Massage Cupping Techniques

Materials

• Online videos - 132 minutes
• Online handouts
• Online multiple-choice test
• Certificate upon completion

Description

Massage cupping has become a prominent modality, offering versatile applications and significant benefits for pain management, soft tissue mobilization, and overall functional improvement, rooted in both ancient wisdom and modern scientific understanding.

This introductory course designed for massage therapists, covers how and why to use massage cupping, including specific reasons for performing it on certain clients.

• Learn how to seamlessly integrate massage cupping into various massage techniques, whether targeting specific areas or providing a full-body treatment.
• Understand how massage cupping can enhance pain relief and relaxation, adding a valuable dimension to your therapeutic repertoire.
• Gain insights into the benefits of cupping, recognize contraindications, and client intake procedures to ensure safe and effective treatments.
• Follow a complete cupping treatment protocol, equipping you with the skills to confidently apply massage cups and offer clients an additional method for pain management and relaxation.

By the end of this course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to begin incorporating massage cupping into your practice, providing enhanced therapeutic outcomes for your clients.

Course Objectives

• Review the history of cupping therapy.
• Describe the therapeutic benefits of cupping and identify the effects on the body.
• Discover how to education clients about cupping.
• Acknowledge cupping indications and contraindications.
• Observe how to clean cups.
• Review cupping techniques in order to perform a full body cupping protocol.

Course Reviews

Instructors

Jane Irving, LMT, BCTMB, BS

Jane Irving, LMT, BCTMB, BS, is the creator of My Learning Library specializing in massage and bodywork web-based training having published over 60 instructional massage courses. Having graduated from Northeastern University in Boston in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science Degree, Jane later attended the Institute of Massage Therapy in Boston from 1987-1988. She furthered her massage training under Ben Benjamin at the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, MA. From 1989-1990.

Ms. Irving is member of the American Massage Therapy Association, an approved provider for the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork as well as NCBTMB Board Certified.

Jane is the creator and instructor of Kinesio Taping Techniques for Massage Therapists, Manual Lymphatic Drainage Massage, Therapeutic Stretching, and Massage Cupping Techniques.