Decompress tight tissues. Enhance circulation. Accelerate healing.
At Form and Function Physical Therapy, we offer cupping therapy as part of our integrative manual therapy services. This ancient technique has been modernized to treat soft tissue restrictions, reduce pain, and promote healing. Cupping involves placing specially designed silicone or plastic cups on the skin to create a gentle vacuum effect that lifts and decompresses tight fascia and muscle layers.
Why Choose Cupping?
Cupping is ideal for patients who have plateaued with stretching or massage alone. It works by decompressing instead of compressing tissue, offering a unique therapeutic benefit to help restore natural movement and relieve deep muscular tension. Most patients experience an immediate sense of relief, improved flexibility, and faster recovery after treatment.
How It Works
By applying negative pressure, cupping increases blood circulation, promotes lymphatic drainage, and helps release adhesions in the muscle and connective tissue. This can significantly improve mobility, reduce soreness, and speed up tissue recovery. We offer both static cupping (stationary placement) and dynamic cupping (gliding technique) based on your needs.
Cupping can also be combined with manual therapy, exercise, and other modalities for a more comprehensive approach to rehabilitation.
Conditions Commonly Treated with Cupping Therapy
- Chronic muscle tightness and stiffness
- Neck and back pain
- Shoulder and rotator cuff dysfunction
- Sciatica and nerve entrapment symptoms
- Plantar fasciitis and Achilles pain
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Postural restrictions and mobility deficits
- Sports-related muscle fatigue or recovery needs
- Post-surgical soft tissue tightness