Lymphatic Self-Massage

After self-massage, shaking and bouncing is recommended to help mobilized lymph continue moving through the vessel network. The self-massage protocol is described as taking 60 to 90 seconds and suitable for daily use. Self-massage strokes should move toward the heart and not away from it. The core self-massage stroke uses feather-light pressure and pulls toward the heart. Pulling lymph away from the drainage terminus is said to create backpressure against one-way valves. Self-massage targets common lymphatic drainage points where congestion accumulates.