WORKS AFTER THE
Kumasi: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYONE.
YOU MAY HAVE SYNCH THIS ON-LINE
ON SOME VIDEOS.
CUPPING THERAPY.
IT LOOKS KIND OF WEIRD BUT CAN
BE EFFECTIVE IF SOMEONE WHO IS
DEALING WITH NECK OR BACK PAIN.
JOINING US NOW TO SHOW US HOW IT
IS DONE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT IT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WHAT IS CUPPING THERAPY?
VERY GOOD QUESTION.
IT IS KIND OF A LITTLE KNOWN
THERAPY.
IT ACTUALLY COMES FROM
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE THE
MOST WELL-KNOWN THERAPY FROM
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE IS
ACUPUNCTURE.
THERE ARE FIVE BRANCHES TO
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE,
ACUPUNCTURE, HERBAL MEDICINE,
BODY THERAPY, NUTRITION AND ALSO
ENERGY EXERCISES LIKE TAI CHI.
CUPPING FALLS UNDER THE BODY
WORK THERAPY, SIMILAR TO MASSAGE
BUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND
I'LL EXPLAIN HOW IT IS
DIFFERENT.
TELL US ABOUT WHILE YOU SHOW
US.
WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER, HI,
THERE.
THIS IS RONNIE, HE'S GOING
TO BE MY MODEL AND SO YOU CAN
ACTUALLY SEE, SO ONE THING ABOUT
CUPPING IS THAT MOST PEOPLE SEEN
IS IT LEAVES MARKS ON YOUR SKIN.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE SOME OF THE
MARKS, WE WERE ACTUALLY
REHEARSING FOR THIS.
WHEN DID YOU DO THIS TODAY?
THIS WAS YESTERDAY.
THESE ARE PRETTY FRESH AND NOT
EVERYONE WILL GET THE MARKS, BUT
A LOT OF PEOPLE IF THEY HAVE
SOME BACK TENSION, NECK TENSION
WILL SHOW THE MARKS.
IT IS ACTUALLY A POSITIVE SIGN
WHEN THE MARKS COP UP.
IT WORKS IN THREE MAIN WAYS AND
I DIDN'T EVE SAY WHAT IT IS FOR,
MOSTLY FOR TREATING NECK PAIN,
BACK PAIN, SHOULDER PAIN, I USE
IT TO TREAT TENSION HEADACHES IF
PEOPLE HAVE LOTS OF TENSION IN
THEIR SHOULDERS AND IT IS
ADJUNCTIVE TO ACUPUNCTURE.
SO THE MAIN WAYS IT IS WORKING
IS BRINGING CIRCULATION OF BLOOD
TO THE AREA SO THE CUPPING MARKS
ARE BECAUSE THE BLOOD VESSELS
GET DIE LATED AND SO THAT IS AN
INDICATION OF THE BLOOD HAS COME
TO THE AREA AND WHY THAT IS A
GOOD THING IS OXYGEN FLOWS THEN
AND THAT HEMS TO HEAL THE TISSUE
AND REPAIR THE TISSUE.
.
HOW DOES IT WORK.
SO THIS I'M GOING TO SHOW
FIRST IS TRADITIONAL FIRE
CUPPING.
THAT SOUNDS SO GREAT.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU
ANOTHER WAY TO USE IT, TOO.
WHAT IS THIS?
SO BASICALLY WE'RE PUTTING
ALCOHOL ON A CUTON BALL AND I'M
GOING TO LIGHT THIS ON FIRE.
NOW THE FIRE IS NEVER GOING TO
TOUCH HIS SKIN.
THERE IS NO RISK OF GETTING
BURNED WHAT THE FIRE DOES IS IT
ACTUALLY KIND OF BURNS UP THE
OXYGEN IN THE CUP AND THAT
CREATES A VACUUM SO WHEN I APPLY
IT ON THE SKIN IT WILL SUCK THE
MUSCLE AND SKIN UP THERE.
SO A LOT OF MY PATIENTS WILL
CALL IT A MASSAGE IN RECAREERS
BECAUSE INSTEAD OF PUSHING DOWN
IT IS PULLING UP.
I NEED TO SEE THIS.
GREAT FOR RELIEVING PAIN.
SO.
JUST PUT IT ON THERE AND YOU
CAN SEE THAT GETTING SUCKED UP
THERE, RIGHT.
.
ARE YOU FEELING ANY HEAT,
RONNIE?
JUST FEEL THE CUPS GOING ON?
IS I IT PAINFUL RONNIE?
NO.
IT FEELS LIKE A LITTLE
SUCTION.
SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A LITTLE
PINCHY DEPENDS HOW SENSITIVE
SOMEBODY IS.
WE WANT TO BLOW THAT OUT.
THE FLAME NEVER TOUCHES THE
SKIN.
HE MAY FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF HEAT
WHEN IT FIRST GOES ON.
ARE YOU FEELING IT IN YOUR
MUSCLE?
LIKE YOUR MUSCLES FEEL LIKE.
IT HELPS TO BRING WHEN THERE
IS PAIN IN AN AREA THIS WILL
HELP LYMPHATIC FLOW AND IT
WILLst HELPS TO STIMULATE
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THAT HELPS
TO GO CLEAR OUT METABOLIC WASTE
IN THE AREA AND THAT IS THE WAY
IT HELPS TO RELIEVE PAIN.
IT ALSO HELPS BY RELEASING THE
FASCIA IS A TIGHT SHEET OF
CONNECT I TISSUE THAT WRAPS
AROUND EXPHUFL WHEN YOU HAVE
PAIN OR TENSION IT CAN GET
KNOTTED UP AND TRIGGER APPOINTS
AND CUPPING HELPS TO RELEASE
THAT.
I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU
MORE ABOUT THIS BUT WE HAVE TO
WRAP IT UP.
WE'LL PUT MORE INFORMATION ON
THIS ON-LINE.
HOW LONG DO YOU LEAVE THESE ON
HIM?
MAYBE TEN MINUTES OR SO.
AND SOMETIMES WE ACTUALLY DO IF
WE HAD TIME I WOULD SHOW YOU A
MASSAGE CUPPING, TOO WHERE WE
SLIDE THE CUPS AND THAT FEELS
REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
Kumasi: THANK YOU FOR SHOWS
US THIS.
IS REALLY INFORMATIVE.
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