What is cupping?

Firstly, don’t worry – It looks weirder than it feels! In fact cupping is a painless but effective therapy which is lifting the skin to allow a comfortable warm feeling on the skin. Cupping uses negative pressure forces on suction cups to create lifting of the tissues. This creates space within the tissue layers for improved gliding and mobility.

We have many layers of tissue, including skin, fascia, muscle, etc., that should move fluidly but due to injury, inflammation, and simply over time the tissues can become thickened and less mobile.

Unlike other forms of manual therapy (massage, myofascial release, joint mobilizations) that are compressive in nature, cupping is decompressive. Decompression helps release tight tissues, improve trigger points, improve blood flow and nutrient exchange and create a change to the neuromuscular system which allows for temporary pain relief, which with the combination of other services may offer you long term relief to many neuromuscular issues.

Depending on the area the cups will either be left in place or moved along the skin with a relieving cup suction massage. This treatment may be combined with hands on massage also depending on the issue.

45mins €60.00

60mins €70.00

90mins €95.00