Cupping Therapy

Cupping has been a practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine (M.T.C.) for several centuries and not only …

Quoted by Hippocrates (460-377 BC) in “The Art of Healing”, this method was also used around the world to treat many troubles and blockages by the Greeks, Indians, Arabs, and in Europe until in the 20th century as a grandmother’s remedy. According to a Chinese saying: “Acupuncture and cupping cure more than half of diseases”.

It is this same method that is still used today but updated to the modern world: “Ancestral method for relieving pain”, the use of which has been diverted to a kind of physiological doping by athletes.

The use of suction cups is technically safer and more efficient, with an integrated source of vacuum and no longer with the flame, for greater safety and comfort in their handling
Extension to the aesthetic field for high-performance bioenergetic care

Some benefits:

Eliminate energy blockages
Activate blood and lymphatic circulation
Increase tissue oxygenation, Increase the supply of nutrients to tissues
relax tension and relax muscles
recover flexibility and fluidity in movements
relieve pain
Destock and burn fat, eliminate toxins
slimming in case of localized overweight
anti-cellulite, palpate-roll effect to combat “orange peel”
Drain excess fluids
firming in case of loss of tissue tone
Already noticed on some athletes at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, this method has been adopted by many athletes around the world for several years (the vast majority of the New York Mets baseball team, the All Blacks rugby player, Sonny Bill Williams, swimmers Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian.

A technique that allows rapid recovery

These suction cups draw blood close to the surface of the body, drawing it out of its usual vessels, thus forming bruises under the skin. The principle here is somewhat the same as that of a bloodletting: a little blood is removed in order to be able to regenerate it. This has a beneficial effect on circulation, but also, when done on a regular and comprehensive basis, on blood production. In Chinese medicine, we say that “stale blood comes out”.

Quotes:

“Cupping is a great recovery tool,” Belarusian swimmer Pavel Sankovich said on his Instagram account.
“You can think of this technique as a controlled injury that encourages the body to heal targeted areas faster,” says Dr. Charles Kim, rehabilitation medicine specialist at the Rusk Rehabilitation Center in New York.
“It’s been the secret I’ve had that keeps me healthy,” gymnast Alexander Naddour said in an interview with USA Today.
As for Phelps, he says he uses cupping to relax his muscles.

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