Megan Robertson MTI LMT MMP

12/23/2025

PSA. Please be mindful if you make an appointment, cancel with more than a 24 hour notice if possible so we can fill the appointment slot.
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12/17/2025

🌿 Allergies & The Lymphatic System: The Hidden Connection

Most people think allergies are just a reaction in the nose, lungs, or skin — but at their core, allergies are an immune and lymphatic event. When the body encounters something it sees as a threat — like pollen, food proteins, or animal dander — the immune system triggers a cascade of lymphatic activity, histamine release, and inflammation.

The result? Swollen sinuses, itchy eyes, rashes, fatigue… all signs that your lymphatic system is working overtime.

💧 The Lymphatic System’s Role in Allergies

Your lymphatic system is like a giant internal filter — collecting toxins, allergens, and immune cells from every tissue in your body. Lymph nodes act as mini immune command centers, producing lymphocytes and antibodies to neutralize what doesn’t belong.

But when the lymph flow becomes sluggish or congested, these immune reactions intensify instead of resolving. The “traffic jam” of inflammatory cells and histamines can amplify symptoms, keeping your body stuck in overreaction mode.

Lymphatic congestion = prolonged inflammation = more allergy symptoms.

🌸 Different Types of Allergies & How They Link to Lymphatic Health

1️⃣ Respiratory Allergies (Pollen, Dust, Mold, Animal Dander)
• Triggered when allergens enter the nasal passages or lungs.
• Lymph nodes in the neck, chest, and underarms swell as they filter histamine and immune complexes.
• MLD (Manual Lymphatic Drainage) around the head and neck helps clear congestion, relieve sinus pressure, and support detox of inflammatory mediators.

2️⃣ Food Allergies & Intolerances
• Occur when the immune system reacts to certain food proteins (like gluten, dairy, or peanuts).
• Gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) becomes inflamed, leading to bloating, rashes, and systemic fatigue.
• Supporting intestinal lymph flow improves tolerance, reduces leaky gut, and calms immune overactivation.

3️⃣ Skin Allergies (Eczema, Contact Dermatitis, Psoriasis-like Reactions)
• The skin is an extension of the lymphatic and immune network.
• When lymph flow under the skin stagnates, toxins and histamine remain trapped, worsening irritation.
• Lymph drainage promotes gentle detox, better oxygenation, and faster tissue repair.

4️⃣ Drug or Chemical Allergies
• Often linked to sluggish liver detox pathways and compromised lymphatic clearance.
• MLD assists by accelerating elimination of metabolites and calming inflammatory responses.

5️⃣ Autoimmune-type Allergies
• When the immune system begins reacting to the body’s own tissues, chronic inflammation develops.
• Consistent lymphatic therapy can help regulate immune response and reduce the “over-alert” state of the immune system.

🌿 The Healing Perspective

Allergies are not just about what you’re exposed to — they’re about how efficiently your body clears what doesn’t belong.
When your lymphatic system flows freely, immune messages calm down, inflammation subsides, and your body can restore balance naturally.

That’s why Manual Lymphatic Drainage, hydration, deep breathing, and anti-inflammatory nutrition form a powerful triad for allergy recovery.
Healing happens when the immune system and lymph system speak the same language again — calm, clear, and connected.

Written by:
Bianca Botha, CLT, RLD, MLDT & CDS

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 diet, exercise, or health regimen.

12/13/2025

Highly Suggest a lymphatic massage if your in an inflammatory response or auto immune flare up. Better Results. When under control continue with your usual massage routine. Ask for guidance, I’m here to help.

12/11/2025

Today, treating a group of teachers at their school for the holidays.

11/26/2025

I am traveling next week for swim team (it’s that time of year). I know some of you want to get in!!!

Denise Cristan Lmt is wonderful and has helped this last week with some of you.

Here is her availability while I’m away. Book now cause she will fill up fast. +1 (832) 723-2442

Have a happy Thanksgiving! I am taking bookings for the week of 12/8 until then Denise will be at the same location Sacred Leaf Conroe to serve you!

My availability for next week. This may change due to someone's upgrade for relaxation..
60min-$75
90min-$120
120min-$150

This includes:
hotstones or cupping
Aromatherapy
Hot towel service

Located at the Sacred Leaf Conroe

11/22/2025

The Fascia Speaks

As bodyworkers, we touch a system far more intelligent and responsive than most people realize. It is a living memory field, a sensory fabric that holds the echoes of every emotional contraction, every bracing pattern, and every unspoken moment the nervous system didn’t know how to resolve.

We explore these imprints every day. We feel the places where the tissue thickened in response to a moment of fear, the areas where breath stopped during heartbreak, or the subtle density of someone carrying a responsibility too heavy for their age. These are not just restrictions. They are records.

