What is Massage Cupping?
With all the techniques available in massage today most people usually have the feeling they’ve seen them all. Massage Cupping however is a technique most people have not experienced but which is as old as the very concept of massage itself. The fact that cupping has become more popular today has to do with the fact the most people and therapists have just recognized it’s effectiveness in today’s stressful world. Massage Cupping uses various techniques of suction and vaccum pressure in order to achieve the standard benefits of massage. Some of these benefits are the drainage of various unneeded fluids in the body such as waste and toxins and the increase in blood and lymph flow of the body. These techniques not only promote health but ensure that the individual is thoroughly relaxed as well.
Massage Cupping can be carried out by modern day equipment or by using the same methods which the Chinese used in the past and still used today. If bamboo cups are used the massage therapist will soak a cotton ball in alcohol and light it up. The b alls are then placed together with the flame for a brief moment inside the cup and removed. Then the cup is then quickly placed over the are of the body that requires suction. The purpose of this act is for the flame to remove the air in the cup and by placing the cup over the skin– vacuum pressure is created. Some of the tissue in the body is pulled slightly into the cup , this creates a relaxing effect on the body. If the vaccum pressure is greater the effects of deep tissue massage can then be experienced by the person undergoing the massage.
Different forms of cupping will provide different results. Some cups may be placed over the skin or longer period of time in order to promote circulation . The skin of the client may even turn red – a sign of good circulation which brings not only blood but nutrients to the skin as well. This increase in blood and nutrients supplied to the skin also uses results in the washing away of residual toxins present in the body. Different types of massage oil can then be applied to the skin to further enhance and promote the massage effects.
All clients love the comfort and sensations provided by Massage Cupping , all types of problems that may result in the patient seeking a massage can be resolved by the use of this technique. These conditions include various forms of tension in the musculoskeletal system, headaches and migraines, high blood pressure and anxiety, fatigue and restlessness etc. Massage Cupping also works effectively for clients who may be experience severe discomfort with other forms of massage such as deep tissue massage. It achieves the same effects deep tissue massage achieves without the same rigor or pressure. Massage Cupping may be offered as the sole form of treatment in massage therapy or it may be offered in conjunction with other methods of massage treatment.