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Everyone could use a session with a trainer or coach on programming, and should be considered healthcare. Getting a massage can be preventative medicine. Going for a mental health check-in should be a standard practice in the health system. Learning breathing techniques BEFORE bad things happen should be the norm. But do we all do this? I can say I fall short in some areas. You?
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Variables that lead to long term health problems, such as diet, living environment, exercise lifestyle, and stress management are under-addressed. Just look at the real social determinants of health! When a zip code predicts the overall health of a community, we know it isn’t all genetics and the system is out of whack.
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It’s time for a revolution and an evolution in healthcare. Make your voices heard louder and louder. Science and adding better research to this story is the path for real change. What can you do more of?
#cuptherapybluebox 🟦
#whatthecup #preventativehealth #healthcarereform #preventativemedicine #healthiswealth #breathingtechniques #massagebenefits #resistancetraining #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #progressiveloading

Amazing anatomy visualizations never cease to spin the wheels and connect the perspectives we have of the body in so many new and exciting ways. This cross sectional plastination made possible by @cirkloedu 🤓 and is fabulous.
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#sciencefriday coming at you a little late because, well sometimes the end of a week is just too fun. As you watch this video a few times, like I did, appreciate how the dorsal anatomy is contiguous. The plantar fascia is the Achilles and vice versa. The lumbar erectors are the cervical extensors. It all moves together and all works synergistically.
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Teach movements, not muscles. Teach connection, not isolation. Teach simplicity and not the minutia of techniques. The empowerment of a client comes with the awareness they have of their own body, not the techniques you use. And that is powerful 💪🏽
#anatomylab #fascianating #whatthecup #beyondcupping #cupping #cuppingtherapy #whatthecuff #myofascialdecompression #jojobizarreadventure #jojomemes #jojo_anime #jojo #bodyfitness #fascia #fasciarelease #fasciahealth

What the cup is that big ass bubble he caused at the end of her bicep?!? 😱 And why on earth would you be pushing it distal like that?? Anyone…? Make it make sense. Why waste time with things like this?
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I’m not the biggest fan of scraping these days after seeing the MRI effect of cups separating tissue, and liking the science of pulling instead of pushing. But I would never do something this aggressive to tissues, especially in that direction and with that much force. #questioneverything #lymphaticmassage #lymphaticsystem #iastm #iastmtools #guasha #guashamassage #softtissuetherapy
#whatthecupwednesday

Some parts of the rehab, fitness, and wellness worlds are getting out of control. Misinformation is spreading further and further as charlatans get ahold of AI and grifters continue the need for more attention at the sacrifice of scientifically accurate and relevant info. Be diligent with reading the details and sifting through the mud for truly helpful nuggets to help your clients and yourself.
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Anyone talking in absolutes, anyone saying this one food is causing all your problems, anyone claiming to cure with one simple trick, anyone saying you have to train this way only, anyone that sounds too good to be true… probably is. It’s more simple than that. Find the middle of the bell curve. Stay healthy and keep growing.
#cuptherapybluebox 🟦
#whatthecup #iflscience

Pressure matters so much as to which layer you will have the biggest effects on! It is also one of the best predictors of how dark a cup mark will be, and is one of the easiest variables to manipulate with your treatment.
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Stop guessing and just going in blind with your treatments when using cups. We have paved the way to understanding all of this so much easier and more clearly with all the MRI studies we have investigated. We did the work, and spent all the money on imaging, so you don’t have to. Come learn the best science with the best tools. #beyondcupping Courses open to all and link in BIO. CupTherapy.com

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Understanding myofascial force transmission and the fascial anatomy that connects it all is like a light bulb going off for the MSK practitioner. Huge thank you to @carla.stecco for bringing unmatched dissections skills and next level educational content to us last weekend here in San Francisco.
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Learning your anatomy over again with the fascial lens really allows for a better understanding of the biomechanics. It is a must take course for the manual and movement therapists out there. Hope to see you for the next one on lower quarter next year!
#fascia #fascianating #pectorales #carlastecco #anatomy #anatomystudy cadaver video @instituteofhumananatomy #anatomytrains #fascial #manualtherapy #myofascialforcetransmission

The big bomb that dropped yesterday that made us all do this 🤦🏻‍♀️
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The only thing you can do when times are this maddening is… make memes great again.

