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What is cupping? Acupuncturists place glass, bamboo, or silicone cups on the skin to perform cupping , creating a vacuum-like seal. There are different techniques for making this vacuum, including lighting an alcohol-soaked cotton ball inside the cup or attaching suction pumps to the end of the cups. When the cups are placed on the skin, the superficial muscle layer is drawn up into the cup, which stimulates blood circulation, breaks up adhesions, and creates a pathway for toxins to be drawn out of the body through the lymphatic system. Cupping can affect tissues up to four inches deep—impacting blood vessels, fascia, muscles, and scar tissue. More and more, cupping is showing up in physical therapy and massage offices as well, under a different name—myofascial decompression (MFD). MFD is essentially the same thing as cupping, and it is being used in the Olympic games for pre and post-workout recovery and detoxification. Cupping decompresses adhesions and scar tissue, relaxes muscles i...