Advocates of cupping claim it increases blood flow, which, according to Dr Houman Danesh of Mount Sinai Hospital, can 'jumpstart or restart a blunted healing response' in muscles. For athletes, this ...

It helps to improve and generate better blood flow within their muscles. The cupping process itself is not a painful one.

a milder form of cupping, is a procedure of gently lifting the skin with the help of suction through cups, causing stretching of tissues and increasing blood flow towards the suction area," Dr ...