Make sure to scroll to the end to see the remix beat 🔥

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This was such a great deep dive into the complexities and nuance of the lymphatic system and fascia! If you haven’t yet, give a listen to episode 35 of What the Cup?! A podcast. With the amazing @lymphloveclub Leah Levitan as we break down the newest science and hot topics here.
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It’s not MLD or MFR alone that’s reverse staging. That’s a good start in reducing symptoms and physical appearance but some clients are doing cavitation (ultrasound) therapy and working with a dietitian because liver/gut issues. Learn the details here and check it out!
#whatthecup #lymphaticmassage #lymphatichealth #lymphaticdrainage #massage #fascia #fasciahealth

After spending a few days around unembalmed fresh cadavers in the lab, I once again have a better appreciation for the layers and depth of connection between them in the human body. Manual therapy absolutely has mechanical effects on superficial structures in the dermis and superficial fascia, as well as in deeper layers of loose connective tissue.
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What forces does that take? How long do you need to spend to achieve this? What is measurable with these changes? What depth of penetration will get to the loose connective tissue layers? What pressure does that look like from a cup? … you’ve got questions, we’ve got answers. Make sure your continuing education courses have the science to support a technique or rationale 🤓 We are not the same.
#myofascialdecompression
#beyondcupping #manualtherapy #manualtherapytechniques #cuppingtherapy #ventosasterapia #whatthecup #cuptherapybluebox 🟦

Fascia can experience mechanical effects from manual therapy, but you have to be specific of where and with what loads. One of the most cited and misused studies to disprove manual therapy effects is the Chauhdry 2008 article on the mechanical deformation of fascia. It shows astronomical numbers are needed to change the length of the IT band or plantar fascia, but superficial fascia is another story. Those numbers are within the reality of manual therapy like Myofascial Decompression.
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The other variable is directionality. While you cannot lengthen the ITband with foam rolling or soft tissue work, nor should you, we have shown amazing distortion in the coronal plane of pulling the ITB away from the femur with cups, and showing that space change lasting at least 3 days.
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But don’t take my word for it, read things for yourself. Remember, never drink the Koolaid, and question everything all the time. Here is the citation below:
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Chaudhry H, Schleip R, Ji Z, Bukiet B, Maney M, Findley T. Three-dimensional mathematical model for deformation of human fasciae in manual therapy. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2008 Aug;108(8):379-90.

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Every human has different bodies, with different responses to interventions, with different fluid dynamics, with different inefficiencies, with different lived experiences, and most importantly... with different NERVOUS SYSTEMS!
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We too often take what worked for us and push it on the patient. Or even worse, diminish their “pain” or experience because we got through it easily or pushed through it, and so should they. But, they aren’t you and you aren’t them. Treat specifically. Treat them as an individual. Treat the human in front of you with stronger listening and more empathy than you had for yourself.
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Wanna learn how to do that efficiently? Online and live courses are ready for you 🤓 Links in BIO #myofascialdecompression #cuptherapy #whatthecup #ventosaterapia #fisioterapia #physicaltherapy #chiropractic #chiroeducation #physioeducation #dptstudent #massagetherapyeducation #athletictraining #cuppingtherapy #cuppingmarks #cupmarks #ventosas #putacuponit⭕️ #beyondcupping #cuptherapybluebox 🟦

New ride, who dis?! Slap toy treatment probably didn’t show up on your bingo card as of late has it? 😅 Who is going to pay someone to slap them 1000 times with a plastic toy? Well, in the BDSM world I guess don’t answer that.
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In any case listen to all the 💩 vomitus coming out of his mouth explaining so many false narratives. The confidence that these grifters have is unbelievable! Don’t drink the koolaid out there. #whatthecup

