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My Lymphatic Massage Steps Here are the steps that I use. Sometimes, I give some areas extra attention depending on what my body needs at the time. How do I give myself a lymphatic massage? I like to start at the neck, slide your hands down the sides of your neck to the soft, kind of squishy spot below your collarbone and gently pat it ten times with your palm. Then, use your palms to gently rub from the top, underside of your arms to down below the sides of your chest. Do this several times as well. These areas can get "clogged up" easily so generating flow through them first is very helpful. Now that those areas are moving well, gently rub from the middle of your face towards your ears starting at the forehead and working down to the chin. Then, place your two fingers on each side of your lower earlobes down to the spot below your collarbone. If you have jaw pain, pressing firmly but gently into the top jawline up into the corners towards your earlobes while lowering your bottom jaw. After that, gently bring rub down the back of your neck and around each side to below your collarbone. Next, rub the palms of your hands together then go up the palm side of your fingers and down the back side of your fingers (the lymph vessels are on the back side of your hands). Follow from the back side of your hand down following a natural curve to the inside of your elbow to the top, underside of your arm going down below the side of your chest. Reaching as comfortably as you can from the middle of your back - while still being gentle, rub around to the front below your chest. Repeat a few times. Then, there is the lower half. All the fluid from your legs comes up through the inside of the thighs into your groin. We want to open the flow in this area just like we did around the neck and arms. Comfortably spreading your legs, gently rub from your inner, upper thigh up towards your groin and then towards your middle abdomen. Repeat several times. Rub your hands from the ankles and top of your foot up towards your upper thigh. I start at the inside and go around each leg paying extra attention to the knees. Then, reach towards your lower back and rub around to below your chest. If somewhere on your body begins to feel fuller or warmer, then you may have a fluid backup in this area. That is often associated with scar tissue especially from surgery. Try and gently rub it in a different direction and around bringing it back around towards the center of your abdomen below the chest.