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Why Do Cupping Therapy and How Does It Work?

by | Sep 10, 2014 | Cupping Therapy

We have noticed that certain conditions seem to improve much more quickly when we use cupping to regular acupuncture treatments.  We recommend several cupping sessions for almost everyone who comes in with upper back and lower back tension.  It is our go-to treatment for those tight traps and the tension between the scapula and spine, and many people feel a profound improvement almost immediately.  Ask your acupuncturist if this would be a good adjunct with your current acupuncture treatments.

Cupping is a technique often used in conjunction with acupuncture. Cupping pulls blood to a region to stimulate healing. It is effective at releasing tight fascia and muscles. Cupping helps the tissues develop new blood flow and also stimulates anti-inflammatory chemicals in the body. That’s why it works so well for pain.

So how does cupping work?

As we age, especially after 40 years old, our bodies begin to break down. This includes loss of muscle, the formation of adhesions in fascia and a decrease in blood flow. You can see this as your muscle tone decreases, we get stiffer and wrinkles start to appear in new places. As we move less and decrease our physical activity the blood supply to tissues decrease, and the fascia gets knotted and scarred up, further limiting movement and it becomes a vicious cycle.

Initially, it pulls blood into an area (no bleeding involved, it is under the skin). As new blood is forced into the tissues around the cups the body will begin to develop new blood vessels called neovascularization, new blood vessel formation. We believe this is why cupping can cause a lasting effect. As the new vessels form, they will have the capability to feed the tissues with nutrients and oxygen.

Next, the fascia and tissue can be stretched with cupping.  The new blood vessels are forming and the blood and nutrients are starting to flow to the affected area. When you put cups on the back or around the injured area it can begin to stretch the connective tissue and fascia for better movement. Many people start out very tight but over a series of treatments, generally 3 to start with, the area becomes much more loose.

Cupping Therapy is Available at the Westerville Clinic:

405 W. Main Street

Westerville, OH 43081

(614) 426-4406 

 

Contact Us For More Information

For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other alternative healing treatments can help you, please contact the Urban Acupuncture Center Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist’s team at Indianola Ave, Clintonville (614) 725-2488    |    Main St, Westerville (614) 426-4406 or  click here. Taking new patients in and around greater Columbus, Ohio.

 

 

Energy Changes od Late summer: Yang Transformation Into Yin

by | Sep 10, 2014 | Community

By Alicia Nolan
Yang begins it’s transformation into yin and we call it Indian Summer. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) calls it late summer and recognizes it as its own season. TCM theory also associates each season with an energy system and organ. Late summers trademark is the Spleen/Stomach system. In the physical body this is our digestive system and imbalances that might be more abundant include: loss of appetite, or increased appetite, poor digestion, and  bloating. the spleen also rules thought and influences our capacity for thinking, studying, focusing, concentration and memorization. So we might see a lot of over thinking, over-worry,  distraction, dwelling on things, obsession and anxiety etc…

Change in Season

Even  if you don’t have a complaint each change in season is a good time to receive acupuncture to help the bodies energy assimilate to the change of the energy in the season. In this season it is to help the bodies yang transform smoothly into yin. Calm down the physical manic activity of the summer into a nice contemplative focused energy of  Fall…. and stay tuned for Winter  🙂

Tao

“In ancient times those people who understood Tao (the way of self cultivation) patterned themselves upon the Yin and the Yang and they lived in harmony”  The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine

Artist Spotlight: Megan Capretta

by | Sep 2, 2014 | Art

Megan Capretta is a self taught artist whose work is diverse in technique, style and medium. Although primarily creating abstract and still life pieces, all of Megan’s work encompasses a unique value that inspires thought, interpretation and optimism.

Born in 1981, Megan was raised in Southern California until the age of 10 before her family moved to Columbus, Ohio. She moved to Akron, Ohio 15 years later where she currently resides with her husband Joe and their two sons, Gino and Angelo.

Although currently not practicing regularly, Megan is also an accomplished hair stylist specializing in innovative cutting technique and color application. Her consultative and unique approach to client satisfaction has afforded her the privilege of working with some of the same clients since 1999.

Whether she’s taking brush or spatula to canvas, welder or grinder to metal, scissor or color to hair, or paint to oversized tarp for her children’s next school play, the creative process and enjoyment others get from her work is Megan’s true inspiration; an inspiration that helps mask the chronic pain she suffers from daily, allowing her to benefit from the healing power that art provides.