"Exploring the Benefits of Cupping Therapy for Pain Management"
- Julian Simpson
- Sep 3, 2024
- 2 min read
Pain, what is it?
Pain is the UNPLEASANT sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
Pain is the PRINCIPLE reason why people seek our care, and three of the top 10 reasons people seek care are OSTEOARTHRITIS, BACK PAIN and HEADACHES
CHRONIC PAIN
Chronic pain is a personal and economic burden and affects over 30% of the global population, this can cause psychological distress and sleep issues
In China, for example, chronic pain costs 685 Billion dollars a year to manage
What can Cupping be used for?
Cupping can be used for a broad range of medical conditions, with medical research showing it can help with
muscle pain
low back pain
ankylosing spondylitis
knee osteoarthritis
neck pain
migraines
How can cupping help you?
Cupping can be a useful modality as it can decrease the pain level and improve blood flow to the affected area with low adverse effects
a SINGLE session of dry cupping therapy can be an effective short-term treatment for immediately reducing pain
The main findings from a 2023 study into cupping found that :
The reason cupping can be effective for pain management and reducing muscle problems are
promotion of blood circulation
improving neurological reflex
helping with the gate therapy of pain
helping the inflammation-immune reaction
skin tension increases
At a brain level, cupping can induce COMFORT and RELAXATION on a systemic level, leading to an increase in opioid production in the brain ( which improves pain control)
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Reference
Front Neurol. 2023; 14: 1266712.
Published online 2023 Oct 26. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1266712
PMCID: PMC10640990
PMID: 37965178
Efficacy of cupping therapy on pain outcomes: an evidence-mapping study
Liaoyao Wang, , , , , , , , , 1 Ziling Cai, , , , , , , 1 Xuanlin Li, , , , , , , 1 and Aisong Zhu, , , , 1 , 2 , 3 , *
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