Cupping therapy uses suction cups to relieve muscle pain in the back, neck, and shoulders. Cupping therapy tends to cost around $30 to $80 per session and may be covered by insurance. Side effects of ...

Read about the latest sports tech news, innovations, ideas and products that impact players, fans and the sports industry at SportTechie.com. Cupping therapy treatment creates hyper-localized suction ...

ANOKA, Minn. - Michael Phelps and other Olympic athletes are drawing attention to a therapy they're using during the Summer Games. People have noticed the large bruises on his shoulders. It's from ...

How today's Olympic athletes recover from wear and tear on their bodies is nearly as important as how they train. That's opened the door to unusual therapies and treatments; some dating back to ...

Sophomore Boris Yang is one of the Penn swimmers who has used cupping therapy to improve performance in the pool. Credit: Son Nguyen During the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, American swimming ...

Cupping, a healing therapy used in traditional Chinese medicine and intended to ease muscle pain, has recently caught the attention of vaccine skeptics, who claim it can remove a vaccine after ...

People watching the Olympics 4x100-meter swimming relay Sunday night were seeing spots-- lots of them -- on 19-time gold medalist Michael Phelps. The purple circles are caused by cupping, a Chinese ...

How proven a technique is cupping for sports recovery? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by ...

Michael Phelps caused a stir on Sunday when he swam his leg of the men's 4x100 freestyle relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics with a back full of odd, circular welts. The welts came from cupping therapy, a ...

WASHINGTON - If you were watching Michael Phelps help the United States bring home the gold in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the 2016 Rio Olympics, you may have seen some purple spots on his body ...

Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine that has been around for centuries. It has become trendy among swimmers, which is why some Olympians have pepperoni-shaped, purple bruises on their ...