My Guts are where?

Often I am asked why I am doing massage on the back when a client has come in for an ABDOMINAL MASSAGE. I explain that we are not built like a piece of paper with guts on the front and muscles on the back, but that our systems and muscles and ligaments criss-cross our body: front to back, side to side, and up to down! It is interesting how many of us look at our ‘guts’ as living on the front, and our muscles on the back!

Our lymphatic system is also this way. We have lymphatic pathways just under the skin throughout our body, but the abdomen holds a great number of nodes, as well as deep pathways that intertwine with our GI system and organs. It is important to clear and move your lymph of these many pathways from both superficial and deep angles. This allows the abdominal cavity and its structures, the pelvic floor and the organs (viscera) of the abdomen to be fully treated, along with massage.

So next time you have a tummy ache and a sore back at the same time, think about how everything sits in your body, and how amazingly intertwined our insides are! And please remember you are not a piece of paper – but an incredible three-dimensional structure that has been beautifully created!

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