If you've ever noticed an influencer with large red spots all over their body on their Instagram Stories, chances are they recently indulged in a cupping therapy session. It's a treatment that's ...

CALMING CUPS: Lisa Sherman offers gliding cupping to a patient at her office in downtown Asheville. Photo by Kate Lundquist Because of a recent back injury, I decided to try what Michael Phelps made ...

Cupping therapy is an alternative healing method that involves placing suction cups on the skin to help ease conditions such as pain, muscle knots and swellings. Different forms of this alternative ...

Cupping therapy eases low back pain by improving circulation, reducing inflammation, and releasing muscle tension. In traditional Chinese medicine, qi is the life force energy that flows through the ...

Candice Nelson had been a massage therapist for years when she decided to try massage cupping – a practice that creates vaccuum pressure inside of a cup to pull stagnant blood and toxins out of the ...

If you’ve watched sports, you may have noticed some athletes with strange dark circles on their arms, backs or legs. Rests assured, these strange bruise-like marks weren’t left from alien abductions.

Cupping is a traditional healing practice that’s been around for thousands of years. The treatment involves placing the open side of heated cups directly on your skin. This creates a vacuum effect ...

The ancient Chinese therapy of cupping is being tested as a new treatment for knee arthritis. The traditional remedy, popular with celebrities such as Gwyneth Paltrow, is being put through the rigours ...

Editor’s note: Article updated on January 2, 2024. If you’ve ever noticed an influencer with large red spots all over their body on their Instagram Stories, chances are they recently indulged in a ...