At Integrative Family Wellness in Smithtown, NY, our practitioners offer cupping therapy to help remove harmful substances and toxins from your body to promote healing. Similar to acupuncture, cupping therapy is also a part of Traditional Chinese Medicine that has been used for thousands of years.
Our Smithtown office is dedicated to empowering our patients to achieve optimal health. By providing modalities such as Cupping Therapy, we are able to help you improve your physical and mental health. To get started today or to learn more about our cupping services, call our Smithtown office.
What is Cupping Therapy?
When you participate in a cupping session, your acupuncturist will strategically place round jars (either glass, plastic or bamboo) on numerous trigger points on your body for suction release. Cupping can also help to disperse or break up stagnation and congestion by drawing the congested blood to the surface.
By utilizing a suction therapeutic action, we are able to help penetrate deep into the muscle, helping to release harmful toxins and trigger the lymphatic system. The different types of marks left behind by cupping will help your practitioner determine what is blocking your energy or causing inflammation.
Types of Cupping we offer
Cupping Therapy in our Smithtown office are offered in two ways; dry cupping and wet cupping.
Dry Cupping: This type of cupping involves one of our practitioners simply placing suction cups on the skin.
Wet Cupping: A small puncture will be made to the skin with a lancet to apply the suction cup over, therefore drawing out a small amount of blood.
Watch Dr. Anthony Gordon, demonstrate the cupping method for lower to mid back pain and explain the benefits it has to relieve back pain.
Natural Benefits of Cupping
When you make cupping a part of your natural wellness plan, there are plenty of benefits that will follow. Cupping is a relaxing therapy that focuses on the skin, muscles and fascia. It can also help to promote blood circulation and helping to speed up muscle recovery commonly associated with sports injuries.*
You may also benefit from enhancing circulation, reducing inflammation, removing toxins and dead cells as well as softening tissue (by warming the skin) and helping you gain elasticity.* You can use cupping therapy for a variety of different conditions.*
Sports Injuries
Tennis Elbow
Herniated Disc
Frozen Shoulder
Digestive Disorders
Stiffness and Pain
Auto-Immune Disorders
Lymphatic Impairment
Weight Management
Hormonal Imbalance
