Cupping guides
Hip pain: what the location tells you, self-care that helps and how to cup the muscles around the hip
Where the hip hurts says a lot about the cause: the outside (trochanteritis/bursa), the groin (hip arthritis), the buttock (piriformis, sciatica) or the front (hip flexors). Here is what helps for each type, when to see a doctor and how to cup the muscles around the hip.
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Piriformis syndrome: deep buttock pain radiating down the leg, self-care that helps and cupping the gluteal muscles
Piriformis syndrome, or false sciatica, means the deep gluteal muscle piriformis is so tight that it irritates the sciatic nerve. The pain sits deep in the buttock, is worse with sitting and can radiate down the thigh. Here is how it differs from a disc herniation, the self-care that helps and how to cup the buttock.
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Shin splints: why the shin hurts, self-care that heals and how to cup calves and lower legs
Shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome, is an overload of the inside of the shin that almost always comes from increasing running or jumping too fast. Here are the causes, how to plan your return, the warning signs of a stress fracture and how cupping the calves and lower legs helps the muscles let go.
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Frozen shoulder and shoulder pain: what hurts, the phases, self-care that works and cupping around the shoulder
Shoulder pain can be frozen shoulder (a stiff, inflamed joint capsule in three phases), impingement, calcific tendinitis, arthritis or radiation from the neck. Here you tell them apart, learn what helps in each phase, when to see a doctor and how cupping the muscles around the shoulder can relieve it.
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Carpal tunnel syndrome and numb hands: causes, self-care that helps and what cupping can do
Numbness and tingling in the thumb, index and middle finger, worst at night, is usually carpal tunnel syndrome: the median nerve is compressed at the wrist. Here are the causes, the self-care that works (night splint first), when to see a doctor, and where cupping can and cannot be used.
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Muscle soreness (DOMS): why it comes the day after, what actually helps and how to cup sore muscles
Muscle soreness, or DOMS, is the aching that comes one to three days after unfamiliar or hard training and is caused by small damage to the muscle fibres, not lactic acid. It passes in a few days. Here is what relieves it, what does not, when soreness is something else and how to cup sore muscles.
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Tennis elbow, golfer's elbow and mouse arm: why it hurts, self-care that heals and how to cup the forearm
Tennis elbow is an overload of the tendon attachment on the outside of the elbow, golfer's elbow the same on the inside, and mouse arm an umbrella term for aching in the hand, forearm, shoulder and neck from computer and mouse work. All heal with the right load, exercises and patience. Here is what helps, when to see a doctor and how to cup the forearm.
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Wry neck (acute stiff neck): why the neck locks, what to do the first day and how to cup once it releases
Wry neck, or acute torticollis, is a sudden severe stiffness in the neck where the head locks to one side, often on waking. It is caused by a muscle spasm and almost always passes within a few days. Here is what to do the first day, when to see a doctor and how cupping helps the muscles release.
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Sciatica: why it radiates down the leg, self-care that helps and how cupping can (and cannot) be used
Sciatica is pain radiating from the lower back or buttock down the leg, usually because the sciatic nerve is irritated by a disc herniation or a narrowed nerve canal. Most people recover within six to twelve weeks. Here is what helps, the warning signs, and what cupping can and cannot do.
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