Every workout day ends up being chest day for the fellas, and glute day for the gals… 🤦🏽‍♂️ 😅
What trends do you see in your practice? What dominant patterns? Where is the weakness most often?
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Form follows function… Structure is just along for the ride 💪🏽🤓
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We love us some decompression in the soft tissues, but this?!? Suspend your whole spine from your neck? And then hammer on it with double mallets? 🛑
Spinal traction has very few situations where it has shown favorable results in outcomes over not using it. This definitely did not make the evidence list 😅
#whatthecup

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It’s time to dispel these myths on cupping seen everywhere on social media. Cupping therapy is an amazing tool when using sound anatomy and physiology, and in pairing it with other multimodal treatments for your clients. These other parts can just fade away and it will not lose any of its potency or effectiveness for you in clinical practice.
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Level up your science, understanding, and skill set:
1. CUPPING WILL NOT TAKE OUT INFLAMMATION IN THE MOMENT
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2. CUPS DOES NOT NEED TO BE ON THE BODY FOR 10-20 MIN TO BE EFFECTIVE
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3. CUP MARKS LASTING DAYS OR WEEKS ARE ACTUALLY JUST BRUISES
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4. THE FORCE EXERTED ON TISSUES WITH CUPS IS NOT JUST DECOMPRESSIVE
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5. THE COLOR OF THE CUP MARK IS NOT DIAGNOSTIC OR PROGNOSTIC
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6. AGGRESSIVE STATIC CUPPING WILL NOT AID IN RECOVERY OR LYMPHATIC FLOW

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Just when you think you have seen it all…someone busts out the Levity Sewer Pipe Cup for low back pain and drops the client back down to the table 🫣 This is a new one for me on cupping for back pain.
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Do you really need to suspend someone in the air with the cups like JLo in the movie The Cell to increase tissue distortion? Nope, with the right mmHg of pressure, a large diameter cup will pull all the way down to the bone. We have seen this in our MRI lab. Anything on top of that is just for show and unnecessary. Chronic low back pain requires a multimodal approach. Make it make sense.
#whatthecupwednesday
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The absolute best way to train your facia is to just go do the thing. Do it at different velocities, in different planes of motions, with different loads, in various environments, and most importantly make it fun. Create something that is sustainable and consistently progressive.

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PSA: Piriformis syndrome is pretty rare and most of the time you are missing the lumbar radiculopathy component above it. 🤓 Always clear above and below the painful area.

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The question I have here is would a throat punch then have a similar effect under this same line of thinking? 🤔 😅 Now don’t get me wrong, I love seeing my acupuncturist and respect so much of TCM, but this is a hard no from me. This tissue response is another great example of #acupmarkisabruise 🤓 But beyond that, it shows how many humans don’t give enough credit to the natural history of the healing process with injury or illness.
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When we have a response to a treatment and feel better, we have to, at some point, compare that with another population with a very similar presentation to a different treatment or no treatment at all. That helps us remove bias like this. These bruises are not going away anytime soon 😅 #whatthecupwednesday

#guasha #iastm #cuppingtherapy #scrapingtherapy #manualtherapy #neckpain #ventosas #ventosaterapia #hijama #sorethroatremedy #sorethroat

Don’t be shackled by research when it comes to manual therapy or various quick techniques when working with athletes. Just don’t have that be all you do.
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Recovery tools, manual therapy techniques, movement approaches… can all be used without having guilt or fear of being useless if three simple conditions exist:
1. You aren’t selling them a long term package of that one thing for a set period of time in isolation. Random packages of a set number show that you aren’t tailoring the plan of care to that unique human.
2. The client is informed with the truth on the pros, cons, and alternatives to that treatment. And you allow them to decide with informed consent.
3. You make sure the client is doing the basics as the bulk of the focus of their plan. Sleep, nutrition, programming, activity modifications, and loading progressions… should be the bulk focus of the treatment plan.
#cuptherapybluebox 🟦

