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Can one detox with a massage? Lady Muck investigates
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While I’m happy to pump my time and effort into beauty products, the same can’t be said for activities such as the gym. I am not a natural athlete and as soon as someone mentions a treadmill my toes start to curl while the thought of outdoor exercise fills me with utter dread.
Not that it stops me indulging in life’s little pleasures – cake, sweets, chocolate, other calorific treats etc etc – I just avoid everything I can that might see me working up a sweat. So, when an email popped in from The Sanctuary inviting me to try out a new treatment that would leave me with a smoother, flatter stomach I was on the phone booking myself in before you’ve even had time to say French Fancy.
A new and exclusive treatment that’s being described as an alternative to colonic irrigation, the Glacial Shell detox Massage is less about traditional massage and more about manipulating your insides to do the hard work for you, banishing water retention, breaking down fatty acids and kick-starting your circulation to get rid of bloating.
A bit like a hot stone massage but using icy Glacial shells alongside heated ones, the treatment starts off with a body brush before the alternating from hot to cold begins. After a short sharp intake of breath from the first temperature shock, I didn’t actually notice it too much after that and rather than body wraps or mud masks where I find it hard to switch off, I found the multi-temperature treatment really rather relaxing. Except of course during the part where the therapist focused her attention on my stomach – the most ticklish part of me that’s rarely touched, I had to refrain from pushing her out of the way and curling up so my midriff remained out of reach.
Less about the back than a traditional massage (there’s not as much de-bloating to be done there), this really does focus on areas that get congested like the thighs and stomach, and as well as being great for pre-party detoxing, it’s also a recommended treatment for sufferers of IBS and stress.
I’m not sure how many sessions you’d need before you started seeing results and I don’t know how much flatter my stomach actually was when I slid off the bed but I do know that the knot I get in my stomach after a day sitting and eating in front of my computer had certainly vanished.
Advised to follow up the treatment at home with the Trim and Tone body wrap, £25.52, (it’s said you can lose an average of 5cm from your body in just one hour), that’s next on my to-do list, but for now, I’m considering a repeat session at the spa. Trust me, it’s the best body pump class I’ve ever been to!
The new Glacial Shell Detox Massage costs £85 at The Sanctuary
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