Cupping
Nysportsred
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I don't know how many have tried it, but for me it has been a great way to feel better quicker when sore and achy. It has gotten rid of a few injuries of mine that nothing else worked yet one-two cupping sessions and it was relieved.
If anyone is familiar with cupping can you tell me if you can do it before a workout? From what I have read it is best to do it 2 days a week on off days, but often that advice appears to come from different blogs/forums and I have never seen an answer one way or another anywhere else.
If anyone is familiar with cupping can you tell me if you can do it before a workout? From what I have read it is best to do it 2 days a week on off days, but often that advice appears to come from different blogs/forums and I have never seen an answer one way or another anywhere else.
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Cupping is awesome. I wish my current physio did it, but her combination of massage and dry needling works wonders to.
As for timing, I pretty much always have a treatment and then go train immediately afterwards. I'll take it easy on squats if she's dry needled my it bands, but that's more because my legs feel absolutely dead afterwards.1 -
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I prefer spooning12
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My chiro/massage therapist are just starting to get into cupping and still learning. Not sure it's something I would have gone and paid big bucks for (I've heard it can be pretty expensive) but since they offered to throw it in since I was already there and they're just starting I figured I'll give it a try..
I had it done last week with plastic cups and it seemed to loosen some of the knots in my upper back that we have not had much luck getting with massage alone. I'm going to have her try it again this week to see if we make any more progress, but I much preferred it over her digging around on the knots with her elbow. I've had significantly less tightness and pain in my back this week and she said my shoulder blades gained some mobility. I didn't bruise at all and I did a workout later in the day. I actually felt much better the next day than I do from my usually deep tissue massage.2 -
I tried it once. It made my hamstrings much tighter than they were beforehand. Oops.1
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LMT here, I invite you to work out BEFORE your sessions. Cupping and Massage, when paired with hydrating, helps flush lactic acid. When you workout, your muscles contract and pull it back it.
Workout, session then hydrate hydrate hydrate is the magic formula1 -
It's holistic pseudoscience. It's been around for centuries and if you actually look at it's history it's a bunch of mumbo jumbo.
Can it work on a placebo effect? Absolutely.
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acaudill042106 wrote: »LMT here, I invite you to work out BEFORE your sessions. Cupping and Massage, when paired with hydrating, helps flush lactic acid. When you workout, your muscles contract and pull it back it.
Workout, session then hydrate hydrate hydrate is the magic formula
What?
What lactic acid are you referring to? That isn't even a thing. Muscle produce lactate which is actually a very good thing. Without it your performance would suffer greatly.
If I am wrong, please show me. I'd love to see the actual science behind it.4 -
acaudill042106 wrote: »LMT here, I invite you to work out BEFORE your sessions. Cupping and Massage, when paired with hydrating, helps flush lactic acid. When you workout, your muscles contract and pull it back it.
Workout, session then hydrate hydrate hydrate is the magic formula
Hogwash......
massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/2040/The-Lactic-Acid-Debate
massage-education.com/myths-of-massage.html
and cupping is pure twaddle.......
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My mother use to get "cupped" at home by a Chinese acupuncture. She said it helped eased her aches and pains. Only way to find out if it will help you is to give it a try yourself.3
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This is not what I thought this thread was going to be about when I clicked on it.4
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It makes me so relaxed I'd do cupping after exercise I found it to have a similar effect as a massage.1
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I have a muscular tightness issues. I've found that regular cupping followed by consistent exercise helps improve that tightness. My muscles have loosened up nicely in a way that exercise only wasn't working.
My recommendation is to try it and decide for yourself.0
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