Lymphatic drainage massage

If you prefer harder pressure and the feeling that your muscles are getting well and truly kneaded, this is the massage to try. The therapist asks if the pressure is too hard or too soft until she gets it right, then she sets about targeting areas such as under the arms and the lower back. During my session, she started with a relaxing aromatherapy massage to help me unwind. According to www.positivehealth.com, manual lymphatic drainage was developed by Danish physiotherapist Emil Vodder in the 1930s. The site says it involves light, rhythmical massage 'that aids the body in collecting and moving lymphatic fluid, which plays a key role in delivering nutrients, antibodies and other immune constituents to the tissue cells of the body and removing debris such as toxins, cell waste and dead particles which are then cleansed by clusters of lymph nodes'.