Cupping
What is Cupping?
One of the treatment techniques used by our Physical Therapists and Massage Therapists is cupping therapy. This modified version of Eastern style cupping is also referred to as myofascial cupping because it works on a deeper level into the myofascial tissue surrounding the muscle. Cupping therapy involves the use of glass, plastic, or silicone cups. A gentle manual vacuum pump creates a negative pressure which draws the soft tissue into the cups.
What to expect
You usually will feel a tight sensation in the area of the cup. Depending on your comfort and your practitioner's assessment of the problem, cups may be moved around with massage oil or left in place. They may remain on your body briefly or for longer amounts of time. Each treatment is unique to you on that particular day. Cupping may cause the skin to temporarily turn color under the area that was cupped. The skin discoloration can last anywhere from a day to a week, but is rarely painful.
Benefits of Cupping
Some of the benefits of cupping therapy include increase in circulation, decrease in inflammation, decrease in myofascial restrictions, increased range of motion, and improved tissue pliability. The therapists at Innovative Therapy & Wellness all see myofascial cupping as a beneficial adjunctive treatment technique in our rehabilitative arsenal, especially when a patient presents with soft tissue restrictions that may inhibit proper biomechanics. Myofascial cupping can be useful in the treatment of chronic overuse injuries such as bursitis, tendinitis, tendinosis, and myofascial pain syndromes. It also may be effective with some post-surgical patients who develop soft tissue restrictions as a result of surgical trauma and bleeding causing adhesions within the body’s fascial system.
One of the treatment techniques used by our Physical Therapists and Massage Therapists is cupping therapy. This modified version of Eastern style cupping is also referred to as myofascial cupping because it works on a deeper level into the myofascial tissue surrounding the muscle. Cupping therapy involves the use of glass, plastic, or silicone cups. A gentle manual vacuum pump creates a negative pressure which draws the soft tissue into the cups.
What to expect
You usually will feel a tight sensation in the area of the cup. Depending on your comfort and your practitioner's assessment of the problem, cups may be moved around with massage oil or left in place. They may remain on your body briefly or for longer amounts of time. Each treatment is unique to you on that particular day. Cupping may cause the skin to temporarily turn color under the area that was cupped. The skin discoloration can last anywhere from a day to a week, but is rarely painful.
Benefits of Cupping
Some of the benefits of cupping therapy include increase in circulation, decrease in inflammation, decrease in myofascial restrictions, increased range of motion, and improved tissue pliability. The therapists at Innovative Therapy & Wellness all see myofascial cupping as a beneficial adjunctive treatment technique in our rehabilitative arsenal, especially when a patient presents with soft tissue restrictions that may inhibit proper biomechanics. Myofascial cupping can be useful in the treatment of chronic overuse injuries such as bursitis, tendinitis, tendinosis, and myofascial pain syndromes. It also may be effective with some post-surgical patients who develop soft tissue restrictions as a result of surgical trauma and bleeding causing adhesions within the body’s fascial system.
