Your Surgery is No Accident!  

Although your surgery is no mistake, your body treats the area of the surgical procedure like the scene of a road accident.

Immediately ambulance, fire engine, and police cars rush to the scene. Not long afterwards, a cleanup crew arrives. A team of repair specialists also gather together at the site, and reconstruction materials begin arriving. Imagine what a traffic jam is created when all these workers, vehicles, and materials are in one place!

Your body’s white blood cells rush to the surgical site to guard against invaders; fluids carry cells, nourishment, vitamins, proteins, oxygen, and materials to begin rebuilding areas that need repair.

The lymphatic system, which is responsible for moving fluids, becomes overwhelmed with the traffic jam of additional materials and workers at the site. The area begins to swell.

A lymphatic therapist acts as a traffic cop, directing vehicles away from the scene of congestion. With gentle hand movements slightly moving the surface of the skin; fluid, waste, dead and broken blood cells, are directed away from the area, where they re-enter the blood stream through veins at the base of the neck.

At times, the therapist may need to coax the vehicles and workers along a detour, because pathways, or vessels need repair before they can handle any traffic.

Therapy is soothing and relaxing. Clients often drift into a peaceful rest while receiving the treatments.