Self-paced Online Home Study Orthopedic Cupping

Course overview

Orthopedic cupping is one of bodyworks latest and greatest techniques where east meets west and turned into best! This course includes dozens of cupping applications. Cupping has highly evolved since the 2021 London & 2016 Rio Olympics. Traditional meridian cupping was set aside, and orthopedic cupping massage emerged as a new distinct form of massage and bodywork, which is what you will learn here. Orthopedic cupping massage stretches and releases soft tissue restrictions which can create a human domino effect of better tissue metabolism that can lead to better athletic performance and other health related benefits. While stationary cups applied along meridians are still practiced today with Traditional Chinese Medicine TCM, orthopedic cupping follows musculoskeletal anatomy instead. Orthopedic cupping is used for sports injuries, postural alignment issues, to increase healing and circulation as well as general overall health. We will demonstrate both spot treatments and full body sessions. The concept of our Orthopedic Cupping class is to apply this ancient eastern medicine to western musculoskeletal issues and bodywork. This 12 CE course is one of the most thorough, well-rounded and complete trainings an individual can receive in just 12 short hours: cupping types, methods and history explanation of the top 10 points of Orthopedic Cupping how to choose different types of cupping sets and equipment for different areas of the body and purposes review of the different types of cupping sets and equipment, plus how equipment should (and should not) be used almost 1 hour of cupping precautions, contraindications and endangerment sites review of areas that are poorer and more difficult to cup with orthopedic maneuvers one hour of cupping instructions with tricks of the trade how to clean cups and equipment care one hour instructor demonstration and student practice along of over a dozen different orthopedic cupping maneuvers that can either be used for spot treatment or as a large collection for full body treatments instructor demonstration of back and shoulder orthopedic cupping instructor demonstration and student practice along on lesser practiced areas of the feet and hips instructor demonstration and student practice along of cupping for shin splints and tennis elbow extensive review of cupping research, health benefits and goals review of some medical conditions that cupping will not help review of working with an intensity scale using VAS suggestions of client communications and preparing your client for a cupping session (and possible marks from the treatment) one hour instructor demonstration of a full body cupping massage (Swedish style) one hour instructor demonstration of a full body cupping myofascial decompression 90-minute instructor demonstration with student practice along full body cupping myofascial decompression with focus on frozen shoulder/adhesive capsulitis bodywork instructor demonstration and student practice along of 5 different researched hands-on cupping protocols, including: chronic low back pain chronic neck and upper back pain seated to elongate hamstrings to increase hip & knee range of motion to increase ankle range of motion instructor demonstration of how to position a pronated client's legs into a figure-4 position for orthopedic cupping brief instructor lecture of how to prepare for an adverse event brief instructor lecture of an FDA approved vacuum suction therapy and how modern-day endermologie started to temporarily improve the appearance of cellulite we will not cup the breasts, abdomen or face during this orthopedic training Licensed health care providers who complete this training should be able to claim that they practice the following cupping techniques: Orthopedic Cupping Air Cupping Running Cupping Sliding Cupping Gliding Cupping Moving Cupping Dynamic Cupping Dual Cupping Cupping Massage Dry Cupping Stationary Cupping Retained Cupping Silicone Cupping Plastic Cupping We