Science is beginning to describe what practitioners have long sensed with their hands. Fascia is densely woven with interoceptors, proprioceptors, mechanoreceptors, and nociceptors, creating one of the most information-rich sensory networks in the body. These receptors do not just relay physical sensations; they respond to emotional states, autonomic shifts, and subtle changes in internal chemistry. When someone is afraid, lonely, overworked, grieving, or carrying unresolved tension, fascia receives that information before the conscious mind can interpret it.

Over time, these repeated emotional signals alter the collagen matrix itself. The ground substance thickens. Elasticity decreases. Glide diminishes. The tissue becomes a physical representation of an emotional history. What began as a moment of bracing becomes a pattern. Eventually, the pattern becomes posture, and posture becomes identity. This is how fascia stores emotional imprints that influence how a person walks, rests, reacts, and protects themselves. What clients feel as stiffness is often the residue of old vigilance. What they call tightness is often the body’s attempt to hold a story that never had a chance to be expressed.

When we work with fascia, we are not simply lengthening tissue or improving mobility. We are entering the emotional architecture of a person’s life. Gentle compression rehydrates the ground substance and makes the dense places permeable again. Slow stretching reorganizes collagen fibers that have been shaped by years of guarding. Pacinian and Ruffini receptors detect the warmth of our touch and signal safety along the vagus nerve. Interoceptors begin to update the brain’s perception of the body, allowing long-muted emotional signals to come into conscious awareness. As the layers soften, the nervous system begins to trust, and trust is the first doorway to release.

This is why clients often experience tears, trembling, laughter, heat, or a sudden memory during a session. The fascia is not only releasing; it is reorganizing the information it once held tightly. Electrical coherence returns. Circulation improves. Sensory accuracy sharpens. The body stops running old protective commands and starts rewriting its operating system. What once felt like a lifelong pattern begins to dissolve in the warmth of contact and presence.

Fascia is a sensory intelligence that interprets experience. The mind does not lead this process. It follows it. The mind interprets what the fascia feels and explains it long after the body has already changed. When we help clients reconnect to their fascial landscape, we are guiding them back to the body’s original language, the language beneath thought, beneath story, beneath habit—the language of emotional truth.

We, the ones who listen in silence, can hear what the fascia has carried through lineage, memory, and time.

10/25/2025

🌿 Your Armpit Lymph Nodes: The Unsung Heroes of Upper Body Detox 🌿
💚 A Medical & Lymphatic Breakdown of the Axillary Region

Tucked quietly in your underarms are 20–40 powerful lymph nodes — clinically referred to as the axillary lymph nodes — forming one of the body’s most critical immune surveillance and drainage hubs.

They filter up to 75% of lymphatic fluid from the breast, the entire arm, and portions of the thoracic wall, shoulder, neck, and upper back — making them central to immune function, hormonal regulation, and detoxification.

🔬 Anatomy & Classification: The 5 Axillary Lymph Node Groups
1. Pectoral (Anterior) Nodes
• Location: Along the lateral edge of the pectoralis minor muscle
• Drains: The anterior thoracic wall, upper abdomen, and a significant portion of the breast
• Clinical Relevance: Often the first site of spread in breast cancer metastasis
2. Subscapular (Posterior) Nodes
• Location: Posterior axillary fold near the subscapular vessels
• Drains: Posterior thoracic wall, scapular region
• Key Role: Supports drainage from the back and shoulder girdle
3. Humeral (Lateral) Nodes
• Location: Medial aspect of the humerus (near the axillary vein)
• Drains: Most of the upper limb (excluding lymph from hand and fingers, which may also partially drain into supratrochlear nodes)
• Commonly affected in: Infections of the hand or cellulitis
4. Central Nodes
• Location: Embedded in axillary fat, centrally located
• Receive input from: Pectoral, subscapular, and humeral groups
• Important in: Detecting generalized upper body inflammation or fluid backup
5. Apical Nodes
• Location: Apex of the axilla near the first rib and clavicle
• Drain into: The subclavian lymphatic trunk, then the right lymphatic duct (right side) or thoracic duct (left side), before lymph enters systemic circulation via the venous angle (junction of subclavian and internal jugular veins)

🩺 What Happens When These Nodes Are Overwhelmed?
When axillary lymph nodes become congested or inflamed, they may swell (lymphadenopathy) or fail to efficiently clear lymph. This can result in:

• Regional Lymphatic Edema – Puffiness of the breast, chest wall, or arms
• Axillary Nerve Compression – Causing tingling, weakness, or discomfort in the arm
• Toxin Accumulation – Due to impaired filtering of bacteria, viruses, metabolic waste, and xenobiotics
• Increased Risk for Infection – Lymph stagnation = immune dysfunction
• Poor Wound Healing – Especially in post-surgical recovery or trauma

📍 Where the Lymph Flows: Axillary Drainage Pathways
• From Upper Limb → Humeral Nodes → Central → Apical
• From Breast & Chest → Pectoral Nodes → Central → Apical
• From Back & Shoulder → Subscapular Nodes → Central → Apical
• From All Axillary Groups → Apical Nodes → Subclavian Trunk → Venous Circulation

Remember: 90% of lymphatic fluid from the left upper body drains via the thoracic duct, while the right side drains via the right lymphatic duct. These ducts empty into your bloodstream at the venous angles of the neck.

