5 Reasons You Should Incorporate Therapeutic Cupping Into Your Health and Wellness Routine!

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1.  Cupping aids in pain relief.
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* Cupping stimulates sensory nerves in the skin that help to reduce pain signals and decreases hypersensitivity.​
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*  It increases circulation and blood flow to the treated area, which causes an influx of chemicals that your body naturally creates to reduce pain and speed up the rate of healing.

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2.  Cupping helps heal chronic injuries.
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• Long-term, chronic injuries develop more rigid adhesions called scar tissue. Cupping helps to relax and soften scar tissue which then helps loosen the joint space, reduces stiffness, and improves range of motion.
• Cupping also activates the release of synovial fluid when applied directly over a joint space such as your wrist, elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, etc. Synovial fluid is responsible for providing cushioning and lubrication to your joints, and also keeps your joints healthy by providing adequate nutrition to the joints. This is especially helpful to an arthritic joint!

3.  Cupping improves lymphatic drainage and aids in the body's ability to detoxify naturally.
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• It helps to "cleanse the blood" by improving circulation of blood and lymph.
• It helps purify the blood by removing dead debris, increasing red and white blood cell activity, and helps alter the chemistry of the blood from acidic to more alkaline/neutral.
• It causes the pores of the skin to expand to help allow the body to flush out wastes and toxins such as lactic acid and excess carbon dioxide.

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4.  Cupping is relaxing and helps to reduce physical stress.

• Cupping can have similar relaxing effects on the body as a deep tissue massage.
• It helps to loosen built-up tension in your muscles by creating a negative pressure above the surface of the muscles and tissues underneath the skin, which reduces friction and gives the underlying tissues "room to breathe."
• Cupping has also been shown to temporarily reduce systolic blood pressure, which is very helpful for those who suffer from high blood pressure.
• Cupping increases the production and release of endorphins, which are the "feel good" hormones created by certain areas of the brain.

5.  Countless research articles have demonstrated the benefits of therapeutic cupping for a variety of conditions!

• Cupping is beneficial for high blood pressure, diabetes, sciatica, insomnia, anxiety, fatigue, poor circulation, sports injury recovery, headaches, fibromyalgia, arthritis, nerve pain, nerve compression, frozen shoulder, back pain, bursitis, tennis elbow, menstrual disorders, digestive complaints, IT band injury, tendonitis, respiratory conditions such as asthma and bronchitis, recovery from the common cold, etc.
• Other research has shown that even a single therapeutic cupping treatment can cause a profound long-term improvement in symptoms. Better yet, continued treatments have a cumulative and synergistic effect.

Call us at The Center for Natural Health at 636-724-5757 to schedule your therapeutic cupping today!
 
References:

1. Traditional Chinese Medicine Cupping Therapy -- Ilkay Zihni Chirali
2. Cupping from a Biomechanical Perspective -- LM Than, HP Lee, C Lu
3. Foundations of Manual Lymphatic Drainage, 3rd ed. -- M Foldi, R Strobenreuther
4. The Lymphatic System -- Thomas Braem
5. Anatomy Trains -- Thomas W Myers
6. The Neglected Fascial System -- Frankie L Burget
7. Detoxification Therapies -- Kirk VandenBerghe & Sandy Breckenridge