Cupping guides
Vertebral compression fracture: symptoms, why it happens (osteoporosis), how it heals, exercises that help and what applies to massage and cupping
A vertebral compression fracture is a fracture where a vertebra is squashed, usually because of osteoporosis and sometimes after a light lift or fall. It heals in six to twelve weeks and is treated with pain relief, early movement and training of the back extensors; it is also a warning sign that the skeleton needs investigating. Here are the symptoms, the warning signs, the healing, the exercises, what to avoid and what applies to massage and cupping.
Learn moreScoliosis: what it is, how to detect it, when it should be assessed, exercises that help adults and what cupping can do for the muscles
Scoliosis is a sideways curvature of the spine found in two to three percent of the population, usually mild and without need for treatment. Here is the difference between functional and structural scoliosis, the self-test, when children and adults should be assessed, what helps adults with pain (strength, mobility, Schroth-inspired training, cardio) and how cupping of the unevenly loaded back muscles is used as a complement.
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