Why Cupping Works ( and Why You Should Love It)

1. It’s Negative Pressure in a World Obsessed with Compression

Everyone’s smashing their fascia with foam rollers and deep tissue tools like they’re tenderizing meat. But cupping?

It lifts.

It creates space. It decompresses tissues, fascia, nerves, and capillary beds.

“Where there’s stagnation, there’s pain.”

Cupping says, “Cool, let’s vacuum that crap out.”

2. Microtrauma That Doesn’t Suck (But Actually Does)

You’re creating controlled inflammation. That’s the magic.

• Brings blood to the surface

• Kicks off a healing cascade

• Boosts local immune response

• Moves lymph and interstitial fluid

All without making your patient wince like you just stabbed their glute med with a dry needle.

3. It Clears Stagnation Faster Than Acupuncture Alone

Cupping is like the needle’s aggressive older cousin.

• Acute pain? Cupping.

• Old injury? Cupping.

• Stress in the shoulders from carrying emotional baggage since 2003? Cupping.

It pulls stagnation to the surface so your needles can get deeper results. Think of it as priming the battlefield before the main assault.

4. It Triggers the Parasympathetic Nervous System

You stick those cups on, and suddenly your patient is snoring like a freight train.

Why?

Because cupping shuts off the fight-or-flight mode. It sedates the nervous system.

You’re literally sucking stress out of their system like a Dyson for trauma.

5. It Gives Instant Feedback (and Weird Satisfaction)

Dark purple = stagnation. Light pink = healthier tissue.

Do we have 100% evidence-based science on the color theory? No.

Do patients love seeing the marks and feeling like something happened? Hell yes.

Also: You get to say things like “Whoa, your liver’s got issues” while staring at their back like a diagnostic tarot reader.

6. It’s Versatile

• Dry cupping: Pain, tension, muscle recovery

• Wet cupping: Detox, chronic inflammation, hot conditions (if you’re brave and bleeding)

• Gliding cupping: Myofascial release, lymph movement, stress

• Stationary cupping: Focused inflammation therapy

Why Cupping is Awesome

• Opens fascia and tissue

• Boosts circulation

• Reduces pain and inflammation

• Calms the nervous system

• Feels weird but amazing

• Looks cool and works fast