Cupping - What You Can Expect

Biomagnetic Cupping -  A brief definition
Cupping is defined as negative pressure, or suction.  I like to describe it as deep tissue massage in reverse.
Stress, overuse, and injury can cause tiny mirco-tears in muscle fibers.  When this happens, as a natural defense mechanism, acetylcholine and calcium rush in to protect the area.  A cast, if you will, forms around the injured muscle trapping old, used blood and interstitial fluid.  As more layers of the neurotransmitter are released to the site, more toxins become trapped and fresh oxygenated blood and nutrients can't get in.  Over time fascial adhesions, or "knots", form that can be painful to the touch and may restrict movement.

Cupping, which has been used all over the world for thousands of years, uses suction to pull the skin up into a cup.  The lifting effect of negative pressure loosens connective tissue and allows the fascia to be stretched which helps break up adhesions between the skin and underlying muscle tissue resulting in more freedom of movement of fresh nutrients.

Red marks, called petechiae, resemble bruising but are more like hickeys, may result after a cupping session and can remain anywhere between 3 to 10 days.  These marks indicate that stagnation has been moved from deeper tissue layers to the surface where this non-circulating old blood, lymph, and interstitial fluid can be more easily eliminated from the body.  When the stagnation is moved, fresh oxygenated blood rushes in to replace it.

The cups I use contain a weak magnet and the skin touches the magnet when pulled up into the cup.  As magnets are alkaline, they counteract acidity and increase circulation to the area within the magnetic field due to the iron in our blood which positively influences normal cellular vibration.  Biomagnetic cupping stimulates circulation and removal of toxins in the body.

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