A.  There are many benefits to vesticular "floating" motion.  First, rocking is a proven, natural sleep aid.  It is the same safe motion that we felt while gently floating in our mother’s womb. Mothers intuitively know that rocking their babies from head to toe is good for a baby.   Science has now found that this same calming "floating" motion is good for adults too.

Reducing swelling is a fundamental principle of healing. Rocking speeds post-operative recovery and reduces pain and swelling, plus it actually feels good!

Doctors know that people who are bed-ridden or without enough motion quickly develop serious health problems.  One reason is because the lymphatic system is not getting rid of toxins and waste.  

This is one reason why after surgery, patients are required to get up and move around as soon as possible, even if they are in pain.

In minutes, motion decreases back pressure in the circulatory system, and noticeably reduces soreness, aches, back pain and swelling throughout the body. 

Rocking increases blood circulation and most importantly, it increases lymphatic circulation.

Lymphatic System & Immune Function

Q.  How Does Lymph Affect My Health?

A.  We all know that blood brings nutrients to the cells.  However, fewer people understand that the body’s drainage system, which carries away toxins is the lymphatic system. Because lymphatic circulation is not driven by your heart, it requires motion to function at its best.
 
The lymphatic system plays a major role in our immune system and in the defense of infection and cancer.  Lymph nodes located throughout the body act as filters that contain many lymphocytes or white blood cells that destroy bacteria and viruses in the lymph fluid.

The lymphatic system also absorbs fats and proteins from our daily diet, while lymph nodes remove dead cells, poisons, toxins and excess water from the tissue spaces around the cells. 

Within 24 hours, 42 pints of lymphatic fluid passes from the bloodstream through the capillaries into the body tissues. This bathes the cells and provides oxygen and nutrients to the cells before then passing back into the bloodstream carrying carbon dioxide and waste products.

About six pints of this filtered fluid goes back into the lymphatic system. Eventually the lymph
fluid makes its way into the thoracic duct, the right lymphatic duct and drains into the subclavian veins and into the heart and blood.