Best Lymph Drainage Therapist Richmond Near Me

4worldlovers:
For this month, I am offering the Integrative Bodywork: Crown session at the discount price of $100! Experience realignment of your cranial bones, tension release of the soft tissues of the face, neck and scalp, and draining and detoxification of the face, sinuses and décoletage. Utilizes Cranio-Sacral, Acupressure, Swedish and Lymphatic Therapy, cupping optional. Book a session now.


Book an appointment for Cupping, or Lymphatic Therapy to detoxify, boost immunity, and mitigate side effects from innoculations. Or experience an Acupressure or Cranio Sacral session to calm the nervous system and rebalance your bio-energetic matrix.

4worldlovers:
• Have you heard that your body is mostly water? Did you know that a majority of that water is actually lymph fluid? Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) was developed in Europe in the 1930’s by Dr. Emil and Estrid Vodder.

Dr. Vodder MLD is recognized worldwide as the gold standard of MLD techniques because it is considered to be the safest, most effective, and gentlest approach to cleansing the body’s tissues and results in a profound detoxifying effect.

• MLD benefits more than 60 different health conditions. Scientific studies, as well as vast clinical experience, have supported the effectiveness of MLD.

• Your lymphatic system can be thought of as the garbage collection system of the body, and as such, flushes toxins and waste out of every cell, tissue and organ. In this way, the lymph system plays a vital role in your immune system.

• Lymphatic drainage is a gentle process that encourages these channels to drain and clear up, improving health both mentally and physically.

• Skepticism is encouraged, especially if you are unfamiliar with lymphatic drainage and are just now exploring its potential benefits. Don’t worry- its benefits are well supported via clinical studies. Studies have demonstrated its benefits benefits with respect to breast cancer and general well-being. If you’re diving deep and doing your homework, we recommend these studies to start:

1. August 2020 - Pubmed Manual lymphatic drainage treatment for lymphedema: a systematic review of the literature

2 December 2020 - Pubmed - Manual lymphatic drainage for lymphedema in patients after breast cancer surgery

3. December 2019 - Sagepub - Manual Lymphatic Drainage in Postoperative Abdominoplasty With Core Liposuction Patients

4. January 2010 – Wiley Online - Effects of mechanical massage, manual lymphatic drainage and connective tissue manipulation techniques on fat mass in women with cellulite

5. September 2013 – British Journal of Community Nursing - Manual lymphatic drainage: exploring the history and evidence base

Helps You Get Back To Normal Life Faster After Surgery. Your Healing process is accelerated with MLD. When you reduce swelling, pain, bruising and activate the immune system by cleansing the tissues, this promotes a speedy and effective recovery process.

Unlocks The Relaxed State. Your body requires a relaxed state to heal. Modern life creates a high stress "fight or flight" mode which does not promote healing. MLD turns off the stress response, so your body can be in the optimal healing zone.

Activates Immune System. MLD stimulates immune cell circulation. The lymphatic system supports your immune function by removing waste products in order to minimize risk of infection.

Reduces Swelling. When the lymph vessels are cut, as in surgery or injury, the lymphatic fluid builds up causing swelling in your tissues. MLD will gently re-route the fluid, thus reducing swelling and inflammation.

Reduces Bruising & Pain. MLD moves damaged cells out, improves skin regeneration and tissue health. MLD has a profound analgesic, or pain-relieving effect.

MLD Reduces Scarring. MLD promotes soft, pliable tissues. Scarring and buildup of nodules are reduced. Hard tissue is softened.

Faster Recovery From Sports Injuries. When pain and swelling are reduced, you can get back to doing the fun sports activities that you love with maximum mobility.

Cleanses Tissues by draining excess fluids. This will detoxify and minimize your risk of infection. This reduces cellular debris such as bacteria, damaged proteins and dead cells that accumulate due to fatigue, stress, medications, lack of physical activity or age.

"Lymph Drainage Massage is an essential wellness practice, and is critical for women with breast health issues. Ida helped me prepare and recover from mastectomy and reconstruction. I couldn't recommend her more!"

