CUPPING

The ancient art of cupping has been around for 5000 years. Invented some say, before acupuncture, this is an original therapy for helping to alleviate a vast range of modern dysfunctions of the body.

What can cupping help with?

· Back pain (upper and lower) including sciatica lumbago and disc problems

· Neck and shoulder pain

· Any muscular or joint pain (including repetitive strain injuries)

· Coughing and lung disorders

· Abdominal pain

· Anaemia

· Asthma

· Atrophy syndrome

· Constipation

· Fevers

· Hypertension

· Muscular and joint pain

· Tiredness/lethargy

· Cellulite

· Bladder/Uterine weakness/prolapse

How does cupping affect the body?

Effects upon the skin:

The direct stimuli encourages expansion of blood vessels causing increasing blood circulation and a rise in skin temperature. This promotes metabolism within the skin tissue, better functioning of sweat and sebaceous glands and of cutaneous respiration and improves supply of nutrition to the tissues. Cupping encourages the withdrawal of stagnant blood and the removal of poisonous substances from the surface of the skin

Effects upon muscles:

A response is activated in the subcutaneous blood vessels. Blood vessel expand in the muscles which facilitate the flow of blood which has a remarkable effects of soft tissues aches and pains removing congested blood. Cupping also facilitates the flow of lymph thus, clearing and cleaning soft tissue.

Effects upon the joints:

Chronic Joint Rheumatism is one of the conditions for which ‘cupping therapy’ is effective. Concentrate the treatment around the joint. Blood flows better through the joint and there is an increased activity and secretion of synovial fluid.

Effects upon digestive organs:

People can feel hungry after cupping in the stomach region. The low pressure pulling power of the cups stimulates the insides of the organs, their peristaltic movement and secretion of digestive fluids and therefore strengthens digestions and absorption as well as helping to “move” the bowels.

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