Originally Posted by Coop42 (Post 767310)

Jomar posted one of these youtube videos a while back and I wondered if anyone else here has tried this or I'm being the pioneer here. I started doing the Sharon Butler stretching program last April and lately I've been doing more and more of this Intu-flow. I'm finding these two programs go together hand in hand. They are both about gently and gradually stretching the body to break up adhesions, or stuck together muscles. The cool thing about this program is it shows you how to gently stretch every joint in your entire body and it's different than anything I've ever tried or seen before. Here's the link if you want to listen to Scott Sonnon explain it.

Oops! I guess I don't have enough posts to post a video link. It will come up on youtube as Scott Sonnon's Intu-flow beginner part 1. Most of the beginner program is on there so if you want to try it won't cost you anything. I just bought the DVD myself because I really like it and I want to try to get my wife to start doing it to see if it will help her headaches and neck problems.

Originally Posted by 16rhonda (Post 1008382)

Hi, I was wondering where u bought the Dvd from?
Thanks for info.

Originally Posted by Coop42 (Post 1008922)

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.

Originally Posted by Coop42 (Post 1009097)

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.

Originally Posted by Coop42 (Post 1007677)

I had lower back surgery in 1990, and I haven't been able to squat since then, without flaring up the nerves in my lower back and legs. In fact, about two years ago I had to make a couple of trips to the emergency room, because I flared my lower back up so bad from trying that. It's in one of my old posts.

In the last week or two, I started squatting, and so far, no pain. I'm being very, very careful and gradually working at it. It's been 23 years since I've been able to squat, so I'm having a little bit of trouble fathoming this. It just seems surreal. I'm excited, but I'm still a little scared something's going to go wrong. It's taken 40 months of hard work to get to this point. Still a lot of work to do though. Hopefully, the progress will continue.

Originally Posted by Coop42 (Post 1009937)

People ask me about the cupping marks all the time. They're curious what it is. Most people haven't seen this before.

I think my wife was a little embarrassed about the marks on my face, but oh well. She says it looks like somebody beat me up. I'm not really worried about what people think. This is helping me move better so that's all that matters to me. If I look foolish for few days, so be it.

Originally Posted by Titus (Post 1013739)

Do you do the cupping yourself? I would think it would be hard to get to certain areas.

Originally Posted by Coop42 (Post 1013768)

I would say, I probably do about 95% of the cupping myself. The vacuum pump for the cups comes with an extension hose so I can reach most areas, even on my back, myself. However, there are some areas on my upper back, that I can't reach, and I have my wife do those, when she's willing.

The only bad thing about using the extension hose is, you don't get as much suction, so sometimes the cups fall off. If I can reach an area, it works better without the hose.