Pain relief for muscles and soft tissue

Treat your muscle and soft tissue problems with cupping therapy at Select Physical Therapy. Our therapists provide a manual therapy technique called cupping, use along with other therapies to treat muscle and soft tissue dysfunction.

Available for appropriate patients, from pre-teens through adults, cupping can benefit your affected areas by:

  • Decreasing inflammation

  • Decreasing muscle spasms

  • Decreasing pain

  • Improving blood and oxygen circulation

  • Improving range of motion

What to expect after cupping

Many patients feel the benefits of cupping in as little as one treatment session. As with all therapies, there is a small risk of minor side effects from cupping therapy. These side effects can include:

  • Bruising, this is most common with static cupping and most bruises disappear within 10 days

  • Mild soreness in the areas where cupping is used

  • Minimal pain

Communicate with your therapist about any concerns you may have regarding pain or discomfort after therapy. Your therapist can adjust the amount of pressure in future treatments to reduce side effects.

What Does Cupping Do?

  • Uses negative pressure forces on suction cups to create lifting of the tissues. This creates space within the tissue layers for improved gliding and mobility. We have many layers to our skin, including fascia, that should move fluidly but due to injury, inflammation, and simply over time the tissues can become thickened and less mobile.  

  • Decompression to help release tight tissues and trigger points, improve blood flow and nutrient exchange and create a change to the neuromuscular system which allows for temporary pain relief.

How Much Does It Cost?

  • For just $50 you can receive a 30 minute session with a skilled therapist which includes cupping on up to 2 different areas of treatment.

  • Combine all 3 of the other cash based practices (dry needling, SASTM, and cupping) for $80 for a 45 minute session.

* $15 for any additional area of treatment.