If you dismiss and neglect the experience of the ancients and believe that you will find the right path only in the newest treatments, you fool yourself and the people around you.
~Hippocrates
~Hippocrates
What is Massage Cupping Therapy?
A wonderful ancient tool has found its place in the contemporary world of health care. Massage Cupping is a modern form of vacuum therapy which creates a suction/negative pressure to soften tight muscles and tone attachments, loosen adhesions and lift connective tissue, bring hydration and blood flow to body tissues, move deep inflammation to the skin surface for release, and drain excess fluids and toxins by opening lymphatic pathways.
Massage Cupping Therapy is incredibly versatile and the basic movements can easily be customized to accomplish a wide variety of techniques, from lymphatic drainage to deep tissue release.
What is the difference between Massage Cupping and Traditional Chinese cupping therapy?
The practice of cupping dates back 5000 years ago. Even though the effects remained the same however the cups and the technique have changed over the years. In today's times Traditional Chinese Cupping (TCC) are done by Acupuncturists or Naturopathic doctors. With TCC a partial vacuum is created in cups and placed on the skin either by means of heat or suction. The cups are stationary in the same area for a period of five to thirty minutes. The goal of Chinese Cupping therapy is to move stagnation of blood and chi and disperse internal heat. Cupping therapies are also generally used in many cultures on both adults and children for respiratory conditions, pain relief, and multiple other uses in home health care.
Massage Cupping Therapy is a more commonly used tool by massage therapists and other healthcare practitioners. Before applying the cup, oil or lotion is administered to facilitate smooth movement. The entire back may be treated, including the neck, hips and thigh areas. In addition abdominal area, arms and face can also be treated. The goal of Massage Cupping is to strengthen or activate the self-healing processes of the body. Almost every area of the body responds to this unique treatment.
Why should I request Massage Cupping?
One of the most enjoyable aspects of experiencing this therapy is the incredibly wide range of movements. Creativity provides a variety of methods, while alteration of pressure and speed produces amazingly different sensations. The edge of the cup can be used to “scoop” in a cross fiber movement. Vigorous circles feel marvelous on the hips, thighs and shoulders. Long strokes down the sides of the spine and along the ribs provide ease to rib cage expansion and breathing. Stubborn neck tension can be released in mere minutes and scar tissue softened using a “reverse friction” technique.
People often report that the experience stayed with them longer than most treatments, and the speed with which Massage Cupping effects change in the tissue is truly amazing. When used in a treatment series, the results are cumulative. Yet even in a single treatment, a long-term physical issue may be resolved! Applications for this technique include body contouring, chronic pain relief, pre-surgery prepping and post-surgery recovery (face and body), detoxification, and increased sports performance.
What is the discoloration that occurs with some of the treatments?
The most common misunderstanding regarding one of the most powerful and beneficial after effects of cupping, is the marks that sometimes result. Where there is dead, static blood, lymph, cellular debris, pathogenic factors, and toxins present in the body, Cupping can leave marks which indicates that the stagnation or disease has been moved from the deeper tissue layers to the surface. The vacuum formed by Cupping draws up the old non-circulating stagnant blood and sticky fluids from the area, bringing them up to the surface and away from the injury so that healthy free circulation can be restored to the affected area, thus make space for oxygen, living cells and nutrients for faster recovery.
A wonderful ancient tool has found its place in the contemporary world of health care. Massage Cupping is a modern form of vacuum therapy which creates a suction/negative pressure to soften tight muscles and tone attachments, loosen adhesions and lift connective tissue, bring hydration and blood flow to body tissues, move deep inflammation to the skin surface for release, and drain excess fluids and toxins by opening lymphatic pathways.
Massage Cupping Therapy is incredibly versatile and the basic movements can easily be customized to accomplish a wide variety of techniques, from lymphatic drainage to deep tissue release.
What is the difference between Massage Cupping and Traditional Chinese cupping therapy?
The practice of cupping dates back 5000 years ago. Even though the effects remained the same however the cups and the technique have changed over the years. In today's times Traditional Chinese Cupping (TCC) are done by Acupuncturists or Naturopathic doctors. With TCC a partial vacuum is created in cups and placed on the skin either by means of heat or suction. The cups are stationary in the same area for a period of five to thirty minutes. The goal of Chinese Cupping therapy is to move stagnation of blood and chi and disperse internal heat. Cupping therapies are also generally used in many cultures on both adults and children for respiratory conditions, pain relief, and multiple other uses in home health care.
Massage Cupping Therapy is a more commonly used tool by massage therapists and other healthcare practitioners. Before applying the cup, oil or lotion is administered to facilitate smooth movement. The entire back may be treated, including the neck, hips and thigh areas. In addition abdominal area, arms and face can also be treated. The goal of Massage Cupping is to strengthen or activate the self-healing processes of the body. Almost every area of the body responds to this unique treatment.
Why should I request Massage Cupping?
One of the most enjoyable aspects of experiencing this therapy is the incredibly wide range of movements. Creativity provides a variety of methods, while alteration of pressure and speed produces amazingly different sensations. The edge of the cup can be used to “scoop” in a cross fiber movement. Vigorous circles feel marvelous on the hips, thighs and shoulders. Long strokes down the sides of the spine and along the ribs provide ease to rib cage expansion and breathing. Stubborn neck tension can be released in mere minutes and scar tissue softened using a “reverse friction” technique.
People often report that the experience stayed with them longer than most treatments, and the speed with which Massage Cupping effects change in the tissue is truly amazing. When used in a treatment series, the results are cumulative. Yet even in a single treatment, a long-term physical issue may be resolved! Applications for this technique include body contouring, chronic pain relief, pre-surgery prepping and post-surgery recovery (face and body), detoxification, and increased sports performance.
What is the discoloration that occurs with some of the treatments?
The most common misunderstanding regarding one of the most powerful and beneficial after effects of cupping, is the marks that sometimes result. Where there is dead, static blood, lymph, cellular debris, pathogenic factors, and toxins present in the body, Cupping can leave marks which indicates that the stagnation or disease has been moved from the deeper tissue layers to the surface. The vacuum formed by Cupping draws up the old non-circulating stagnant blood and sticky fluids from the area, bringing them up to the surface and away from the injury so that healthy free circulation can be restored to the affected area, thus make space for oxygen, living cells and nutrients for faster recovery.
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