Cupping is an alternative therapy that involves suctioning the skin with glass, plastic, or silicone cups. It may help improve blood flow, boost immune function, remove toxins, and reduce pain.
How does it work?
Here's how it works: A practitioner will place a cup onto the surface of the skin to create a vacuum effect. “This sucks the skin and fat layer off the muscle, and sometimes even moves muscle layers off each other”. “Sometimes the cups are left in place and other times they are moved along muscle fibers to help relax tight muscles.”
There are four main categories of cupping performed today:
- Dry cupping: a suction-only method
- Wet/bleeding cupping: may involve both suction and controlled medicinal bleeding
- Running cupping: involves moving suctioned cups around the body after applying oil to massage the desired area
- Flash cupping: involves quick, repeated suction and release of cups on an area of the body
Why use Cupping therapy
Cupping has been used to treat a wide variety of conditions. It
may be particularly effective at easing conditions that create
muscle aches and pains.
Since the cups can also be applied to major acupressure points,
the practice is possibly effective at treating digestive issues,
skin issues, and other conditions commonly treated with
acupressure.
Cupping therapy may help with the following conditions:
- lower back pain
- neck and shoulder pain
- headache and migraine
- knee pain
- shingles
- facial paralysis
- cough and dyspnea
- acne
Two main benefits of Cupping therapy?
Cupping is a type of alternative therapy that involves placing cups on the skin to create suction. This suction is thought to improve the flow of energy in the body and facilitate healing.
Decrease Pain!
The treatment works by enhancing circulation, releasing fascial restrictions between tissues, and modulating pain through neural pathways.
Increase range of motion.
Range of motion improvements occur through decreased tissue restrictions around joints and reduced muscle tension.
Cupping Therapy
One of the oldest medical texts to mention cupping therapy is Eber's papyrus (1550 B.C.) from Ancient Egypt, though cupping is a part of many ancient healing systems, including Chinese, Unani, traditional Korean, and Tibetan.
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