Why sequential pneumatic compression earns its place between body sculpting sessions.
Pressotherapy looks unassuming. You put on a set of inflatable compression boots and trousers, lie back, and let the machine do its work for 45 minutes. The compression cycles up and down the body sequentially, mimicking the lymphatic system's natural drainage pattern.
What it actually does. The lymphatic system clears interstitial fluid, cellular waste, and excess proteins from tissues, returning them to circulation. It does not have its own pump, so it relies on muscle movement, breathing, and external compression. When the system is sluggish, the body retains fluid, holds inflammation longer, and recovers more slowly from any stress, training, treatment, travel, illness.
Pressotherapy gives the lymphatic system a strong external assist. The result is reduced fluid retention, faster recovery, lighter legs, less puffiness, and better tolerance of any other body work happening at the same time.
We book it for three main client groups. First, anyone undergoing body contouring treatments like body sculpting or RF, where lymphatic clearance compounds the result. Second, post-procedure clients, after surgery (with surgeon's clearance), after travel, after high training loads. Third, clients with persistent fluid retention or sluggish circulation, often paired with movement and nutritional support.
Each session is 45 minutes, no downtime, no discomfort. Most clients describe it as deeply relaxing, many fall asleep. The effect is cumulative across a course of six to eight sessions, with single sessions delivering a noticeable but shorter-lived benefit.
What it is not. Pressotherapy is not a fat reduction treatment. It does not directly remove cellulite. It is a circulatory and lymphatic support modality, valuable on its own and even more valuable when paired with other body work.
If you have severe varicose veins, deep vein thrombosis history, kidney conditions, or heart conditions, we will not run pressotherapy without medical clearance. Always disclose your history during the consultation.