⚠️ Clinical Signs of Axillary Node Dysfunction or Swelling:
• Palpable, tender lump in the armpit (may feel rubbery or firm)
• Aching or dragging sensation down the arm or breast
• Heaviness, burning, or altered sensation in the upper limb
• Limited range of motion in the shoulder joint
• Skin dimpling or tightness over the breast or chest wall
• Unilateral swelling or puffiness of the hands or arms
• Increased sweat gland activity due to detox congestion

🌸 Therapist’s Tip: How to Support Your Axillary Nodes Gently
✔️ Manual Lymphatic Drainage — focus on proximal to distal drainage
✔️ Axillary pumping (arm above head + deep breathing)
✔️ Castor oil wraps over pectoral region (never during active infection)
✔️ FIR sauna to stimulate lymphatic soft tissue detox
✔️ Movement! Walking, shoulder rolls, and wall angels activate natural drainage
✔️ Hydration + electrolytes = optimal lymph viscosity

💚 Your axilla is not just a fold — it’s a filter, a gatekeeper, and a lifeline for your upper body’s healing potential.
If you’ve ever experienced swelling, sensitivity, or soreness in this area… your lymph is asking for support.

10/03/2025

Why post op lymphatic massages are important?

Post-operative (post-op) lymphatic massages are important especially after cosmetic or plastic surgery procedures like liposuction, tummy tucks, or BBLs because they help support healing and reduce complications. Here’s a breakdown of why they matter:

✅ 1. Reduces Swelling (Edema)
Surgery disrupts the lymphatic system, which helps drain fluid and waste. After surgery, fluid can accumulate, leading to swelling. Lymphatic massage stimulates the lymph flow, helping your body move that excess fluid more efficiently.

✅ 2. Prevents Fibrosis (Hard Lumps)
If fluid isn't properly drained, it can harden into fibrotic tissue—those hard lumps or areas of firmness under the skin. Lymphatic massage can help break down early fibrosis and prevent it from forming in the first place.

✅ 3. Speeds Up Recovery
By reducing swelling and promoting circulation, lymphatic massages can speed up healing, reduce discomfort, and help you feel better sooner.

✅ 4. Improves Surgical Results
Swelling can distort your results early on. Reducing that swelling helps you see your real post-surgery shape faster. Massages also help your skin reattach more smoothly to the tissue underneath, which is crucial after liposuction.

✅ 5. Reduces Pain and Discomfort
Less swelling and pressure = less pain. Gentle massage helps relieve that tight, sore feeling many people have after surgery.

✅ 6. Boosts Immune Function
The lymphatic system plays a big role in immunity. Stimulating it helps remove cellular waste and toxins, reducing the risk of infection and helping your body recover better.

When Are They Usually Started?
Typically, surgeons recommend starting lymphatic massages a few days to a week after surgery, depending on the procedure and your healing. Always follow your surgeon's specific advice.

-Deja Hodges

08/09/2025

Benefits of Post-Op Massage Therapy

1. Reduces Swelling
Helps drain excess fluid and reduces inflammation for a smoother, more comfortable recovery.

2. Minimizes Scar Tissue
Gentle techniques can prevent adhesions and help scars heal softer and flatter.

3. Improves Circulation
Boosts oxygen and nutrient delivery to healing tissues.

4. Supports Lymphatic System
Encourages lymph flow to flush out toxins and speed recovery.

5. Decreases Pain & Discomfort
Relieves pressure, tension, and sensitivity in the surgical area.

6. Enhances Mobility
Helps restore flexibility and range of motion post-surgery.

7. Promotes Relaxation & Wellbeing
Calms the nervous system, reducing stress during recovery.

If you have any further questions please feel free to reach out.

08/03/2025

🏋️‍♂️ The Power of Sports Massage: Why Every Athlete Needs It 👐

Whether you’re a professional athlete or a weekend warrior, sports massage offers more than just relaxation — it’s a performance booster.

✨ Top Benefits of Sports Massage:

✅ Improves Flexibility & Range of Motion
Reduces muscle stiffness and enhances your mobility, helping you move better and train harder.

✅ Speeds Up Recovery
Flushes out lactic acid and boosts circulation, reducing soreness and shortening downtime after intense workouts.

✅ Prevents Injuries
Regular sessions help identify and release tight spots before they turn into major issues.

✅ Enhances Performance
By keeping muscles loose and oxygenated, massage helps you perform at your best—every time.

✅ Supports Mental Focus
A calmer body leads to a calmer mind. Massage helps reduce stress and improves your focus pre- or post-competition.

💡 Pro tip: Schedule regular massages, not just when you’re injured. Prevention is always better than cure.

07/26/2025

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06/30/2025

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