This ancient therapy has been used by Chinese, Mayans, and Egyptians for over 3,000 years.
Today, cupping is used to help treat muscle + joint pain and spasms, particularly in the back, plus it boosts the body's over all immune system. The tissues get saturated with fresh new blood cells carrying vitamins, minerals, and oxygen while the suction pulls stagnant blood out of the area. Glass cups are strategically placed over muscle tissue to clear up stagnant circulation and energy, resulting in breaking up adhesions. Cupping helps to clear up congestion, dissipate lactic acid, and flush toxins from the system via the lymph system. Cupping relieves tired, sore, and over worked muscles, perfect for ridding the body of chronic and acute pain. Think of it as a vacuum cleaner for the connective tissue. It sucks the dust, crumbs, abandoned cellular debris and forgotten emotional baggage that have manifested themselves away between your bones, muscles and fascia.
What Are The Benefits of Cupping?
- Flushes lactic acid & stagnant blood from acute & chronic contracted muscles
- Breaks up adhesions from frozen shoulder and rotator cuff tears
- Relieves pain from sciatica/ back pain, shin splints and other conditions
- Relief from cough & breaks up phlegm buildup in the lungs
- Reduces the chance of getting the common cold or flu
- Facilitates the flow of lymph, which helps remove bacteria & toxic substances from the body
- Effective pain relief from chronic joint rheumatism and arthritis
- Increases production of synovial fluids in the joints
- Dramatically breaks up scar tissue surrounding the joints
- Encourages a sufficient supply of nutrition to the tissues
- Encourages blood & lymph circulation to the tissues
- Increases secretion of digestive fluids & nutrition absorption
How Long Do Marks Last?
The color and pattern of the marks depend on the level of stagnation in the
area, may range from a light pink to bright red to dark purple, usually lasting
3 days to a week - sometimes longer if the person marks dark.
People who live/work/play in toxic environments (or were exposed to a heavy
dose of toxic material) may consistently mark. Sites where there is old trauma
or injury may require multiple cupping treatments to remove all stagnation.
You will find in follow up treatments the marks will be progressively lighter as
the pathogens are systemically removed from the body.
If there is no stagnation present, there will be only a pink marking which
disappears in a few minutes to a couple of hours. No breaks in the skin are
created and it is a perfectly safe and sterile treatment. The marks are NOT
bruises, which is caused from impact trauma. The marks left behind are strictly from suction; it is not a burn.