Detox Deeply With Exercise and Massage Therapy
Natural Awakenings News Brief
Did you catch my news brief on Detoxing in the April 2021 addition of Natural Awakenings? Click the link and enjoy the read or you can read it below. Spring is here with chirping birds, warmer temperatures, and seasonal allergies. Holistic Health and Natural Health will give you tools to detox your body and boost your immune system. Let me know what is your favorite way to detox; mine is Massage Therapy!
How To Detox.
Think Of Your Body As A Sponge
A clean sponge is needed for spring cleaning, and the body is like a sponge that needs to be cleaned—by detoxifying it. The first level of detox (classic detox) includes cleaning up one’s diet, by taking specific detoxifying herbs and products or an internal cleanse like a colonic. All the tissues in the body, including joints and bones, need to be cleansed as well. While the classic forms of detox eventually detox throughout the bloodstream, the most effective way to detox these tissues is through movement, stretching, bodywork and temperature therapies.
Is Your Body A Dirty Sponge?
Think of a dirty sponge. When you put it into a bucket of clean water, then take it out, the outside of the sponge will appear clean. With a good squeeze, though, a lot of dirty water will drain out. The best way to clean that sponge is to squeeze it in the clean water, dump the dirty water and then add fresh water. Something similar to that sponge can be done to the body.
Movement Detoxifies The Body
Movements like brisk walking, bouncing on a mini trampoline and calisthenic movements like jumping jacks or jump roping pump the lymphatic system and other fluids inside and around the joints and bones. Deep stretching therapies like yoga and Pilates, done to the point of stretching at the tendon until you feel a slight burn–and sweet release is just the ticket.
Massage Therapy Detoxifies The Body
Massage Therapy Detoxifies The Body.
Bodywork by a licensed massage therapist using twisting movements and deep tissue work acts like wringing out the muscles. Techniques like myofascial release, neuromuscular massage, trigger point therapy and the Swedish technique are invaluable in achieving the deep form of detoxification.
Hot Cold Therapies Detox The Body
Lastly, use the forces of nature itself to squeeze yourself out. Hot is expansive and cold is compressive. Therapies like alternating hot and cold showers, wet towel compress or even a sauna then cold immersion creates a pumping/wringing contrast that will clean out the deepest of toxins. Put these all together to feel clean and great.
