Cupping Therapy is a safe, traditional treatment that helps resolve chronic muscle tightness and muscle soreness. It is a modality used by skilled healthcare practitioners for treating painful musculoskeletal issues.

A glass, plastic, or silicone cup is placed on the skin where the air within the cup is removed causing a vacuum effect. Dry cupping is a safe and beneficial technique. In clinical studies, patients with neck and shoulder pain experienced a 61% decrease in pain after receiving dry cupping therapy!

Although dry cupping is considered safe, it should only be performed by a well-trained physical therapist or medicine practitioner.

How Does Cupping Work?

Cupping increases the blood flow to sore areas in muscles, providing important nutrients to the area that promote healing.

It can also provide pain relief by exciting small nerves inside muscles so that they release pain-killing chemicals.

What Are the Health Benefits of Cupping?

Cupping can provide pain relief and help ease the symptoms of many common disorders of the bones and muscles. You may benefit from cupping if you suffer from neck, shoulder, low back, or foot pain, and it has even been shown to be effective for osteoarthritis.

1. Faster Pain Relief

Cupping can relieve pains due like lower back pain, muscle pain, sciatica etc.

With arthritis, cupping is done with the concerned joints. Cupping increases blood circulation and mobility, therefore it is an effective treatment for conditions like rheumatism, osteoarthritis, stiff neck and shoulders etc.

2. Faster Healing
Cupping can increase the blood flow to specific areas that need healing. The increased blood and energy flow will lead to faster healing.
For most people cupping therapy is a really great experience. There are numerous health benefits for cupping, some of which are:

Pain and inflammation reduction

Softening of adhesions and stiff connective tissue

Drainage of toxins and waste from the lymphatic system

the ability to impact deeper, more hard-to-reach muscles and other soft tissues

Optimized athletic performance

Calming of the nervous system

Improved overall wellbeing

Cupping Therapy at FitSol

1. We strategically place the cup on the skin where the air within the cup is removed causing a vacuum effect or a suction. The Physical Therapist controls the amount of suction used according to the muscle condition.

2. Multiple cups can be applied at one time to a painful or stiff area and are left on the skin anywhere from 10-20 minutes. Stretching exercises or active range of motion exercises can be utilized as well while the cups are applied.

3. When the cups are removed, the skin treated develops red circular areas that correspond to the diameter of the cup. This is the residual effect of the treatment – these red areas are temporary and subside quickly over 2 or 3 days.

Book an Appointment for Cupping Therapy Today

Are you interested in knowing more about Cupping Therapy for pain relief?

Book an appointment today with one of our medical experts to help you determine if cupping could be an option for treatment.