"As a plastic surgery coach, I know how important Manual Lymph Drainage is for pre and post op plastic surgery. It makes a huge difference during recovery. I have been searching for a skilled, licensed MLD practitioner for my Bay Area clients without any luck. I was thrilled to meet Ida and have her magic hands work on me. Ida is warm, friendly and caring. My treatment was not only relaxing, but I felt wonderful afterwards and was much less puffy! I wish I knew Ida when I was planning my surgery. Anyone considering a plastic surgery procedure should work with a Vodder-trained MLD therapist. I highly recommend that you go see Ida at her office in Berkeley."

4worldlovers: I have been running my practice since 2013 after graduating from the National Holistic Institute as a certified massage therapist (CMT), and after also studying Thai massage back in 2007. I soon grew tired of doing massage the way I had been classicaly trained, because clients would tend to come back with the same issues and the work wasn't sticking. This led me to train with Jocelyn Olivier at the Healus NeuroRehab Center in Mill Valley, where I learned about neuromuscular reprogramming over the course of the next few years and am still learning more and more about that work. This opened up a whole new world of changing patterns and pain in the body and nervous system, but I eventually discovered there were limitations to that as well. I also trained with Gabriel Posner during this time to learn about somatic bodywork off and on for years, and this sparked the interest that led me to my most recent certification program. After becoming a certified ThetaHealing practitioner in 2019, I was pressured to give up in-person work during the pandemic in 2020 and so I leaned into the energy work that had learned. I found that this work helped others not only release their limiting beliefs to help them grow and heal emotionally and spiritually, but eventually began to see the connection between long-term pain and imbalance patterns in the body that couldn't be healed with physical interventions and the improvement and sometimes even disappearance of them after deep ThetaHealing work. After going back to in-person work, I began to weave these skills and modalities together into the work that I am doing today. I now am certified in trauma-informed breath work facilitation as of 2021 thanks to Katie Johnita, and I am becoming certified as a somatic mind-body coach currently to deepen my skills and understanding, and to expand the ways in which I facilitate clients in healing themselves.

“Self-care is not a luxury. When you’re energized, rejuvenated, and rebalanced, you can take on your world with greater ease and joy. You will thrive instead of just survive.”

I was inexplicably drawn to ThetaHealing in 2018 before I'd even recieved my first session or knew exactly what it entailed, and have been certified in ThetaHealing since January 2019. It has helped me with uncovering and clearing so many of my limiting subconscious beliefs, clearing generational trauma and beliefs passed on through DNA, and I believe 100 percent that it gave me the tools and cleared the path for me to meet my most compatible life partner and become a more effective healing facilitator. ThetaHealing is a powerful form of energy clearing that will help you understand yourself on a deeper level so that you can shed layers of limiting beliefs and energy that are keeping you stuck. When this happens, you are more easily able to step into your authentic self, your power, purpose, and joy. It's very possible that that neck pain that's been plaguing you is your body's way of telling you that a big change is needed. If you're intrigued, schedule your free discovery call with me today to find out if it's right for you.

I want more for you than just to manage or even heal the the physical pain that you feel. I am passionate about discovering the root cause of the physical manifestions of energetic and emotional imbalances that people have in order to release them. I feel that as much merit as there is to working on physical ailments through massage and bodywork, the healing is often incomplete without also addressing the emotions and energy that are stuck. I love working with people who are ready for this level of healing, who believe that they can heal and truly want to, who are committed to doing the work to change their lives, and who are wanting to feel more alive and aligned.

Most sessions are a blend of the following techniques, but your intention for your session and what I’m guided to work on through my assessement and intuition determines what modalities we will use.

Great for folks who need relief from TMJ syndrome, sciatica, neck and shoulder pain, night grinders, stress clenchers, migraine-sufferers, and those recovering from trauma to the face, chin, head, and anyone with dental trauma or even sexual trauma. One of the reasons for this is because our jaw and hip fascia is connected, so our jaws can actually be affected by pelvic trauma as well.