Sports Cupping for Athletes

Pain Relief and Rehabilitation are the primary reasons athletes turn to myofascial decompression, or sports cupping therapy. Sports Cupping is considered one of the best deep tissue therapies available. By creating a negative pressure through suction, cupping therapy rapidly removes muscle adhesions by lifting and releasing contracted and restricted muscles up and away from the underlying structures. This same suction increases blood and oxygen flow to the body tissues and drains any excess fluid or toxins away from the area.

Sports cupping therapy is commonly applied to athletes suffering from the pain and stiffness of tight muscles, restricted IT Bands, Piriformis Syndrome and can also help in removing accumulated toxins that are absorbed into a swimmer’s skin from spending long hours in a pool.

In addition to relieving aches and pains, sports cupping treatments have been found to increase circulation, muscle endurance, stride for runners and cyclists, stroke for swimmers, lymphatic drainage and lung capacity during workouts or events. It is also possible to speed up recovery time post workout and eliminate soreness by flushing out the toxins responsible for post activity soreness.

You do not need to be an athlete to receive the benefits of cupping. Scarring, chronic neck tightness, back pain, anxiety, weight loss and cellulite are just a handful of other conditions in which cupping therapy is used.

For more information please contact Body Harmonics Massage at 732.645.6726