by Calvin | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here are some examples of guasha case studies where guasha has done a great job, drawn from my experience in clinic Guasha Case study 1: Male, 49 y/o. Electrician, Bilateral elbow tendonitis, past 9 years. This case was a fellow who had spend many years doing a...
by Calvin | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
What Is Guasha Exactly? I often describe guasha to patients as being a cousin of cupping. The functions of the two treatments overlap in a few ways, but there are also some real differences. If you’ve had cupping and know how beneficial it can be, you have to try...
by Calvin | Sep 14, 2023 | Cupping
Does Cupping Cause Bruising? There are some important things to note when discussing cupping. The first is, that while they can produce very strong, dark bruises, that from experience I can say that I do not consider them to be “normal” bruises, ie., the...
by Calvin | Sep 14, 2023 | Cupping
What Does Cupping Treat? One of the key ideas of Traditional Chinese Medicine – TCM – is that stagnant blood causes problems. This can include pain, numbness, aching, and stiffness. Classically speaking, TCM attributes the following symptoms to blood...
by Calvin | Sep 14, 2023 | Cupping, Uncategorized
How Cupping Works Cupping is a practice of placing cups on the body using some method of creating suction, in order to produce a vacuum like pressure on the underlying tissue, and the substances within it. The suction traditionally would come from either heating the...
