathroom immediately . And you know , not everyone's going to get that instantaneous result , but a lot of people do .
A lot of people will be like hey , I know we're like halfway through the session , but I have to go to the bathroom now . And it could be through the balsor , the kidneys , you know it could be either one . But you start moving . Just a little of that junk is ready to go .
And let me tell you I can tell when someone's had a salad or a drive-thru burger before doing a lymphatic session , because when you're doing this therapy the bulbs stick to your skin where you're congested , and I can often be like so let's have a time of confession . You didn't eat what you were supposed to eat today , did you ?
Or yesterday , and it never fails . Or you talk about , hey , did you drink water today ? And they'll say oh yeah , I had some Well explain what some is , because I'm feeling none here and just a little bit of water . Suddenly things will start moving again , because that's another huge one . I know that we both see this all the time . People are dehydrated .
Okay , rabbit hole .
Yes , smart water , oh , okay Y'all . I don't have a scientific study to give you on smart water , but let me tell you , as a lymphatic therapist , I have never had someone's lymph Move . Well , who drinks smart water ? You know it tastes decent for plastic bottled water .
It's not just smart water , it's the alkaline waters .
Alkaline water and a lot of the waters that have added enzymes , because you don't know what enzymes , electrolytes y'all Enzymes . Enzymes you might need some of those too , but electrolytes it's usually the waters that are alkaline or have added electrolytes .
As much as you need water and electrolytes for your lymph to move , these cheap , crappy things you get in a plastic bottle aren't the answer , because it's just unbelievable how often the alkaline water is going to hit your gut lymph more than anything , the bad electrolytes that'll hit your entire body .
But then another thing that plays in with that is like Bluetooth and smartwatches , anything that emits EMFs . That's a big one , it's ah . I've been doing lymphatic therapy for over eight years now and I've just learned okay , when you get a little spot that's not moving , like up here by the ears in the neck , that's a big one .
You ask people hey , are you using Bluetooth earbuds or like a Bluetooth earpiece at work ? Even the hearing aids , yeah , and that one's hard , because you can't hardly get away from that . I think some of the hearing aids you can disable the Bluetooth .
We've even seen how it disrupts normal thermo regulation on thermographies when people wear Bluetooth . Yeah , and of course they have to Right , and this is hard to escape some of these technologies .
But that's where you have to do everything you can to keep it moving , and some people are going to have to work harder than others . If you're someone who has to wear the Bluetooth hearing aids , okay , you're going to have to work harder , but if you're someone who just wants a Bluetooth earbud for convenience , you're really hurting yourself .
The convenience isn't worth it in the end when you think of all that stagnant toxicity right there 80% of it right here and you're putting something on your head that says , hey , lymph , don't worry about moving , you can just camp out here , you can just have squatters rights .
And can we talk about what all that EMF does , bouncing off of the metal in your mouth ? Oh yeah , not even just lymphatically but health-wise . Oh my gosh , I mean we've seen . I mean years ago I had a guy come in he gave himself tongue cancer between his gold crowns and his cell phone , and this was before iPhones . It's a thing I mean , it is crazy .
And the problem is with regard to lymph , because we've seen , like where people wear their Apple watch or their smart watch and you run the lymph bulbs over where the watch is on the wrist and it sticks like glue .
And that's how you know , by the way , viewers and listeners , how the lymph isn't moving , because the bulbs will just almost stick to the skin , like they've been glued to them where they should really glide over , and that's a good indication of lymphatic congestion . And it's only people who wear the smart watches .
And I've had one or two people I mean maybe a few more than that whose lymph moved and they wore all that technology . But those were the unicorns . Those are rare .
Most people have a problem with the Bluetooth in their lymphatic system , and I would just always err on the side of caution and assume that you are one of those people who can't handle it either .
Because , truly , we don't measure what that does to the body . There are no measurements for it .
So we don't know , unless you're doing a thermography sometimes . And how about those thermographies where we see all the points in the head are blocked ? There's blocked regulation and that's usually a dead giveaway . But once again , we're using thermography in a way that not many people are familiar with and we're doing our part .
Go listen to our podcast on whole body thermography . But most people aren't getting that kind of testing done to see it , and it's not going to measure the wrist , so that's not going to show up . We just we know at this point it's always bad .
