Why does the pain after cupping

Some people experience pain during cupping therapy. There are many reasons for the pain. It may be because cupping has achieved good therapeutic effects, or it may be caused by improper cupping, leading to burns and scalds. In addition, due to different personal constitutions, the physiological reactions after cupping will also be different. Therefore, during the cupping process, you must understand some precautions to avoid harm caused by cupping.

Is it normal to feel pain after cupping?

Everyone has a different physique, and the reaction after cupping is different. For people who are cupping for the first time, it is normal to experience a certain degree of pain. When cupping, part of the skin and muscles will be squeezed inside the cup. If the negative pressure is too large, the squeezing force will also increase, so it will be a little painful after cupping. For example, if there is excessive heat and toxins in the body or if there is summer heat, cupping will be painful. If there is rheumatism, blisters may appear after cupping.

For people who frequently cupping, their meridians are unobstructed and if the operation is normal, cupping is generally not painful. Instead, they feel very comfortable. If you feel obvious pain, you should start to reflect on whether you performed the cupping operation incorrectly, such as taking too long or applying the cupping too hard.

In addition to the normal pain caused by cupping for the first time, people who cupping frequently generally will not have more obvious pain. If it does occur, it is mostly because the following tasks were not done well during cupping: 1. The cupping time is too long. For people who do not cupping frequently, the time of leaving the cupping cup on should be controlled at about 10 minutes each time. This can relieve the symptoms of blood stasis and pain, and can also avoid blisters and infection. Even for people who cupping frequently, the time for one cupping session should not exceed 15 or 20 minutes. Moreover, if discomfort occurs during the cupping process, the cupping time should be shortened appropriately.

3. Do not repeatedly cupping the painful area until the purple mark or pain disappears completely. This will not solve the pain problem, but will aggravate the pain caused by blood stasis.

4. The temperature of the cup is too high. If the temperature of the cup is too high during cupping, exceeding the range that the human body can withstand, cupping will lead to poor local blood circulation, redness, swelling, blisters or even ulcers, and people will also feel pain.