Cupping…

Cupping

Offt! The darker the cupping marks, the more dysfunctional the local tissue is. In other words the local tissue has poor vascular (blood) supply and is likely to be symptomatic of pain and other symptoms such as tissue ‘tightness’.

In Chinese medicine, this is also known as ‘stagnated’ tissue with reduced chi – basically this means a reduction in ‘life-force’. Fire cupping is also commonly used for tissue / systemic detoxification. Now I’m no guru in Chinese Medicine, or many other traditional medicines around the world, but this stuff is 🔥 and legit gets fantastic results with clients.

I like to use it for treating pain, tissue tightness and dysfunctional and most importantly, to promote and facilitate local tissue healing.

Don’t take my word, try it yourself. After all, it is pseudoscience right…

The information contained in this article is general in nature and you should consult a health professional before  proceeding with any treatments mentioned in the above article.

Supporting literature and scientific studies can be found on the References page.

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Ben Humphris - Founder of Results Based Physiotherapy Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT) Educator & Mentor

Ben is the founder and Head Physiotherapist at Results Based Physiotherapy. He uses a wide range of manual therapy techniques to facilitate the healing process, and reduce pain with his clients because he understands that training and doing rehabilitation while in pain is not the solution to recovering well.

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Supporting literature and scientific studies can be found on the References page.