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08/12/2025

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Where Does the Lymph Go After Drainage?

From Puff to Flush—Your Body’s Hidden Detox Highway!

Hey Lymphies!
Ever wondered what actually happens to the lymph after your MLD (Manual Lymphatic Drainage) or dry brushing session? Where does all that puffiness and extra fluid go? Let’s take a journey through your body’s magical drainage map—because the flow doesn’t stop at your skin!

First Things First—What IS Lymph?

Lymph is a clear-ish fluid filled with:
• Water
• Proteins
• Cellular waste
• Immune cells
• Bacteria, viruses, and toxins

It’s like your body’s wastewater, and your lymphatic system is the plumbing network designed to collect it from your tissues and send it packing!

The Drainage Route (The Fun Part!)

After you stimulate your lymphatic system (through MLD, exercise, rebounding, or infrared saunas), here’s what happens step-by-step:

1. Tissues → Lymph Capillaries
Lymph fluid is collected from between your cells (where waste builds up). Think of this as your body picking up trash from every neighborhood.

2. Lymph Capillaries → Collecting Vessels
These vessels have valves to push lymph forward (like a one-way street!). They move it toward central lymph nodes.

3. Nodes → Filter Party!
Lymph passes through lymph nodes, where it gets filtered. Immune cells here attack bacteria, viruses, and debris.
It’s like your lymph goes through a security checkpoint!

4. Cleaned Lymph → Ducts
Filtered lymph travels to the thoracic duct (left side of your neck) or right lymphatic duct—the final stop before exiting!

5. Ducts → Subclavian Vein
Here’s the magic moment!
The ducts drain the lymph directly into your bloodstream, at the base of your neck, where the subclavian vein lives.

6. Bloodstream → Kidneys + Liver
Now the filtered lymph becomes part of your circulating blood. From here:
• Kidneys filter out water-soluble waste → p*e it out!
• Liver handles fat-soluble toxins and waste → p**p it out!

And voilà!
Your lymph just became waste… and left your body.
Flush complete!

That’s Why You Might Notice…
• More p*eing after a session
• Increased bowel movements
• Feeling thirsty
• Fatigue (your body is processing the detox!)
• Reduced swelling or puffiness

So YES—you’re not imagining it. The flush is real.

Fun Lymphie Facts:
• You have 500–700 lymph nodes in your body!
• The thoracic duct drains around 75% of your lymph!
• Your lymphatic system can move 1.5–3 liters of lymph per day with the right support!
• No heart? No pump! The lymph system depends on movement, breath, and pressure (that’s why you NEED to move!).

Support the Flush:
• Hydrate (lymph is mostly water!)
• Move daily (walking, rebounding, stretching)
• Breathe deep (diaphragmatic breathing helps move lymph!)
• Massage & MLD
• Eat clean (to reduce toxin load)

So, Where Does It Go?

In simple terms:
Lymph → Blood → Kidneys/Liver → Toilet!
Your body is brilliant. And your lymphatic system? Even more so.

So the next time you finish your session and head to the loo—give a little thanks to the silent flow keeping you well.






References / Research Links:
• Cleveland Clinic – Lymphatic System Overview
• NCBI – Physiology of the Lymphatic System
• Lymphatic Research and Biology Journal

Disclaimer:
This article is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your healthcare provider before making changes to your health routine.

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03/12/2025

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19/11/2025

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🌊 When a Lymphedema Flare-Up Hits…

Flare-ups have a way of showing up at the worst possible time—
not asked for, not invited, and definitely not appreciated.

One minute you’re managing “okay,”
and the next…
your limb feels heavier, tighter, hotter, fuller, and so painfully swollen that even existing feels harder.

But here’s what most people don’t understand:🦋

A flare-up isn’t “just swelling.”
It’s
• the sudden loss of mobility
• the pressure that feels like your skin might burst
• the fear of infection
• the frustration of doing “everything right” and still having your body betray you
• the emotional crash that comes with it

And yet — through all that — you keep going.🩵

You elevate.
You compress.
You rest.
You breathe through it.
You ride out the storm until your body settles again.

That’s not weakness.
That’s not failure.
That’s resilience most people will never recognize.

✨ Flare-ups don’t define you.
They don’t erase your progress.
And they don’t take away your worth. ✨

If you’re in a flare right now, be gentle with yourself.
Your body is doing the best it can, and so are you.

— Lymphedema Facts of My Life 🩵🦋

06/10/2025

Recognizing the importance of the lymph nodes and the lymphatic system in long term cancer cancer.

Always consult with a qualified medical specialist to address your individual health concerns.

Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types.

17/08/2025

Enroll with a deposit of $700 USD (~40,000 PHP).

Please click on the registration link below to see the full course outline.

https://klosetraining.com/course/in-classroom/lymphedema-certification/ltc0226mnl/

Payment can be made either by credit card or bank transfer. We will later contact the students to collect the remaining balance by credit card based on the final number of participants. For 11 or more students, the cheaper the tuition!

06/08/2025

All systems go for the Manila training!

Grab this RARE opportunity to learn lymphedema therapy from a well-respected international faculty at exlcusive, Philippines-only course fees.

01/08/2025

Calling all healthcare professionals who want to advance their practice! Be part of the fast- growing field of lymphology and get the chance to help an underserved patient group.

Training to be personally led by Mr Guenter Klose, Executive Director of Klose Training USA, an internationally recognized lecturer. Special rate for Philippine- based professio als.

01/06/2025

25/05/2025

In a groundbreaking study, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have uncovered a potential new approach to tackling age-related memory decline. Their research focuses on enhancing the brain’s waste-draining lymphatic vessels, which become less efficient with age, contributing to cognitive issues like memory loss and diseases such as Alzheimer’s. By rejuvenating these vessels in older mice, they observed significant improvements in memory and a reduction in harmful brain inflammation.

The study, published in Cell, targets the meningeal lymphatics, a network of vessels outside the brain that helps clear waste and fluid. As people age, the flow of fluid in the brain declines, making it harder for the brain to clear debris. This buildup strains the brain’s immune cells, which become overwhelmed and less effective at cleaning, eventually leading to cognitive decline. In this study, the researchers improved the function of these lymphatic vessels by stimulating vessel growth in older mice, which led to better memory performance as demonstrated in a simple object recognition test.

The findings suggest that therapies aimed at supporting the lymphatic system could offer a new avenue for treating age-related cognitive decline and neurodegenerative diseases. By restoring balance to the brain’s cleaning system, the researchers hope to find ways to slow down or even reverse some of the cognitive impacts of aging, opening up possibilities for treatments that don’t directly target the brain itself.


Study : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.022

17/04/2025

Thank you for the overwhelming response to this training!

Good news! We have managed to significantly lower the cost of the training program by up to USD 500! However, this meant adjusting our training to February 2026.

To secure your slot, we will require a deposit of USD 700. We will be limiting slots to the first 15 confirmed participants!

27/03/2025

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