My dear husband gave me a gift certificate to a massage therapy studio. It was such a great idea, and I went today. Overall, I thought the massage part was good. However, the therapist is also an acupuncturist and decided to use cupping techniques to loosen up the knots in my shoulders.
I never did this before, and until today, was not so familiar with the technique. Basically, he heated two glass cups and put them on my back to create a suction on two parts of my shoulders then sort of drag the around while maintaining the vacuum. The acupressure should relieve my pain. It did!
But... Now I have horrible dark purple welts on my back and shoulders. I am pretty bruised, and those areas are ridiculously sensitive. I feel like I was beat up, although it's not as bad as it looks. And it looks awful. I will be with these marks for at least a week. Joy!
For now I can honestly say I am not going to see that guy again, or do that cupping crap.
2 comments:
Hi, came across your post searching for 'cupping'.
Hey you're right. The marks definitely look much worse than they feel, and will fade within a few days.
I suppose you have decided to never do it again, but if you ever feel the need and change your mind, then you may also want to look into blood-cupping (!) (aka wet cupping, hijama, bekam - search these on the net)
In this version, you make some incisions on the sites of the cup, and then reapply the cups to suck the alleged bad/toxic blood out(!), essentially a very fast detox!
If you want to know more, check out our blog on the subject: www.ahealth.co.uk
Shuaib
Cupping is stupid.
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