Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journal

Not Just Folk Medicine: Myofascial Cupping in the Tech Age!

Author: Theresa A Schmidt

Published: September 12, 2017

DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2017.08.5557 41

Abstract Content: You saw it on the Olympian swimmers in the 2016 Games, on Michael Phelps, on the backs of actresses sashaying down the red carpet, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Simpson, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Aniston, and David Arquette. Serena Williams, Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian also joined the “new” trend in experiencing this ancient modality. Those blotchy red or purple marks and perfect circles are the tell-tale of the cupping procedures familiar to practitioners of Asian and traditional bodywork and folk medicine, used for centuries. History indicates cupping was used centuries ago in ancient Asia, China, (Ge Hong) Egypt, (Ebers Papyrus), and Greece (Hippocrates).