Can massage therapy detox your body?

No, it cannot. The term 'detox' is often used in relation to Massage Therapy, and it is often misunderstood. I will do my best to clear up this misconception:

Your own body systems that deal with processing metabolic wastes are the only ones that can detox your body. Also, your body systems can only function at a certain rate as far as processing those wastes. The only thing that massage therapy can do is to facilitate those systems and allow them to function more efficiently. In other Words, your body has to do all the work and massage can make it easier for your body to detox itself. It cannot do the process for you.

You can think of the process sort of like this analogy: If you are in pain, you have to heal your own body to get rid of the pain. Massage therapy is like a good friend. It can hold your hand and make the pain easier to bear, but in the end, you still have to go through the pain. Massage is the good friend that helps your body do what it does naturally, no more, no less.