Get slim and sexy with lymphatic drainage

Apr. 02, 2021Wellness, Infrared, Technologies

By: Katie Kaps and Lauren Berlingeri

Heighten your HigherDOSE experience with our new lymphatic drainage treatment. If you follow any supermodels or wellness gurus, then you’ve likely heard of lymphatic massage—but if this is new to you, here’s the 101.

Referred to as MLD for short, massaging and draining your lymphatic system gets the body’s fluid in balance, blood circulation moving and immune mechanisms working. The system contains a network of vessels named “lymph” nodes—a lymph is a mixture of water, proteins, immune system components, waste products and other remnants of cell metabolism. The nodes eliminate toxins, filtering out debris, and ensure a smooth-running natural detoxification process. Massaging and draining the lymphatic system, physically manipulating the lymph nodes, speeds up this process for efficiency and accuracy. When fluid builds up, say hello to discomfort, puffiness, and a dull complexion.

Why finish your infrared experience with a Lymphatic treatment? Because it brings detoxification to a whole new level. Think: by stimulating your lymphatic system first to detox through sweat and our magnesium wrap, your body is better able to remove toxins at a cellular level, while softening your fascia, muscles, and lymph for more effective hands-on work. This means you’ll burn more calories and see more intense results—for instance, firmer skin, an increased reduction in cellulite and a brighter, more even complexion. When your blood circulation is boosted in a healthier, more functioning system, the powers of infrared can excel even further.

As far as your mood goes, lymph drainage has a great effect on regulating hormone imbalances. Because lymphatic drainage circulates immune cells through your body, it flushes toxins that could be slowing or harming your nervous system—by keeping your hormones from being blocked (by flushing them properly through the lymphatic system), your hormone levels are able to operate and flow healthily and smoothly. Therefore, your mood becomes more naturally attuned with less anxiety, depression and so on.

Treating every area with care, lymphatic treatment provide a range of instant and long-term benefits.

- Reduction of swelling and bloating

- Skim firmness and smoothness and reduction in the appearance of cellulite

- Improvements in the digestion system

- High energy

- Lightness of body functioning

- Easier achieved weight loss goals and fitness results

- Radiant skin

- Slimmer look and even complexion

- More balanced hormones

-Boost immune system

About the Author

What do the San Francisco Marathon, Tough Mudder, and infrared technology pioneer HigherDOSE all have in common? The brilliant entrepreneurial mindset of Katie Kaps. After graduating magna cum laude from Georgetown, Katie studied at The London School of Economics, and was a Consumer/Retail investment banker at Merrill Lynch before being recruited to be the marketing and business mind behind the San Francisco Marathon. Following the SF marathon, Katie joined Tough Mudder and helped grow the business from $10 million to $150 million in revenue by the time she left. There she did strategy, new business development, and managed the international expansion team, and was proud to be named international employee of the year in 2013. Katie and Lauren started HigherDOSE with humble roots in Alchemist Kitchen and quickly scaling the business through strategic hospitality partnerships, amassing a cult-like following of celebrities and athletes. In addition to pioneering a ‘space within a space’ model with existing brick and mortar locations like Equinox and 11 Howard (creating a minimum viable product for retail), Katie turned HigherDOSE into an 8-figure startup with only 4 employees, in addition to pivoting to being a product-focused company during the pandemic at lightning speed. HigherDOSE has now expanded their offerings into topicals and ingestibles and Katie and Lauren have starred in their very own “Bio-HackHers” YouTube series, cementing her foothold as a woman leading the wellness industry to a new frontier.

Katie Kaps

About the Author

Lauren Berlingeri is dedicated to inspiring others through fitness and naturally-healthy lifestyle practices. After launching her career as an international model, Berlingeri went on to star in her own show, “Women vs. Workout”—grossing over 15 million views and receiving a Webby Award nomination for Best Host. This experience led to extreme sports hosting for brands such as UFC, EA Sports, and IMG. Having cemented her name within the fitness industry, Berlingeri decided to expand her expertise, earning a holistic nutritionist and health coach certification at The Institute of Integrative Nutrition. Her venture into the health and wellness startup spectrum began in 2014 as one of the first creative minds at Aloha.com—doing product development, leading the brand ambas-sador program, and brand partnerships. Lauren discovered the power of Infrared technology — specifically Infrared saunas — and saw an opportunity to bring the biohacking tool to the masses. Since co-founding HigherDOSE with Katie Kaps, the wellness brand has experienced meteoric success, boiling down to a true revolutionization of the spa business. Creating all the initial Forbes, branding themselves and even acting as models in their first campaigns, the brand exploded, leading the way to at-home sauna systems that thrived during the pandemic. As a female biohacker and mother of twins, Lauren brings a fresh perspective to a space that has been dominated by male voices from its inception, making it HigherDOSE’s core mission to educate women about their bio-individuality and give them the tools they need to reach their own best selves, with content designed to educate people on how to take control of their own wellness regimens.