Cupping: A Promising Treatment for your Low Back Pain
Let's talk about why you might have low back pain:
It could be from myofascial pain syndrome: which is a pain disorder caused by trigger points within the muscles OR fascia.
Low back pain is characterised by pain, muscle tension, soreness, and stiffness from the bottom of the rib cage to the buttock folds, it can be accompanied by sciatic pain
How long have you had pain?
An acute episode means it is under 6 weeks in duration
A subacute episode lasts from 6 weeks to 12 weeks in duration
A Chronic episode lasts for more than 12 weeks (1 in 10 acute cases turn into chronic low back pain)
Many people can have recurrent low back acute episodes as 90% of low back cases usually have no identifiable causes
The longer between the onset of pain and the start of chiropractic therapy, means the longer it takes for the body to start healing.
What is cupping therapy?
Cupping is believed to enhance blood flow and alleviate pain intensity caused by blood stasis. This improves physical function
Cupping applies a high negative pressure and can accelerate blood and lymph flow, and increase the oxygen and metabolism in local tissues, this will ultimately lead to reduced inflammation and elimination toxic substances
At Health Wise Chiropractic we use dry cupping, which means we place the cups directly on the painful area or acupoint, using negative pressure suction to create a vacuum environment issue the cup.
The research released in 2024 showed that
Evidence showed that cupping has a significant effect on pain improvement at 2-8 weeks of endpoint intervention
cupping effectiveness on pain intensity is equivalent to the usual care in the 1-month follow-up, but it will surpass the usual care at 3 to 6 months follow-up
Cupping improves sensory and emotional pain immediately, after 24 hours, and 2 weeks post-intervention.
Cupping shows superior and sustainable effects in pain reduction compared to medication and usual care.
For more information about how we can help. Please call Health Wise Chiropractic 03 9467 7889 or book online to see one of our Chiropractors in Sunbury or Melton/Strathtulloh Today!
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Reference
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2023 Dec; 81(12): 1169–1178.
Published online 2023 Dec 29. doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1777731
PMCID: PMC10756779
PMID: 38157883
Language: English | Portuguese
Treating myofascial pain with dry needling: a systematic review for the best evidence-based practices in low back pain
Fabíola Dach1 and Karen S. Ferreira2
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