Pain isn’t just complex, it’s often unpredictable and super unique to each human experience. So why do we use it so much as the primary outcome measure?
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Chase the objective changes in strength, in range of motion, in motor control, in speed, in endurance, in accuracy, in function… not just in pain scores. Trust the objective changes not just the subjective feelings. Learn how to measure them and track them over time. Learn the science with us 🤓 Live and online courses
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We go way #beyondcupping

Don’t be that person 😅 Have a plan, attack it with ample preparation, and execute to the best of your ability.
Repeat.
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Arm pain, shoulder pain, and often misdiagnosed carpal tunnel symptoms could have a significant tissue restriction around the thoracic outlet. What is one of the best treatments for a compression issue with these nerves and vessels? YEP! Myofascial Decompression! But… you don’t know what pressures are safe around the scalenes and pec minor with cups? 🤔 Don’t worry, we’ve got all of that covered for you, and the best tools to do it with included.
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Level 2 is a game changer with the Precision Pressure Gauge Pump and all the science on imaging effects at specific mmHg. Coming up soon is Phoenix, Indonesia, Michigan, and Delaware! Use code “Onwardcuptherapy2025” for 50$ off the courses in our website.
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😱 The idea that bleeding the tongue will fix GI issues, or migraines, or long COVID, or other muscle and joint problems is just crazy talk. Similar to other reflexology charts or color mark toxin guides, there is just too much variation in the human experience for one color or location to mean all things across all people. Keep the needling to the areas that have consistent measurable results and outcomes.
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Lateral elbow pain is no bueno, and is not something that goes away easily if you do not manage it early with soft tissue work and loading principles. The common extensors of the wrist are generally involved, but can also involve the thumb extensors and create another hot spot called intersection syndrome in the mid posterior forearm.
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If you have never felt this in the past make sure to not underplay it when working with someone that is going through it. It can be very debilitating. I had it myself a few years back and lasted 4-5 months even with doing all the right things. Empathy and listening go a long way in your practice. 🫶🏽
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These crazy technicians on IG are now teaching their wacky ways! 🙅🏻‍♂️ Cupping courses from groups like this scares the crap out of me, and should scare you too! Infecting young minds that this type of aggressive anterior neck cupping is ok, and normalizing this many cups on the body is not good for consumers out there.
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#whatthecupwednesday Less is more people! Cupping therapy is an adjunct intervention, and not a worthwhile stand ALONE treatment.

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Holistic approaches sound great when considering the physical, mental, and emotional well-being, of your clients. But they also make it very difficult to isolate the effect of any specific treatment alone. How do you know treatment B lead to outcome C, when you also used treatment A, and talked at length on the education pieces related to their neck pain? There are so many confounding factors that lead to a less specific treatment effect of your favorite modalities. Yes, even Myofascial Decompression of you don’t know how to test for it.
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Learning how to do a new technique is great, but unless you learn a systematic, measurable and repeatable way of removing some of the biases and confounding factors, you may be wasting time with unnecessary add-ons that don’t provide additional value. Science has a lot more validated answers than hundreds of years of observational algorithms. Less bias. 🤓 more info at CupTherapy.com

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Drugs can be a terrible crutch to rely on for pain or inflammation. Or, if you flip the script, they can be used as a foundation for longevity and health. Smarties for your muscles! 💪🏽
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The most powerful drugs that you can take will affect every cell in your whole body… exercise! Dose appropriately and choose the ones you like the feelings of the most!
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#whatthecupwednesday Just to be clear, if this is what you mean by having us supporting you in using cupping, we will not be. And we are not the same 😅
#whatthecup #freethenip #cupping #cuppingtherapy

