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uppityperson

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11. It's a method of separating out layers of your body. Skin from underlying fat or fascia, muscle.

Mon Aug 8, 2016, 08:40 PM

Aug 2016

Drawing out blood is stupid, serves no purpose but the "oooooo" factor, as is the "chi" crap. Used correctly, it can be used with massage, but for accupressure, "chi" whateverness, removal of "toxins"? big eyeroll.

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What Is Cupping and Why Is it Leaving Some Olympians With Spots? [View all] malaise Aug 2016 OP

Cupping mjjoe Aug 2016 #1

EXACTLY! "Yes, yes it is.... IN PRISON!" CurtEastPoint Aug 2016 #4

Last time I heard about it, the AMA came down hard scscholar Aug 2016 #2

another Facebook post trixie Aug 2016 #20

expect the return of leeches and bloodletting as fads nt msongs Aug 2016 #3

They still use leeches for reattached fingers and limbs Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2016 #12

We use leech therapy for certain other reconstructive surgeries as well ismnotwasm Aug 2016 #32

Not to mention maggots FrodosPet Aug 2016 #31

One of my HS classmates requires regular bloodletting jmowreader Aug 2016 #38

thanks, been wondering what that was.... spanone Aug 2016 #5

Same here malaise Aug 2016 #16

It's creepy, stupid and soon everyone will be doing it BeyondGeography Aug 2016 #6

I think it works. bluedigger Aug 2016 #7

Very funny! 3catwoman3 Aug 2016 #14

You win the thread malaise Aug 2016 #15

Me too and it was then that my mother discovered that maybe I wasn't like the 'rest of the boys' as Purveyor Aug 2016 #29

You didn't comb it out!?!? bettyellen Aug 2016 #46

It's ignorant. Promoted by Gwyneth Paltrow. WinkyDink Aug 2016 #8

ya'll are showing your lack of knowledge of the world. boomer55 Aug 2016 #9

So has syphilis. AngryAmish Aug 2016 #13

Don't forget lice. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #18

Lice has been around forever. AngryAmish Aug 2016 #21

Ha! progressoid Aug 2016 #34

Been worthless "medicine" forever too. cleanhippie Aug 2016 #17

Acupuncture is also bullshit. LeftyMom Aug 2016 #35

Ethnicity is sadly important in these discussions MattBaggins Aug 2016 #39

God, that's the truth. Marr Aug 2016 #40

I remember late 80s getting cupped before a minor surgery . When the nurses moved me to the Person 2713 Aug 2016 #36

"Alternative medicine?" stopbush Aug 2016 #10

It's a method of separating out layers of your body. Skin from underlying fat or fascia, muscle. uppityperson Aug 2016 #11

What, an informed opinion? AngryAmish Aug 2016 #19

Thanks for adding on the skin rolling. Those actually do physical things, like some types of cupping uppityperson Aug 2016 #22

Imagination is not the same as information. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2016 #55

Rubbish pseudoscience... JCMach1 Aug 2016 #23

Never underestimate the placebo effect: Proven time, and time again. lindysalsagal Aug 2016 #24

To my construction buddies, cupping is when panader0 Aug 2016 #25

ROFL malaise Aug 2016 #26

cupping edhopper Aug 2016 #27

If one feels like the cupping is beneficial then use it. I have never tried Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #28

Many insurance companies I brlieve even MedicareB in some cases will reimburse for accupuncture Person 2713 Aug 2016 #37

Were you breathing at the time? Orrex Aug 2016 #49

Are you serious? Sure I was breathing and you know this is not what I was talking about. Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #50

It was as serious a reply as chemo-phobia deserves Orrex Aug 2016 #52

BYE Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #53

Well you certainly showed me. Orrex Aug 2016 #54

The Placebo Effect is real. nt Lisa0825 Aug 2016 #30

Why is any kind of external stimulus different from doping? UTUSN Aug 2016 #33

New Age stupidity. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #41

*sigh* Yet another of my romantic notions from youth shattered... Hugin Aug 2016 #42

Cupping, Spooning - isn't that malaise Aug 2016 #45

If you insist on being clinical about it, yes. Hugin Aug 2016 #47

That time I got caught with a hicky I should've said it was cupping NightWatcher Aug 2016 #43

This thread is hilarious. CanSocDem Aug 2016 #44

Pseudomedical hickeys. That's what cupping is. MineralMan Aug 2016 #48

Jock strap too tight? JonathanRackham Aug 2016 #51

I had a pain in my side that wouldn't go away. Regulat Doctor wanted me to take pain pills. kimbutgar Aug 2016 #56

Cupping removes 100% of GMOs from the food you eat Bonx Aug 2016 #57