https://theartofbeingwell.com Updates from Rachel Dixon https://theartofbeingwell.com/blog/dry-brushing-for-your-face https://theartofbeingwell.com/blog/dry-brushing-for-your-face <div><br></div>]]> Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:14:00 CDT https://theartofbeingwell.com/blog/50978/mld-and-the-lymphatic-system https://theartofbeingwell.com/blog/50978/mld-and-the-lymphatic-system <div><img src="https://getoiling-6749-fast.b-cdn.net/images/6749/67c5817408a6c.png" data-id="1010062" data-url="https://getoiling-6749-fast.b-cdn.net/images/6749/67c5817408a6c.png" style="width: 100%; height: auto;" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=" "></div><div id="isPasted">Manual Lymphatic Drainage (gently skin stretching to benefit the lymphatic system) can also be done to improve <em>wellness,&nbsp;</em>and this is where my type of work comes in. It will improve your overall health, but it MAY help improve conditions like fibromyalgia, chronic lymes, rheumatoid arthritis, or improve brain lymph clearing in concussions, Alzhimers and Parkinsons. MLD benefits STABLE conditions of the central nervous system, not acute infections, acute heart conditions, not kidney disease.&nbsp;</div><div>The Lymphatic System (often called your second circulatory system) is the filtering system for toxins in your body. Its twice the size of the circulatory system- but it has no pump like the heart is for the circulatory system. Instead, the lymphatic system depends on muscle contraction, pulsing of arteries, breathing (which moves the abdomen) and gravity etc to move the lymph around. The natural rhythm of the lymphatic system is 6 per minutes. After MLD, the RATE increases dramatically for about 24 hours, increasing the ability to filter toxins efficiently.</div><div><br></div> Mon, 03 Mar 2025 04:23:00 CDT