Why do we continue to regurgitate narratives we hear from random sources that aren’t using empirical evidence to support claims? Or worse yet, we just make up stuff when the client asks how this works?
Guasha, cupping, lasers, shockwave, taping, E-stim, recovery boots, cold plunges, PEMF, deep tissue massage… some of these things just feel good to the humans, and that is ok if that’s where they truly feel they want to spend their precious time.
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When you are ready to learn the science, and upgrade your skillset and approach, we are here for you. 🤓
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Why after cupping therapy is a cup mark a mark to begin with at all? Let’s dive into the science and physiology a bit deeper in another round of our series #acupmarkisabruise 🤓
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We will take a few posts to dispel the myth of cupping color being old stagnant blood being drawn to the surface or other toxins showing up as a color differential. With the variables of pressure, time, vessel density, and anatomy we can easily explain the color changes without the mystical idea of toxins. Update the narrative and stop scaring the patients out there with the nocebic idea of toxins getting released. Empower your clients instead 💪🏽
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Great no nonsense description here by @scibodytherapy 🤓 More science to come!
#beyondcupping #cuppingmarks #cupmarks #toxinsbegone #demonsbegone #whatthecup #cuppingtherapy #cupping #hijama #cuppingmassage #ventosas #ventosaterapia #ventosaterapia💥 #buttcupping #bruising #inflammation #iflscience

Perspective is key for a learning and growth mindset. All of these “my way or the highway” accounts in health and wellness are stuck in their own silos with way too much ego, and their echo chamber is not the true nature of it all. We need balance. Want the best protocols? Hit the middle of the bell curve. Not too much and not too little… get it right. 🎯

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Fascia is dynamic, plastic, super complex, and amazing at providing the tensile strength needed to get you through life’s toughest activities. It integrates systems and seamlessly links synergistic parts together.
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When you hear the the narratives of fascia being stuck, or having adhesions, or tangled up, remember, those aren’t really actual physical processes that happen from using your muscles. The better science term to use when the gliding of these tissues is not optimal is DENSIFICATION. Because if you lift heavy things or run around all over, you want your fascia to have a lot of stiffness to allow for accommodating those loads 💪🏽
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The word fascia has become unnecessarily polarizing in many debates as of late. We definitely want to study more on the effects of exercise and manual therapy on fascia and changes in stiffness, viscosity, hydration, and other physiological effects.

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Movement is medicine! …that is, until they hurt their shoulder lifting a pan out of the oven and their brain is hypersensitized and they haven’t done resistance training in years so their body is less resilient and now everything hurts that shoulder in every position 😬 Sound familiar? Hopefully isometrics have entered the chat 💪🏽
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Also, just obsessed with the dancing and that beat, so had to share 🕺🏻 💃🏻

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The application of cupping in sports medicine, orthopedic/rehab clinics, bodyworkers, and other manual therapists has grown so much in the last 15 years. Unfortunately there is a lot of faking it and guessing on the research of depth of effect, science of response, duration of the treatment, and true nature of the claims made, because, well, it looks easy enough to do by just watching a few videos. Right? …nope. So many details that matter that go unappreciated.
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For the last 15 years we are proud to have lead the science forward charge on introducing movement systems into cupping, bringing a pressure gauge into the mix, producing the first MRIs of cups on a live human body, the advancement of curved cups, and an evidence based lens to learn from. We have seen the evolution grow from the time when static cupping was all there really was in the cupping space. Love where we have taken it, and can’t wait to share even more new science in the coming year.
Come learn the details that matter 🤓 #myofascialdecompression The original #whatthecup
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Fake or real?!? Is this the same person from beginning to end, or do you think they swapped humans at cup glides 2, 3, or 4? 🤔
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🚨🚨🚨 Insane new study that may change your practice! Another good reason to get onboard with our concepts and foundations that less is more! More cups mean more microplastics!
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Probably even worse outcomes and higher levels with wet cupping! Careful out there… That recovery tool might be taking a toll on the blood brain barrier. Read citation for more:
Wood, S et al, Single session of tradition cupping to the back shows a statistically significant increase in microplastics found in the bloodstream after. A case-controlled series. PMID: have some fun today 5678
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New exciting information for followers: check out our updates and new long form content on YouTube! Search @cuptherapy 🤓 We haven’t done much over the years on YouTube, but we want to get better research and technique info out there for providers and consumers! A place where you can send your clients for some top notch science information they can trust.
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YouTube channel: CupTherapy Myofascial Decompression

