Our lymphatic system plays a crucial role in our overall health and wellbeing. Lymph fluid helps our bodies to maintain fluid balance, absorb fats and essential nutrients. As it circulates our bodies, it collects waste and toxins and cellular debris from body tissues. It also plays a crucial part in our immune system as it is the main transporter of our white blood cells that help fight infections. Our lymph nodes act as filters, they remove harmful substances and produce immune cells to fight infections.

Therefore, it is important to understand why lymphatic drainage massage is essential when it comes to post surgical procedures, as any disruption to its functioning, can have significant implications for recovery.

As you start to recover from your surgery in your post operative stage, you can significantly reduce your selling and pain through manual lymphatic drainage massage.  There are roughly 5 stages to the healing process and in weeks 1-4 of stage 1, when your body will be responding to the traumatised areas such as abdominoplasty or liposuction, the stomach area will become red and swollen and feel quite warm. Therefore, starting lymphatic drainage massage immediately after surgery would be your primary goal and this therapeutic treatment will support you in draining swelling and stagnated fluid and promote healthy lymph drainage for a faster recovery.

In the 3rd and 4th weeks of stage 1 of your recovery, lymphatic drainage massage is used alongside myofascial release techniques to help in reducing your scaring, treat muscle pain and improve tightness and tension.

Lymphatic Drainage massage is also beneficial pre-surgery to eliminate any stagnant fluid from the body and it will improve the flow of blood and lymph and provide fresh nutrients to body tissue. This increase in circulation of fresh fluid will encourage more oxygen to the tissues which will greatly support in the healing process post surgery; ensuring the body is in good condition to receive the surgery.

If you have any queries or concerns prior to booking please get in touch either via email at:

info@jactinaholistictherapies.co.uk or call direct on t: 01254 241800.

Sarah Pam is highly qualified in pre and post operative – Plastic Surgery Lymphatic Drainage Massage and will advise on how many treatments will be required in the first few stages of your recovery