Andrew Huberman

Like if you wanted to do self lymphatic massage, there are ways to do this.

There's instructions online.

And it generally goes from, you know, people rubbing their skin fairly gently.

People are always encouraged to do this more gently than they think they have to.

To then usually there's some slapping or tapping, which seems kind of odd to those of us that aren't familiar with this.

but it all makes perfect sense given that those lymphatic capillaries are so small diameter.

You don't want to be pushing hard on the surface of the skin because those lymphatic capillaries will collapse or in some cases rupture.

And so deep tissue massage is kind of the opposite of what we're talking about when we talk about lymphatic massage, which is also why when people talk about, you know, gua sha or a jade roller, it seems kind of woo, but the whole point is that you're applying gentle pressure.

And I think it's really important to point out that there's a lot of discrepancy out there in terms of the direction and places to start and finish when doing lymphatic massage.

And we'll talk about that in a little bit.

This is actually crucial because you really don't want to be squeezing or pushing on the lymphatic nodes, especially because they often contain infections that are being battled there, right?

So massaging your lymph nodes directly should be left to professionals.

And in many cases, those professionals told me it's not generally a good idea, right?

Because within those lymph nodes is where you've got the battle between infections and bacteria and things that just need to be cleared by your immune system.

We're talking about massaging the lymphatic vessels.

So we've talked about a couple of practices for improving lymphatic drainage.

We've talked about some of the practices that might seem odd when you first encounter them, but they make perfect sense when you understand the structure function of the lymphatic system.

I want to talk a little bit more about how the lymphatic system is organized so that you can leverage any practices, including the ones I talked about and some that I'm going to talk about more in a few minutes in order to get drainage of lymphatic buildup in the areas of your body and or face that you want and need.

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