| What is cupping therapy and does it work for | | | | the glass cups are left untouched and not moved |
| fibromyalgia? If you suffer from the devastating | | | | at all during the session. |
| condition of fibromyalgia, you may wonder this | | | | Sound a little weird? Well, a typical cupping session |
| exact question. There are medical treatments for | | | | generally involves using glass cups, cotton balls, |
| fibromyalgia and there are alternative therapies | | | | rubbing alcohol, candles and matches. So, let’s |
| for fibromyalgia. You, as a sufferer, probably have | | | | go through step by step and see how the session |
| tried a few of both trying to find relief from your | | | | would play out. First, a cotton ball is soaked in |
| symptoms. Cupping therapy falls underneath the | | | | alcohol and lit on fire, a vacuum is created inside |
| alternative therapies. | | | | the glass by the holding the cotton ball inside the |
| Alternative therapies are becoming more and | | | | cup. The heat causes the vacuum. Once this is |
| more popular for fibromyalgia sufferers. Why? | | | | done and there is suction the cotton ball is |
| Because they work. And the good news is that | | | | removed and the glass cup is placed to the |
| most of the alternative therapies don’t come | | | | trigger point on the skin. A typical session includes |
| along with the nasty side effects that a lot of the | | | | about 4 or 5 cups and sometimes 6 placed and |
| conventional medications do. But it is important | | | | left on the skin for no longer than 15 minutes. |
| that you do your research as there are a lot of | | | | Although this may sound a little weird and painful, |
| hoky alternative therapies out there as well. So, | | | | it’s not. Usually the typical person undergoing |
| let’s take a look at what you need to know | | | | a cupping session only feels a slight suction feeling |
| about cupping therapy so you know if it is a | | | | where the cup is placed. You may have little red |
| viable option for you. | | | | rings on your skin afterward but they will fade. |
| So what is cupping therapy? Well, like a lot of our | | | | There are benefits to the Fibromyalgia patient |
| alternative therapies it comes from the Chinese. | | | | who goes through these sessions. You will see a |
| Surprised, of course not, since this is where a | | | | definite change in your relaxation and feel calm. |
| majority of alternative therapies come from. | | | | Cupping helps to release the toxins from your |
| Cupping involves applying glass cups, hence the | | | | body and promotes quicker healing time of |
| name, to the skin in order to help your body rid | | | | muscles, joints and all the achiness we often feel |
| itself of toxins, pain, and increase circulation. I | | | | when we suffer from fibromyalgia. You will also |
| know this sounds a little weird for us to grasp but | | | | see improved flexibility in your muscles. Another |
| so did acupuncture when it was first introduced to | | | | benefit is reduced pain from trigger points and it |
| the West. With cupping each glass is placed on | | | | can also help your anxiety level go down and help |
| various spots on your body and acts as a | | | | your depression. |
| vacuum through heat and are left on your body | | | | Cupping is a safe treatment for fibromyalgia when |
| for about 15 minutes. | | | | it is done by someone who is qualified. Never try |
| There are two main ways that cupping are used. | | | | this by yourself at home. Find a qualified massage |
| The first is massage cupping and it entails the | | | | therapist or visit a holistic treatment center. |
| glass cups are moved in a massage like patter | | | | Cupping can provide great benefits to you and |
| around the skin. The benefits of massage cupping | | | | help in your overall healing of the symptoms of |
| is less sore joints and muscles. The second | | | | fibromyalgia. |
| method of cupping is stationary cupping where | | | | |