Cupping therapy, or more accurately “Myofascial Decompression” (MFD), is a method that combines soft tissue therapy with movement. There are two different ways we utilise cupping here at Atlas Sports Massage Therapy:

• Passive Cupping

  • Involves creating suction in the cups and leaving them in place

  • Benefits: Reduces muscle tension, decreases pain, helps with nerve compression, desensitises the nervous system

• Functional Cupping

  • Cupping techniques with movement and mobility exercises

  • Benefits: Improves muscle activation and recruitment, increases mobility, breaks down scar tissue