Yeah , and I think thermography , you know , in the lymphs , the lymph work . It has definitely attuned our senses to electrohypersensitivity , which we need to spend a whole podcast on .
But there are a lot of things where our lymph is impacted and sometimes it's very hard to know how people will understand oh , this is , it's something from my environment , but they haven't put together that it's an electronic device or that it's a the chair that they're sitting in or their sedentary lifestyle , and it is one especially with men in their inguinal
lymphs . So the lymph in your groin area . In a thermography it'll show up , usually pretty bad long . You know way back we didn't see that . Oh , you see an older men , but now men in their twenties and thirties we're seeing really stagnant lymph . And so my thing for everybody out there is if you sit down at your job , we sit at our job .
But we get up at the end of every appointment and I try to walk my client all the way down the hall . If I don't do that , I do stand up every hour and do some walking , you know , to go get my next client or whatever . But it's so important to stand up a part of every hour . If you're not working with people .
That's harder to do if you're in front of a computer . I would just encourage you make make a way to stand up . If it's that you stand up for all your phone calls or you set a timer , in 10 minutes of every hour you start standing up . But really I think it's a good idea to understand that we were , we were made to sit down .
I mean , look at some cultures don't really do chairs like we do . They squat . It's a more ergonomically appropriate position . But is it Dr Merkola who said I think he sits down two hours a day and that's ?
it .
That's crazy , because I know , when I've been on my feet for 12 hours working , I'm like , oh my God , I'm so tired , I just want to chair . But we really are made to move and when we don't move , you know , if you don't use it , you lose it .
Yeah , and a great trick too for making sure that you're moving all the time is you should be drinking a lot of water anyways , but if you are drinking water all day long , you're going to have to pee , and when you pee you got to get up , you got to walk .
Sometimes you know the restroom might be a little further or closer , it doesn't matter , but you're moving . So that's a great way to move without even thinking about it . Maybe you have to set a reminder to drink your water . That's a whole other topic , whole other habit to develop , but that's the best place to start .
Okay , that's a good point too . Another thing is you know , for people who go oh well , if walking is good for my lymph , then surely running is better . Is that true or false ?
That is false . Why ? Because I mean running is going to help , but you know it's going to help , but you need a short , sharp friction for it . And running you can get that sometimes , but it's not going to be the same as the gentle walking or rebounding and speed rope jumping those are the best because it's creating that little vibration .
Less is more with lymph . You know , if you go get a deep tissue massage it's going to hit some of the lymph but it's not going to really target it . Because if anyone out there's ever had a lymphatic massage , you know that it feels like they're doing nothing . I remember the first lymphatic massage I had .
I was so angry because I thought they just ripped it off , they cheated . Yeah , they didn't do any work . And then within a couple hours my nose started running and I don't think I drank enough water that day . This was years ago . I know way better now .
I started feeling like I had the flu by the end of the day because it was that gentle light touch therapy . So whether it's getting a lymphatic therapy or doing work at home , less is more . That doesn't mean you take two seconds to dry skin brush . You should take several minutes at least .
But running is going to help , but it's not going to be the same as the gentler easier movements .
Yeah , so you've talked about some of the things that help your live work better , right , and we've talked briefly , but let's go a little more into it , and I want you to do this because you're the resident expert the different types of lymphatic therapy , besides manual . Which manual ?
A lot of people love it and we're all for it , but if somebody's not expecting it , they're sure gonna go in and go .
I got cheated , yeah yeah , and that's what I'm saying for Huge fan of that , and that I think more people have access to manual lymphatic massage with the , you know , train massage therapist . But then there's other therapies , such as the ones we offer here , that use some machines that help stimulate the frequencies .
And you know there are good frequencies and bad frequencies . When we talk about EMFs , those are bad frequencies . They actually lower your body's frequency . But when you're using therapeutic frequencies such as the ones we're using in our lymphatic therapies , it's stimulating and , you know , energizing that natural function of your lymphatic health .
And you know we've got a few different things . We have Rife Technology , which is frequency therapy . It's just using the principle that , hey , certain frequencies can drive in healing to the body . There are other frequencies that can , you know , help just create vibrations to pathogens .
