Valerie has taken training in Neuro-Lymphatic drainage that work with light pressure and a series of holds, like CranioSacral therapy. By performing these techniques Valerie’s aim is to affect the deep lymphatic system. After Neuro-Lymphatic Drainage work, like CranioSacral therapy work, clients often feel like their head is “light” or “clear-headed”.

“The brain lymphatic drainage system is composed of basement membrane-based perivascular pathway, a brain-wide glymphatic pathway, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage routes including sinus-associated meningeal lymphatic vessels and olfactory/cervical lymphatic routes. The brain lymphatic systems function physiological as a route of drainage for interstitial fluid (ISF) from brain parenchyma to nearby lymph nodes. Brain lymphatic drainage helps maintain water and ion balance of the ISF, waste clearance, and reabsorption of macromolecular solutes. A second physiological function includes communication with the immune system modulating immune surveillance and responses of the brain. These physiological functions are influenced by aging, genetic phenotypes, sleep-wake cycle, and body posture. The impairment and dysfunction of the brain lymphatic system has crucial roles in age-related changes of brain function and the pathogenesis of neurovascular, neurodegenerative, and neuroinflammatory diseases, as well as brain injury and tumors.” (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28903061/#:~:text=The%20brain%20lymphatic%20systems%20function,and%20reabsorption%20of%20macromolecular%20solutes.)