Andrew Huberman· PhD
But if you've ever had a deep tissue massage, you may notice afterwards that your face is kind of puffy, and you feel a little bit inflamed. And they'll often say, "Oh, make sure to drink a lot of water."
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But if you've ever had a deep tissue massage, you may notice afterwards that your face is kind of puffy, and you feel a little bit inflamed. And they'll often say, "Oh, make sure to drink a lot of water."
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Turns out that deep tissue massage can encourage enough movement along those deeper lymphatic vessels and can push things through the lymph nodes earlier than it would have been pushed through, and in some sense, generate an inflammation response.