What is it?
Cupping is a massage modality originally developed in ancient Egyptian, Chinese and Middle Easter cultures and it is a deep tissue therapy that involved placing special cups on the skin for a few minutes to create suction, a method that helps with pain, muscle tension and general well-being.
Benefits
There are numerous benefits associated with the use of Cupping Therapy:
- Improvement of blood circulation
- Increase of oxygen level in blood, supplying nutrients to the cells
- Decrease of inflammation, drawing it from the deeper tissues to the surface of the skin in order to exit the body
- Relief of muscle tensions, breaking down adhesions and knots
- Treatment of ailment like migraines, fatigue, cold, rheumatism, allergies and many more
- Improvement of digestive system, helping metabolism and digestions
- Increase of relaxation, similarly to a standard relaxation massage
Approach
Every therapy has to be tailored to the individual. It is important first to discuss about your condition, the source and the symptoms of your discomfort and then apply the best treatment for you.
In a cupping therapy, I will start by detecting the sections of the body that need to be treated.
Silicon cups of different sizes, based on the area that requires treatment, are used by being moved over the body. The cups are generally left in place for up to three minutes creating a vacuum seal on areas of the body.
For better results, cupping can be applied also as part of the Swedish massage.
