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 ...

Cupping therapy is actually just a nickname for the practice — the medical term for it is myofascial decompression. Myofascia is the connective tissue that binds muscles to the skin. As the name ...

Basically there is no medical evidence to back up the benefits of cupping. But if it has helped Olympians over the years it can’t do any harm to try before your next swimming session.

VALLETTA, March 16 (Xinhua) -- A group of postgraduate students from the University of Malta experienced traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatments, including acupuncture, cupping and Gua Sha ...