FINALLY.....Cupping Research
Well....the title says it all. Cupping has been around for 2500 years. It is originally used by many ancient civilizations but most prominently in Chinese culture as a modality in Chinese medicine. And finally there is valid research coming out of: Germany, South Korea and Iran.
I use cupping in my practice quite often in conjunction with needling. The cups look and feel like suction cups. And when placed on tense or sore muscles, can result in relaxation of that muscle, even if spasm is present. It does not hurt. It feels like someone is pulling upwards on your tight muscle. You will bruise. So you must be okay to wear 2" bruises for about a week.
Cupping can be especially beneficial in the following cases: neck and shoulder pain, thoracic pain, low back pain, sacro-iliac pain, and knee pain.
Please follow this link to learn more.
Thank you for reading.
Tamara ZumMallen
Posted by Tamara at 9/3/2009 8:52 PM 
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Tags: Holistic Medicine Back Pain Shoulder Pain Tamara ZumMallen Healing Hands Thoracic Pain Neck Pain Cupping Acupuncture Los Angeles
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: Holistic Medicine Back Pain Shoulder Pain Tamara ZumMallen Healing Hands Thoracic Pain Neck Pain Cupping Acupuncture Los Angeles
That's good to hear.
We are a small group of wet-cupping enthusiasts based in Leicester, England so always looking for more information on this highly mysterious and unknown therapy (hence stumbling on your blog).
We have a blog ourselves that we are using as a platform for therapists and patients to share knowledge and experiences.
If you can take part with your comments or even a guest blog-post at some point, that would be really appreciated.
Thanks
Shuaib
www.ahealth.co.uk
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Thanks for info on the cupping research.
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Thanks for your relevant observations while in-practice. Is there any research-clinical trials also supportive to those observations. We are at the moment preparing a document for laying down rules and measures for cupping therapy for the Gulf region & a real challenge for as is a scientific evidence-based practices since the aim of this doc is giving cupping an eligibailty and to integrate it into governmental primary care services. What advices you may kindly foreward to us..thanks
Dr Asim A H Khalil Consultant Public Health Medicine
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