But when you're using the Rife Technology , there's several different programs we use there and I think that's a whole other podcast topic as well . To truly get into the nitty gritty of Rife On the to-do list , yes , but with our Lymph Star therapy this is a system where we're using two bulbs that have frequencies .
They're actually based on Rife Technology and we use these frequencies along the main lymphatic areas and there are some areas where we'll do a little sweeping to encourage that flow in the lymphatic system and it's a really relaxing therapy . Most people fall asleep and it's just a very gentle light therapy . And then there's the flow presso .
For people who like it a little more aggressive , it's like a hug machine , a squeeze machine that uses sequential compression with some infrared heat , and then there's a little microchip that goes at the base of your neck and it just sends a little signal . You don't even feel it or notice it , but it's just stimulating that lymphatic flow .
And it really comes down to cost and preference , which type of therapy you like to do . With the ones such as Lymph Star and Flow Presso .
The great thing about them is they're equivalent to about seven manual lymphatic therapies , and if you had seven manual lymphatic massages in a row you'd be sick as a dog , Because as you're stirring all that up , your body has to clear it out , Whereas with these therapies , using the frequencies , we're helping to break it up and also we're facilitating the exit .
We're helping to speed up that process of clearing it out of your body . So then the body can take a lot more , and for people who are dealing with major lymphatic issues . It could take a long time doing manual therapy but , once again , if that's what you have access to now , it's great . I love it .
And whatever therapy you're using , you need to back it up with doing lymphatic exercises at home , whether you're rebound , knee rope jumping , standing on a vibration platform , dry skin brushing , you know one thing I think we overlooked . I think we should kind of hit or did you talk about the order of flow , how it's a one-way system and you started the ?
extremities . No , we didn't See , that's one of those things yet again . It's just it becomes second nature once you start practicing and applying it . But that's a really good point , because you wanna make sure that you're encouraging the lymph to go out the right way , and that is everything towards your heart .
When you're dry skin brushing , you want everything to move towards your heart , so then your body can take it through . You have the thoracic duct up here and it takes it out through the kidneys and the liver .
If you're going the opposite way , you could really back yourself up , and so , even with the stomach , you know you either brush up or you do clockwise circles . You don't wanna go counterclockwise . That's a great way to get constipated .
Right . Well , in your lymphatic fluid , I mean that's , your lymph nodes are in those vessels cleaning it all up . So , yeah , you're gonna eliminate some of it through your kidneys , through your guts , but a lot of that gets recirculated .
And if it doesn't get out , what do you want ?
recirculating in your blood , cause that's where it goes .
You don't wanna go right back into your blood , and that's where you know sweating is beneficial as well . People who don't ever sweat typically have very blocked lymphatic systems , and so that's a big thing I like to get people doing as well .
And infrared sauna is the best because that's going to heat you from the inside out and get a deeper sweat and a faster sweat .
And there's people who it could take months for them to start sweating , but oftentimes we like to recommend do a lymphatic session and then get in the sauna , because that's gonna help your body need to sweat sooner , because not sweating is not it's not a privilege people think it is .
Not before you . That's true and it's interesting . I know you've told me before . Elena's brutally honest with me at times . Sometimes I wish you would just lie to me and make me feel better . But she doesn't . And Katie , same thing . They would do a lymph on me and they go oh my gosh , you smell like a garbage . I think , well , what is that about ?
But I think cause I wasn't eating garbage food . But you look at the places you go and the things that you do and , just like with our swimmers , we can smell them off , gassing chlorine , people who've had chemotherapy really at any point in their life , even decades before we can't stay in the room . You gotta set the bulbs where they go .
But then you gotta get out and think about when they put those chemotherapy drugs in .
I mean , nobody touched that stuff you know , yeah , most people , even if they've come through cancer and that's great , I always love hearing that but so many people still never did anything about their lymph and I feel like that's a big reason , One of the big players why oftentimes people's cancer comes back , because you didn't deal with that deep toxicity to begin
with . And so when people come and they're either wanting to work on that and preventing it or it's like , hey , I just wanna get healthy , and then you realize , oh , you've done chemo , and sometimes they forget to tell us that cause it's been so long ago . And I start doing that lymph and I instantly just can smell a sick odor and it's not .
