08/09/2023
🛑Dry cupping is an ancient form of traditional medicine where cups are applied and left onto the skin for a few minutes to create a suction.
This increases the blood circulation to the area, and manipulates the skin, cells & muscle tissue to release tension as well as treat scarring.
🔅By increasing the blood circulation to the area, this will bring more oxygen to an area of tension to ease pain. Dry cupping can reduce pain, aid recovery from illness, help to reduce stress and tension, improve digestive flow, help to re-align the body's energy as well as improve energy levels.
🔅It pulls blood to an area to encourage healing and helps to stretch tight fascia and muscle tissue by encourage blood flow.
🔅Dry cupping therapy is used to treat injuries and is often used in conjunction with other therapies such as sports massage, Tui Na and Acupuncture.
🔅Dry cupping therapy is part of Chinese Medicine and specifically works with the meridian channels that acupuncturists often work along, this is to promote healing, balance and shift energy flow within the body.
🔅In sports therapy, the therapist would incorporate dry cupping therapy to reduce musculoskeletal tensions and assist in restoring range of movement.
🔅This therapy enables you to work on both physical and energetic aspects to restore health, energy and tension in the body.