Your lymphatic system is the quiet workhorse of your body — clearing waste, calming inflammation, keeping your immune defences sharp. When it slows down, you feel it: puffiness, heaviness, a fog that regular massage never quite lifts. Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) is built for exactly this. At Vitruvian Wellness in Belsize Park, our practitioners use the gentle, rhythmic strokes of Manual Lymphatic Drainage to encourage your lymph to flow the way it's meant to — easing swelling, supporting your immune system, and helping your body do what it already knows how to do, just a little more efficiently.
What Is Manual Lymphatic Drainage?
Manual Lymphatic Drainage is a specialised, light-touch massage technique developed to stimulate the lymphatic system — the network of vessels and nodes responsible for removing toxins, excess fluid and waste from your tissues. Unlike deep tissue or sports massage, MLD uses slow, precise, pumping movements that follow the natural direction of lymph flow, working with your body's rhythm rather than against it.
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It's a treatment we see people come to us for again and again, whether they're recovering from surgery, managing lymphoedema, dealing with chronic fluid retention, or simply looking to support their body's natural detoxification process after a demanding season of life.
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Please note that we require 24 business hours notice for appointment cancellation. If you give us notice within 24 business hours of your appointment time there will be a charge of 50% of the treatment cost. If you fail to turn up to your appointment without any notice there will be a charge of 100% of the treatment cost.
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