Massaging the neck and face may help flush waste out of the brain

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2483083-massaging-the-neck-and-face-may-help-flush-waste-out-of-the-brain/

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Study was done in mice, and it relies on massaging specific lymph nodes which are easily accessible for massage (sounds like most of the lymph nodes related to the brain-flushing mechanism are too deep in the neck to really get at).

Super curious if/where humans have analogues.

Feddinat0r@feddit.org · 44 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Please dont show that my wife

sramder@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Because you don’t want her giving you a face massage so you can take a brain poop? Gonna need some further explanation, chief.

Alteon@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Wife already wants hourly neck and head massages. My thumbs are already working at max capacity, Captain. I'm giving it all I got!

Little8Lost@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

do you at least get some back?

y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 1y

Man's already massaging her neck and head and saying it's too much, now you want him to massage her back too?

/s lol

GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

have you thought maybe it might be easier to ghost her?

just pretend you're dead and she might go away.

edit: 1000001609

Feddinat0r@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y

Second that

DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Segue into sexy time

CreatingMachines@fedia.io · 43 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Instructions unclear, snapped my neck.

acosmichippo@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y (5 replies)

note: do not attempt if you’re a chiropractor

brsrklf@jlai.lu · 25 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Chiropractics is brain waste in itself.

AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

But it could make your back feel better for a day or two. Why address the cause when we can just temporarily fix the symptoms?

Kekzkrieger@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Most of what they do is just placebo, recently read somewhere about it not even reliefing issues but the noise making people feel better for a short while.

Alistaire@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm a brain chiropractor, I twist the brain

Brandonazz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

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The_Worst@feddit.nl · 34 pts · 1y

Then there will be nothing left. 😕

muusemuuse@lemm.ee · 28 pts · 1y

So my brain is full of shit?

Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub · 24 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm a slab of meat, rubbing my meat to relax my meat. This biomass is relaxed

Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

I also enjoy rubbing my meat