What is Cupping Therapy?
THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF CUPPING THERAPY
Manual stimulus, with the objective of influencing and manipulating internal or external organs must start at the most superficial level. The skin, which is the body’s largest organ, contains fluids, blood vessels, connective tissue, muscle and rich nerve supplies.
Since Cupping techniques use negative pressure, rather than tissue compression, superior bodywork ranging from Myofascial Release and deep tissue work to manual lymphatic drainage is easily accomplished. The suction of the cups rapidly facilitates rigid soft tissue release by pulling it up and away from the underlying structures, thus loosening areas of adhesion or restriction. It activates muscle spindle reflexes that relax contractile tissue and retrains the myofascial structures.
Contracted, congested tissue structures will soften quickly and it’s remarkable on rigid and aching muscles, activating the secretion of synovial fluids to release joint stiffness in ways not possible using the pressure of traditional massage – with only a few minutes of negative pressure therapy. It concurrently creates localized expansion of tissue, producing a profound vasodilatation reaction – drawing blood flow to areas of ischemic pain, raising skin temperature, promoting metabolism within the skin tissue for better functioning of sweat and sebaceous glands, flushing capillary beds, draining stagnant blood, toxins and lymph, and re-supplying vital nutrients.
Some of the benefits of Cupping Therapy:
· Treats headaches, neck pain and backaches
· Dispels colds and respiratory infections
· Benefits the lungs for cough and asthma
· Strengthens the immune system by promoting the flow of lymphatic fluid
· Improves circulation to reduce inflammation
· Relieves gastrointestinal symptoms such as stomachache, vomiting, constipation and diarrhea
· Affects the body down to a depth of four inches beneath the surface – thus making the best deep tissue massage available
· The suction created by cupping pulls stagnant intercellular fluid to the surface, removes toxic debris and replaces it with fresh oxygenated, nutrient rich fluid.
· Stretches and unwinds fascia at the superficial and deepest levels
· Removes micro and small adhesions, allowing for more range of movement in tissues. Larger and/or deeper adhesions may need cumulative treatments for permanent changes.
· Stimulates the local nervous system, causing an increase of endorphins and a decrease of pain
Manual stimulus, with the objective of influencing and manipulating internal or external organs must start at the most superficial level. The skin, which is the body’s largest organ, contains fluids, blood vessels, connective tissue, muscle and rich nerve supplies.
Since Cupping techniques use negative pressure, rather than tissue compression, superior bodywork ranging from Myofascial Release and deep tissue work to manual lymphatic drainage is easily accomplished. The suction of the cups rapidly facilitates rigid soft tissue release by pulling it up and away from the underlying structures, thus loosening areas of adhesion or restriction. It activates muscle spindle reflexes that relax contractile tissue and retrains the myofascial structures.
Contracted, congested tissue structures will soften quickly and it’s remarkable on rigid and aching muscles, activating the secretion of synovial fluids to release joint stiffness in ways not possible using the pressure of traditional massage – with only a few minutes of negative pressure therapy. It concurrently creates localized expansion of tissue, producing a profound vasodilatation reaction – drawing blood flow to areas of ischemic pain, raising skin temperature, promoting metabolism within the skin tissue for better functioning of sweat and sebaceous glands, flushing capillary beds, draining stagnant blood, toxins and lymph, and re-supplying vital nutrients.
Some of the benefits of Cupping Therapy:
· Treats headaches, neck pain and backaches
· Dispels colds and respiratory infections
· Benefits the lungs for cough and asthma
· Strengthens the immune system by promoting the flow of lymphatic fluid
· Improves circulation to reduce inflammation
· Relieves gastrointestinal symptoms such as stomachache, vomiting, constipation and diarrhea
· Affects the body down to a depth of four inches beneath the surface – thus making the best deep tissue massage available
· The suction created by cupping pulls stagnant intercellular fluid to the surface, removes toxic debris and replaces it with fresh oxygenated, nutrient rich fluid.
· Stretches and unwinds fascia at the superficial and deepest levels
· Removes micro and small adhesions, allowing for more range of movement in tissues. Larger and/or deeper adhesions may need cumulative treatments for permanent changes.
· Stimulates the local nervous system, causing an increase of endorphins and a decrease of pain
Receiving cupping can feel mildly uncomfortable or deeply pleasurable, depending on the individual. People often report that the experience stays with them longer than most treatments, and the speed with which negative pressure massage changes 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!
When used in a treatment series, the results are cumulative. Yet even in a single treatment, a long-term physical issue may be resolved!
What is Trigger Point Therapy?
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Trigger Point Therapy was pioneered and developed in this country by Dr. Janet Travell, President John F. Kennedy's personal physician during his years of persistent back pain.
Trigger-point therapy can provide dramatic relief to many pain symptoms brought on by everyday stresses, overused muscles, whiplash trauma or conditions such as fibromyalgia and arthritis. In these conditions, “soft tissue” pain is often characterized by “trigger points.” Trigger points are extremely sensitive areas that carry the referred sensation of a sharp pain, dull ache, tingling, pins and needles, or the feeling of hot or cold. Trigger points often refer pain to other locations as in headaches or back pain. In some instances they can create symptoms such as nausea, ear aches, equilibrium disturbances, and blurred vision. Trigger point therapy examines and treats the layers of the muscles, closely addressing both the surface and deep tissues and ligaments.
A trigger point is a hyperirritable tender spot in a muscle that refers pain ("triggers pain) to other muscles. This is why the pain in your head may be coming from a neck muscle and the pain in your neck from a shoulder muscle and the pain in your low back from a hip muscle.
If the trigger points are not treated, they can be the culprits in lingering pain even after an injury has healed, and the reason why the headache, neckache, and backache keep returning year after year. Some of the causes of trigger point activity in your muscles are stress, excessive chilling, injury, overuse, strain, as well as chemical, drugs, alcohol, and environmental pollutants.
Active trigger points keep the muscles tight, restricting blood flow and compressing nerves perpetuating a vicious pain-spasm cycle in the muscles. The effect of decreased flexibility limits movement encouraging postural patterns which may sustain the cycle for years.
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Trigger Point Therapy was pioneered and developed in this country by Dr. Janet Travell, President John F. Kennedy's personal physician during his years of persistent back pain.
Trigger-point therapy can provide dramatic relief to many pain symptoms brought on by everyday stresses, overused muscles, whiplash trauma or conditions such as fibromyalgia and arthritis. In these conditions, “soft tissue” pain is often characterized by “trigger points.” Trigger points are extremely sensitive areas that carry the referred sensation of a sharp pain, dull ache, tingling, pins and needles, or the feeling of hot or cold. Trigger points often refer pain to other locations as in headaches or back pain. In some instances they can create symptoms such as nausea, ear aches, equilibrium disturbances, and blurred vision. Trigger point therapy examines and treats the layers of the muscles, closely addressing both the surface and deep tissues and ligaments.
A trigger point is a hyperirritable tender spot in a muscle that refers pain ("triggers pain) to other muscles. This is why the pain in your head may be coming from a neck muscle and the pain in your neck from a shoulder muscle and the pain in your low back from a hip muscle.
If the trigger points are not treated, they can be the culprits in lingering pain even after an injury has healed, and the reason why the headache, neckache, and backache keep returning year after year. Some of the causes of trigger point activity in your muscles are stress, excessive chilling, injury, overuse, strain, as well as chemical, drugs, alcohol, and environmental pollutants.
Active trigger points keep the muscles tight, restricting blood flow and compressing nerves perpetuating a vicious pain-spasm cycle in the muscles. The effect of decreased flexibility limits movement encouraging postural patterns which may sustain the cycle for years.
