The Tox

The Tox at 3003 M Street NW is a lymphatic massage and body wellness studio in the lower Georgetown commercial district, providing the specialized lymphatic drainage massage and the body contouring treatments that the Georgetown wellness community has adopted as the specific protocol for the reduction of bloating, the improvement of the lymphatic system’s detoxification function, and the body composition goals that the conventional massage and the conventional gym cannot address. The Tox name references the detoxification function that the lymphatic system performs and that the lymphatic drainage massage supports by stimulating the flow of the lymphatic fluid through the lymphatic vessels and the lymph nodes.

The lymphatic drainage massage, which uses the specific light-pressure technique that the manual lymphatic drainage protocol establishes, works with the lymphatic system’s natural function rather than the deep-pressure manipulation of the conventional therapeutic massage. The light, rhythmic strokes of the lymphatic drainage technique stimulate the lymphatic vessels’ contractility and guide the lymphatic fluid toward the lymph nodes where the filtering and the immune function occurs.

The Georgetown wellness community’s interest in the lymphatic drainage massage has grown as the social media visibility of the treatment has increased and as the clinical research on the lymphatic system’s role in the immune function, the reduction of post-surgical swelling, and the management of the chronic inflammatory conditions has expanded.

The lower M Street commercial address at 3003, near the Georgetown University approach, serves the Georgetown professional and residential community from the accessible end of the M Street commercial corridor. Hours run Monday through Saturday. The lymphatic drainage massage at The Tox at 3003 M Street NW addresses the specific conditions that the Georgetown professional’s lifestyle creates in the lymphatic system: the reduction in the lymphatic flow that the sedentary desk work produces, the lymphatic congestion that the professional diet of the Georgetown dinner party and the working lunch generates, and the immune system support that the consistent lymphatic drainage maintenance provides. The Georgetown professional who uses The Tox appointment as a regular component of the wellness program maintains the lymphatic health that the demanding professional lifestyle consistently challenges.

The lower M Street address at 3003, near the Georgetown University approach from the west, serves the Georgetown professional and residential community from the western end of the M Street commercial corridor. The Tox’s focused specialization in the lymphatic drainage and the body wellness category, rather than the general massage and the general spa service, creates the specialist reputation that the Georgetown wellness community values for the specific result. Hours run Monday through Saturday. The Tox at 3003 M Street NW Georgetown also provides the compression therapy and the body contouring treatments alongside the lymphatic drainage massage that the complete body wellness program includes. The compression therapy, which uses the pneumatic compression boots to stimulate the venous and the lymphatic circulation from the feet through the legs, complements the manual lymphatic drainage massage in the comprehensive circulation-support protocol that the Georgetown athlete and the Georgetown professional who manages the lower limb edema uses as the regular maintenance treatment. Hours run Monday through Saturday.