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Have you ever tried cupping in addition to massage to help your body recover?  Here's why you should...

​Cupping provides a variety of methods for the practitioner to choose from to produce amazing results. People often report that the experience stayed with them longer than most treatments, and the speed with which the treatment 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!

The technician can use the following methods and reasons for cupping:

• Alternating lift/pressure and speed
• Scooping in a cross fiber movement
• Vigorous circles 
• Long strokes 
• Reverse friction
  ​Applications for these techniques include but are not limited to:
• Increased sports performance
• Increased ROM
• Increased flexibility
• Acute sports injury relief
• Chronic sports injury relief
• Pre-surgery prepping and post-surgery recovery
• Acute pain relief
• Chronic pain relief
• Edema
• Fibromyalgia
• Scar adhesion
• and many more!
  
  

Cupping can produce a discoloration called a “cup kiss” or “doo-hickey.” If this appears during the treatment, it’s just an added bonus indicating the release of intense stagnation (body fluids and toxins) in the area. This is not a bruise and will dissipate anywhere between a few hours and a few days. It is also unlikely that it will re-occur in the same area. 

After Care:

• Drink extra water 
• Do not exercise excessively until the next day
• Avoid excessive temperatures for 4-6 hrs.
• Avoid hot showers, steam, sauna until next day (use warm water)
• ​Do not receive other bodywork for 48 hours in the cupped areas as this could overload your system or complicate the work that was done.
• Subsequent sessions clear deeper layers of old congestion and restriction to effect significant change in conditions.
• Skin discolorations reveal old blood trapped in the tissue and will dissipate between 1-7 days

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