At Professional Lymphatic Therapy, we see clients with a myriad of medical conditions, but much of our business consists of treating individuals who have recently undergone cosmetic or medically necessary surgery. If you’ve read my previous blogs or watched my videos, you already know that the lymphatic system is a vascular system that filters and removes toxins, waste, excess fluid, etc., from the body. So, often when we undergo a surgical procedure, somewhere in the body, t

Almost as soon as I became a Licensed Massage Therapist, I was told that I ‘needed’ a BioMat® for my business. Not knowing what that meant, I ignored that piece of unsolicited advice and began to build my practice. Then, my clients started telling me about their experiences with the BioMat® ® and how it helped them, so I began to listen. People were telling me they LOVED their BioMat® and how much it helped to mitigate - and sometimes completely alleviate - their pain, swelli

First, let’s answer the most common question: “What is colon hydrotherapy (a colonic)?” According to the National Board for Colon Hydrotherapy (NBCHT), “The practice of colon hydrotherapy is the introduction of warm, filtered and temperature regulated water into the colon, the waste is softened and loosened, resulting in evacuation through natural peristalsis. This is repeated several times during the session.” So, what are colonics good for? The most obvious answer is consti

Great question, and one we hear all the time. The short answer is, ‘It depends…’. Allow me to expand on this. In previous blog posts and on my website, I describe the various reasons people come to us to receive lymphatic drainage massage. To reiterate: the reasons are numerous. Beyond that, individuals come in all shapes, sizes, ages, degrees of health (or ill-health), so we do not assign a ‘one size fits all’ approach to our services. There is a massive difference between r

The short answer is most Americans could use a lymphatic drainage massage (BTW – there are those in the massage community who wince when they hear “lymphatic drainage ‘massage’”, citing that it is not actually a ‘massage’, but that’s a post for another time). If you’ve read my previous blogs, you know that I refer to the Lymphatic System as the ‘waste management’ of the 11 body systems. And as long as the Standard American Diet (SAD) is so popular, the lymphatic system will a

This is a great question, one which we receive often, and it requires us to take a few steps back to understand the larger picture. The Lymphatic System is a foundational part of the Immune System, in fact, it’s arguably half; the other half is the cardiovascular system. So, quite literally, the Immune System = blood + lymph. To oversimplify it, the blood is like Fed-X and the Lymphatic System can be likened to waste management. Almost everything we eat, drink, breathe in or

When I left my corporate career back in 2012, I now realize I was running more from corporate life than to a career massage therapy. I just knew I had to make a drastic change if I was to have a quality life/work balance. So I took the leap, quit my job, went to massage therapy school and graduated with honors! The first few years of self-employment were a mixture of excitement, enthrallment (I didn't realize bodywork could help so significantly!) and daunting fear. Could I R