Cupping therapy is a form of pseudoscience in which a local suction is created on the skin with the application of heated cups. It has been claimed that cupping therapy tends to drain excess fluids and toxins, loosen adhesions and revitalize connective tissue, increase blood flow to skin and muscles, stimulate the peripheral nervous system, reduce pain, controls high blood pressure and modulates the immune system.
Moxibustion is a form of heat therapy used within Traditional Chinese Medicine to ignite the body's healing mechanisms, improve circulation, and decrease pain. It involves the combustion of the dried leaf of the plant Folium Artemisiae Aagyi, on or above specific points on the body
Our therapies will relieve your pain by way of several mechanisms, including relaxing painful muscles, headache, shoulder pain, tendons, and joints; relieving stress and anxiety; and possibly helping to "close the pain gate" by stimulating competing nerve fibers and impeding pain messages to and from the brain.