Cupping is a complementary therapy that involves suctioning the skin with cups made of silicone, plastic, glass, bamboo, ...

Cupping therapy has been one of the most buzzed-about alternative treatments in the wellness space for years now. Even celebrities and athletes—from Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria ...

Some research suggests cupping may have beneficial effects, including pain relief and increasing local blood flow. However, more research is necessary to understand cupping’s therapeutic potential and ...

Having practiced physical therapy for 25 years, I knew the signs and symptoms well of the frozen shoulder situation that had developed in my own shoulder. Sharp pain that I described as “joint glue” ...

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 ...

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.

Anyone who has seen Michael Phelps swim at the Olympics has noticed purple circles covering his shoulders. Those dots are from an alternative therapy called cupping, which many Olympic athletes have ...

If you’ve tuned into the summer Olympics in Paris, you may have watched gymnast Simone Biles add another medal to her resumé or swimmer Katie Ledecky snag four. If you’ve been paying particular ...