They don't smell it and it's not affecting them because it's already in their pores and it's coming out of them . But as a therapist , you've gotta be careful . The body is letting go of some nasty stuff and that's great . People get self-conscious and yes , Sharon , I'm more brutally honest with you .
If you come here and you're my client , I'm gonna be a lot nicer . But this is really sharing . Yeah , it's really nice people . Well , even it's interesting , you know .
Yeah , I remember doing lymph on one of my colleagues before and he had complained cause his hands broke out Kind of a factor . And he was touching so many people , you know , through their clothes , and when I was doing lymph on him I was like it smells like a fragrance or something .
It's something fragrance and we're very unfragrance , like we have a rule you can't come in wearing perfume or fragrances , and because we have people who are real sensitive here . But I asked him about it cause he was like I thought he knew better than this and he's like Sharon , my hands hurt so bad .
He's like I touched so many people and everybody has dryer sheets that they it's dryer sheets , fabric softener and scented laundry detergent and all that has to get filtered out through your lymph too , and I think that it's just a good reminder .
It's hard to fathom , I guess , unless you've been there and experienced it , but I think the number one toxic chemical in the house isn't it a dryer sheet ? Yeah , yeah . Yeah , I mean it's because it's totally the scent .
It's not only the scent in it but also the chemicals that take to make those little things that can dry and put off a scent but not burn up . Yeah , yeah , get rid of them today , get rid of them yesterday , those that were using those .
Yeah , and your scented laundry detergents . I think it numbs your senses too , because people don't even smell it . And then for somebody- . Yeah , go ahead . Yeah , well , somebody who's not used to fragrances and perfumes , it's hard to take , it's very overpowering . Bam , Okay , so fragrances .
Let's say I just learned all this information , I'm going to go home , I'm going to start dry brushing , I'm going to throw out my scented laundry detergent and all my dryer sheets and I'm going to get a lymph therapy appointment . How long will it take for me to feel a difference ?
I think most people feel a difference right away , like they really do , and it just depends on the person as they run to the bathroom . Yes , can I say you're welcome , but it depends on the person . Some people can get one session and feel like a million bucks .
More times than not , though , especially if it's your first session , people are going to feel very sleepy and fatigued . You feel good , you feel light , but just so relaxed that you're tired . The rest of the day you can function , but you usually can't wait to go home and get a good night's sleep . And then it's the next morning .
You wake up feeling like a million bucks Because your body has had time to finish processing all that out . And if you've drank enough water because if you don't drink water , even after a lymph start or a flow pressor , you will feel ill by the end of the day but do your session , go drink your water , go get a good night's sleep , and people feel better .
And I think with the flow pressor , that one is kind of more telling for people who have any kind of lymphedema , because you can see , you can see the swelling go down after one session . Now how long it's going to stay like that , it really depends .
It depends on , okay , do you just need help getting this jump started and then you can take it from here doing all of your homework at home , which is the dry skin brushing and vibration platform and speed growth .
And it's super important .
You have to do your homework , always have to do your homework . Some people can do that one session and be great . Other people I mean I've had some people who come weekly for a couple months and the usual is come once a week for about four weeks in a row . That's enough to really get it going , and then you can start reducing from there .
Do one every couple of weeks and then get to where you do it once a quarter , and really for everyone , even the healthiest people , I always recommend get one lymphatic session a quarter or when the seasons change , and if you need more than that , come in for that . But at least hold yourself to . I'm gonna do this four times a year . It's not that much .
Everyone needs more than that , but that is the very least , because that's gonna help you stay ahead of seasonal changes that can affect your health and immune system , and especially as we're going into flu season , it's really important to stay ahead of that . Keep your lymph moving .
So then , when you're exposed to the different things that you're undoubtedly going to be exposed to just going about your day , your body's defenses are ready to handle it .
Yeah , yeah for sure . So what are some things ? Or if lymph could start feeling better tomorrow or I could start functioning better from lymphatic therapy , I think it's also important to give those to you . But if you've got , like Epstein-Var , viral issues that could Myoclinic exposure , yeah , that could kind of hang things up a little bit .
So I think it's important to have a practitioner working with you that has an understanding of your underlying issues , right .
Right , because that's where we do the therapy . But once again , the therapy's not going to fix everything Right . It usually comes alongside doing a specific detox protocol or taking lymphatic herbs or tinctures or homeopathics . That's a big one , that's such an easy big one taking a homeopathic to help it move . You know , it's not just one thing .
