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Cupping therapy

  • 26-05-2014 10:41pm
    #1
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,142 ✭✭✭


    Anyone try it. I have had it done a few times for shoulder/back pain. Its a little uncomfortable but far from a deep massage pain can give.

    I have used a foam roller and stick for a long time on my legs but they do little help to IT band.

    Sensationalist article below about it. Basically I went to work today and had a mark like that on the back of my neck. Never even knew it was there. My neck feels much better though :)

    Sports massage, the stick/grid/foam roller all do basically the same thing like this which is stimulate bloodflow in the area to speed recovery. Any opinions ?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1041370/The-price-Gold-Chinese-athletes-left-huge-spots-cupping-therapy-quest-Olympic-glory.html


Comments

  • #2
    cianc
    Registered Users Posts: 709 ✭✭✭cianc


    From skimming the Wikipedia article it sounds like complete nonsense.


  • #3
    rom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,142 ✭✭✭rom


    cianc wrote: »
    From skimming the Wikipedia article it sounds like complete nonsense.

    Its been around since 1500 BC. Wikipedia is hardly the best source. I defo found it helped with my neck pain.


  • #4
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,535 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Leeches have been used for medicinal purposes since 800 B.C., but I wouldn't be in a hurry to go seeking them out as a treatment.


  • #5
    digger2d2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,957 ✭✭✭digger2d2


    I think ultraman might try that on his kn0b ;)


  • #6
    ultraman1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,742 ✭✭✭ultraman1


    I thought cupping was how u held tits...


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  • #7
    average_runner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,858 ✭✭✭✭average_runner


    In fairness, the article is from the daily mail!!


  • #8
    bambergbike
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭bambergbike


    rom wrote: »
    Its a little uncomfortable but far from a deep massage pain can give.

    My thoughts would be that maybe it doesn't feel like it's going very deep because, well, it isn't? Reminds me a bit of Deep Heat and similar products that make the surface of the skin feel toasty warm and manage to block out some pain even without actually reaching its source directly at all, simply by setting up a counter-irritation that's close enough to the site of the original pain to distract from it, confuse the nervous system and give relief by that roundabout route.

    That said I can see that some neck/shoulder pain probably does have causes that are barely skin-deep and possibly amenable to being relieved directly by techniques that don't go very deep. The precise selection of techniques, though, is something I would be inclined to leave to a professional. At least unless I had such chronic issues that I had already tried everything once and a hierarchy of preferences had gradually crystallized out of my n=1 experiment.


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