What is Cupping Therapy?
Cupping therapy is widely known for its effectiveness in relieving various types of pain, including muscle soreness, back pain, and migraines. By stimulating blood flow and releasing muscle tension, cupping helps alleviate pain, speed up tissue repair, and promote faster recovery.
What are the benefits of cupping?
🩷 Pain Relief and Muscle Tension Release:
Cupping therapy has been revered for its effectiveness in relieving various types of pain, including muscle soreness, back pain, and migraines. By stimulating blood flow and releasing muscle tension, cupping helps alleviate pain, enhance tissue repair, and promote faster recovery.
🧡 Improved Blood Circulation and Detoxification:
The suction created by cupping increases blood flow, delivering oxygen and nutrients to tissues while also helping to clear out metabolic waste and toxins. This process supports the body’s natural detoxification, leaving you feeling refreshed and revitalized.
❤️ Enhanced Sports Performance and Injury Recovery:
Cupping therapy has gained popularity among athletes for its potential to enhance sports performance and speed up recovery from injuries. By decreasing muscle soreness, improving flexibility, and promoting healing, cupping helps athletes achieve optimal performance and get back to training or competition more quickly.
💜 Stress Reduction and Relaxation:
Cupping therapy offers more than just physical benefits. The deep relaxation induced by cupping activates the parasympathetic nervous system, triggering a relaxation response, reducing stress, anxiety, and mental tension.
🤎 Respiratory Health and Immune Support:
Cupping is also known to support respiratory conditions such as asthma, bronchitis, and allergies. By improving lung function, aiding lymphatic drainage, and strengthening the immune system, cupping helps boost overall health and resilience.
What does cupping feel like?
The cups will often feel tight at first (not painful) as the cup suctions onto the skin. Patients often describe cupping as a similar feeling to a deep tissue massage. We can easily adjust the level of suction or pressure on the cup to suit your individual preferences. Cupping should never be painful.
How long do the cups remain on? The amount of time the cups remain of will vary from treatment to treatment, but the average is 5-10 minutes, though it is not unusual for cups to remain on for as long as 30 minutes. Please be advised that more cups and longer suction times do NOT indicate a better treatment.
How long do the marks last? The length of time the marks last vary depending on the severity of your condition and your body's own healing rate. On average, it takes anywhere from a few days to a few week to fade completely.