What is a Cupping Massage?
Cupping is a massage method that uses glass or plastic cups to produce suction on the skin. Hand cups work on any part of the body. Cupping improves blood circulation and helps loosen tight muscles and fascia. Massage therapists can utilise cupping to treat a variety of illnesses.
Cupping is a portable vacuum massage technique. Making a partial vacuum with suction cups helps relax the skin and tissues. It can ease stiff muscles, loosen adhesions, and raise restricting connective tissues by creating suction and vacuum. This specialised approach hydrates and nourishes the body’s tissues. By activating lymphatic routes, it can transfer deep inflammation to the skin surface for relief. This type of massage can be used on any part of the body as long as there is a seal between the skin and the cup.
Why Use Cupping?
Cupping can aid in various situations. These include:
1. After Exercising or Workouts
Cupping can be done post-workout or post-sport and can help eliminate waste products from tissues and muscles after exercise. During exercise, lactic acid and other acids are produced. Muscle discomfort and tightness can be caused by waste build up. Increased blood flow during cupping can remove waste from tissues and replenish them with nutrients and oxygen.
2. Muscle Tension
Cupping helps alleviate tense muscles and relieves tightness without applying excessive pressure. This massage also elevates tissues, relaxing muscles and allowing muscle fibres to glide apart. Allowing muscle fibres to move apart instead of being firmly packed together promotes a range of motion and flexibility.
3. Toned Muscles
Cupping can also treat high muscle tone. Muscular tenseness is caused by high muscle tone. Tight muscles cause stiff tissues, which restrict movement. Cupping works by raising soft tissue temperature, enhancing circulation, breaking down adhesions, and lowering the tone.
How does cupping affect the body?
Massage has numerous physiological consequences on the body. Physiological effects of cupping are:
Muscle Tissue Temperature Rise:
Cupping raises tissue temperature. Increasing temperature helps relax muscles and reduce stress. and raises body temperature by boosting blood flow. The vacuum pressure raises tissues and causes the skin to turn red, indicating increased circulation. Blood flow increases nutrients and oxygen to tissues.
Waste Removal:
Cupping can also help remove waste from tissues. Increased blood flow removes waste materials and pollutants. The clearance of waste materials can improve muscular health and reduce tension.
Cortisol Drop:
Cupping can reduce cortisol levels and relax the body. Stress hormone cortisol Stress and anxiety are sensed when the brain releases cortisol. Cupping raises body temperature and calms the mind. Stimulating the nerve system reduces tension and promotes feelings of relaxation.
What are the benefits of Cupping?
Cupping has many advantages:
Less Tension:
Cupping helps release tension in the tissues. Stress, surgery, and repeated exercise all cause tension. Tension can cause tightness and impede joint movement. Furthermore, Cupping can help relieve tension by elevating tissues and emptying waste materials.
Muscle Release:
Larger cups might help loosen tense muscles. Larger cups provide a greater vacuum and mimic deep tissue massage. Moving the cups along the muscles can help loosen knots and stiff tissues. Temperature and blood circulation increase swiftly to relax tense muscles. Cupping also works wonders on fascia and muscle scar tissue.
Circulation Boost:
Cupping is an efficient way to enhance blood flow. Blood flow to the muscles and skin increases nutrition and permits toxins to be removed via the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system can drain and remove poisons from the body. Improved circulation reduces pain, discomfort, and softens stiff muscles.
Relaxation:
Cupping can also be calming and can calm the nervous system and induce deep relaxation. High blood pressure, anxiety, and weariness benefit from a therapeutic effect. Cupping can increase temperature and cause tingling as well as relaxation.
Which parts of the body is Cupping most Commonly used on?
Cupping can be used to treat several common body areas and is commonly used on:
- Arms
- Back
- Abdominal
- Thighs
- Calf’s
Cupping can be used on different body parts to relax soft tissues and increase circulation.
Summary
Cupping is a massage method that relieves tension and pain. Handheld cups are placed on the skin surface to suction the skin and tissues up. This type of massage promotes blood flow and helps eliminate waste materials and can be utilised anywhere on the body as long as the skin and cup are sealed. Cupping is better for larger muscle groups. Thai Massage Studio’s massage therapists utilise cupping to treat a variety of ailments.
How Do I get a Cupping Massage?
To book an appointment for Cupping treatment, simply phone Jinnie on 0736 549 4477