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Originally Posted by Coop42
I've been doing a lot of vacuum cupping on my face and neck and it really works well. I think it's better than massage. I've been using these for about four months now and my neck is moving better, and better, all the time.
I was making good progress doing my neck mobility exercises, but this has really helped speed things along. It hurts when you put the cups on your neck, but they've really helped soften up the muscles. I've been using them on my face and jaw line as well. When I put a cup on my face, and move my neck around, it's surprising how much i can feel it pulling. I guess all those outer layers of fascia are connected.
I really didn't know what to expect from cupping, but the longer I do it, the more it impresses me. Another impressive thing about it, is, so far, cupping has never caused a flare up. I've flared myself up many times doing massage that was too aggressive.
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An interesting thing is, yesterday I did some cupping on both sides of my face. This morning, the left side(nonsurgical) looks pretty normal. However, the right side(scalenectomy 22 years ago) is really purple. I guess there's a lot of old stagnant blood in there. It's purple up to just below my eye. I guess the lesson here is, after many years, TOS affects more of the body, than many people realize.