Welcome To Cupping Therapy
“The best medical treatment you applying in cupping”
There are many styles of cupping that use tools ranging from cups made of animal horns to the new high tech silicone cups. Styles vary greatly, and the art is practiced in such varied areas as China, Syria, Japan, Iran, Korea they all have their own style.
The style most Americans know about is called Fire Cupping the treatment is often mistakenly called Chinese Cupping, or Traditional Chinese cupping, widely thought to mean cupping done with the use of fire to create a vacuum in the Glass bowl or cup.
In this method alcohol is applied to a cotton ball that is usually held with a metal clamp. The cotton ball is then set on fire and inserted into the glass cup for a few seconds, burning up the oxygen and creating heat to displace the air. Thereby creating a temporary vacuum inside the glass cup when it is quickly removed. The cup is then quickly applied directly to the skin that has been prepared with the application of oil to help maintain the seal and the vacuum created inside the cup.
I’m sure you’re seeing those perfectly round hickeys more and more. Gwyneth on the red carpet. Jen at her movie premier. Posh Spice at Heath row. But now the guy in line in front of you at Whole Foods. And your neighbor after acupuncture. Or your triathlete friend after physical therapy. Cupping therapy is not just trendy or some ancient Chinese secret. It’s used more and more by therapists treating soft tissue problems for a variety of reasons and with excellent results.
Practitioners who treat orthopedic injuries appreciate cupping. Because of its positive effects on the superficial tissues of our bodies. (skin and subcutaneous fascia). It is often found that most movement dysfunctions are highly correlated with negative changes in our skin and subcutaneous tissues. Chronic inflammation and edema have much the same effect on our tissues as normal aging and a decrease in physical activity. This can result in adhesion’s (or scarring) in the various layers of our fascia. Leading to a decrease in microcirculation. Along with an alteration in how the nerves in these tissues conduct information from our extremity to our spinal cord and brain.
Myocardial decompression, or MFD, as it is called . Is being widely used in athletic training, physical therapy, and massage therapy offices. It is essentially the same thing as cupping, and is being used in the Olympic games for pre and post-workout recovery and detoxification. Used specifically to decompress adhesion's and scar tissue. It can relax muscles in spasm, decrease trigger point pain. It can decrease tissue changes and inflammation following trauma.
