Deep Cupping massage

Cupping Massage Benefits

Cupping Massage is beneficial for many ailments: Chronic muscle pain and stiffness, the common cold, high blood pressure, anxiety, headaches, fibromyalgia, and cellulite and works with the body by:

• Releasing rigid soft tissue
• Drains excess fluid and toxins
• Lifts connective tissue
• Increases blood flow to skin and muscles
• Activates stagnate Qi

Total Contraindications

When you have any of these conditions, please do not book a massage therapy/ reflexology session:

• Fever
• Pregnancy in the 1^st Trimester (up to 13 weeks’ duration)
• Contagious diseases, including any cold or flu, no matter how mild it may seem
• Under the influence of drugs or alcohol-including prescription pain medication
• Recent operations or acute injuries
• Neuritis (inflammation of a peripheral nerve or nerves, usually causing pain and loss of function)
• Skin diseases
• Cancer

Local Contraindications

Your therapist can treat but not over any areas affected by:

• Varicose veins
• Undiagnosed lumps or bumps
• Bruising
• Cuts
• Abrasions
• Sunburn
• Undiagnosed pain
• Inflammation, including arthritis

Medical Contraindications

If if you suffer from any of the following conditions, massage therapy/ reflexology can only take place once it has been approved before your session in writing by your Physician.

• Cardio-vascular conditions (thrombosis, phlebitis, hypertension, heart conditions)
• Any condition already being treated by a medical practitioner
• Oedema
• Psoriasis or eczema
• High blood pressure
• Osteoporosis
• Nervous or psychotic conditions
• Heart problems, angina, those with pacemakers
• Epilepsy
• Diabetes
• Bell’s palsy, trapped or pinched nerves
• Gynecological infections

Does a medical contraindication mean that treatment cannot take place?

Not always. In fact, massage therapy/ reflexology can be very therapeutic for many medical conditions. However, in the above cases it is best to have advice from your physician. Massage therapists / reflexologists, unless they are also qualified doctors, may not, under law, attempt to diagnose a condition.