You can't eat one healthy thing and just be healthy , just like you can't do one good thing for your lymph or your filters and think everything else is gonna take care of itself . It'll be better , but it's not gonna be all better For sure .
And some of our favorite lymph cleansing products we use from Cellcore . We use Physica Energetics , both their homeopathics and their herbal tinctures . There's so many things out there , but I think too , for people to understand , if you're supporting your immune system , you're generally supporting your lymphatic system too , and the opposite holds true .
So when you support one , you're supporting the other .
And really I'd say the same goes for the liver as well . The more you take care of your liver , the less your liver I mean the less your lymph has to cleanse , because one of your main filters is working better . They go hand in hand .
I mean , how often is it I've got people doing the lymphatic part and castor packing or coffee enemas or something to help it . Like if I'm working on someone weekly in lymphatic therapy and things aren't clearing up , say , hey , go castor pack for the next couple of days and then come back .
Or I want you to do one or two coffee enemas before the next time I see you . And it's pretty amazing that it works just about every time and you still have to deal with everything else . But you just give that a little boost right there you take . Maybe we put you on a liver homeopathic .
There's so many other parts there that play with the lymphatic system .
Yeah , absolutely , absolutely . And what are your parting words of wisdom ?
Don't wait till your lymph is a problem . Start taking care of it today . And if you don't know what that means for you , even after listening to this because you're you know , maybe you're overwhelmed or you don't know where to start we're here . We will see you in person or virtually , and we can help you know where are the biggest areas of concern for you .
Is it gonna be more EMFs ? Is it more mycotoxins or heavy metals ? Is it your digestion ? We can help .
Yeah , absolutely , I think having . I remember when I first started messing around with lymph , I was hard pressed to get good information , and now I feel like people are more aware but there are gonna be a lot of people out there . Oh , I had no idea , I didn't know it was so important .
So just know that , whether or not you come in to see us , there are things you can do at home for your lymph , and a lot of them we've talked about .
but movement is so central to thriving not just surviving but thriving and I think the simplest , though too real quick , is with everything we've talked about . The simplest thing is dry skin brushing .
I agree it is simple . You know they use it for kids who have sensory processing issues because that's a lymph issue so much pain that we feel can be attributed to lymphatic congestion . And our lymph is really important . It's under-emphasized and I think too we're kind of like our gallbladders in extra organ .
We get told a lot of our lymph parts are extra organs and that is not true . It's a little bit alarming . I guess I realize there are reasons , but when you miss a lymph node , when you have lymph nodes cut out , then you've got to have other parts compensate .
When you have a spleen taken out , you know that you're gonna have a hard time managing your blood and so it's important to take really good care of our lymphatic system . Preventive maintenance , kind of changing the oil in your car . You do the things you're supposed to do so you don't have to make hard decisions later on .
And I think that if we just start to think of our lymphatic system , kind of like we think about getting our teeth cleaned at the dentist , we probably all be a lot healthier , especially this time of year with cold season , flu season , all the upper respiratory , and you can get on YouTube and you can find all kinds of dry skin brushing techniques and methods
and some people make it real mystical . They make it real rocket science-y . But it's none of those things doesn't have to be . It can be very simple , very crude . Anyone can do it . My grandchildren do it . It's so cute , anyone can do it .
Yeah , absolutely , you know . A final thing I wanna add is you know so many people are familiar with strep throat and having problems with tonsils and adenoids . They're part of your lymphatic system and I think if people understood that and understood that , that is your lymphatic and immune system saying hey , hey , hey , pay attention , hey , it's us .
You can prevent a lot of tonsillectomies , you can prevent a lot of chronic strep , you know .
So I just I forget that people don't always make that connection either , and I would love for people to know that , because I got my tonsils out years before I knew any better , and just doing a daily routine of dry skin brushing can prevent so much of that kind of loss .
Yeah , absolutely , absolutely Well , Alayna , I think we found the perfect place to end this episode . Yes , so we truly hope that you have found our information helpful and we'd love to hear from you . If you watched this episode on YouTube or Rumble , please like , subscribe , follow our channel and also you can check us out on Facebook and Instagram .
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