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Pain can be a superpower 💪🏽✨
People change behaviors so much quicker when pain is there. It serves that very important purpose for change. We as providers can use that window of opportunity to educate and empower. Or that superpower can be used for evil to sell your clients nocebic ideas of brokenness that require passive treatments for the rest of their lives. The choice is yours.
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The language of love for fascia and true remodeling of the tissue is load. At some point that foundational principle has to enter into the equation. Learn the science of how to simplify that part of the intervention and all the variables of pressure, time, diameter, depth, and imaging with us!
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We don’t need to overcomplicate cupping or healing with unmeasurable words like toxins or breaking up adhesions when talking to clients. Simplify and enhance your outcomes with our courses. Live or online. Link in BIO.

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What in the bloody hell are you thinking out there scraping and cupping like this for recovery?!? This is abuse and not treatment 😅
Every time I think it can’t get worse in the world of fitness and rehab on social media, well, we are so quickly proven wrong. #whatthecupwednesday
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Musical movement Monday vibes for you today 🎧🤣 Movement is medicine!

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It’s not where you put the cup or how many you use that matters so much. It’s the science and foundations that give you the confidence on consistent repeatable outcomes.
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That is where the real power of knowledge that you spent so long accumulating pays off. Not knowing magic points. An auto technician with no physiology or psychology background can look at a book and pick out points in a cookbook kinda way.
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Skill comes with the nuances of providing the best science based narrative to empower the client with individual care, and program build based on the unique human in front of you.
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We need to choose our words carefully when speaking to the client, and make sure we don’t create more fears in movement and activities whenever possible. Creating some boundaries isn’t a bad thing, especially with the distance runner/triathlete group 🤦🏽‍♂️, but don’t scare them out of moving in ways they love.
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Even if they have a disc herniation, or a cartilage hole, or an osteophyte, or a nerve conduction slowing…. that doesn’t mean they can never do the thing. It just means pick the right level for them to start at. And ramp up from there. Foundations and concepts #beyondcupping
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When you have to hold them down and hear the client yelping like the last Achilles one, you know something wrong is happening. #whatthecupwednesday 🙀 Hot poker to fix foot pain and Achilles tendon issues?!? Nope.
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When providers try and look fancy but still have BS is coming out in what they are saying… 🙄 Don’t get me wrong,I love a holistic approach, but often the tenets and evidence for efficacy of Ayurvedic is pretty poor in the literature and in anecdotal experience. Use evidence based science as the foundation, and then dabble in the adjunct things from there imho
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The secret to getting really good at excellent outcomes with clients on a consistent basis is removing as much bias as possible from the equation. Assessing change is as easy as A-B testing, meaning measure it before you do the thing and then measure it after. Might be strength using a dynamometer , might be ROM, might be tissue thickness using an ultrasound caliper, might be neural tension using an ULTT… you get the idea.
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Then, when you really want to dial it all in you measure that same thing the next time they come in and see if the effects last or not. And you continue to do that until they reach their short and long term goals. That is the route for getting them objectively better. Subjective responses come and go. Objective is something you can count on and track over time. #beyondcupping
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But it’s worth it?!? 🤷🏻‍♂️ That Kendo stick technique is a bit more intense than even my sadistic brain likes to see 😅
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Protect the parts lol
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#whatthecupwednesday 🫣 Bigger is not always better! This whole butt cupping craze is getting out of control. I blame Kim K mostly, but guys, come on… common sense. Just do your damn squats and hip thrusters already.
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Celebrating all our amazing athletic trainers this month! With an appropriately ridiculous end to the video here 😅 Athletic trainers are amazing! #athletictrainers #athletictrainerproblems
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