A- Sport- related Cupping
Al Mdaoy Cupping Clinic is considered one of the first clinics concerned with the science of cupping in the field of sports and physical rehabilitation, which helps in treating sports injuries and as a stimulant for physical and psychological performance and to help speed up recovery according to scientific and experimental criteria.
Have you ever noticed dark marks on the backs or legs of soccer players or Olympic swimmers and wondered what he did to himself and why?
Athletes resort to cupping therapy to relieve stress and pain, to help them recover from their muscular efforts during training and competitions, to raise the level of physical and psychological rehabilitation before competitions, and to reduce injuries. There are many techniques that athletes use to get rid of the previous symptoms, such as ice baths, saunas and sports massages.
According to what the gymnast Nador told USA Today, Cupping, was better than anything else he tried. He also added, that it was the secret that he used over the past year to maintain his health.. It saved him from many injuries and troubles, and it seems that Phelps, the famous American swimmer, adopts the technique of Cupping for a long time, and about a year ago, he posted a picture of him on Instagram during the cupping process by the medical staff, and the dark marks appeared on his face and back during the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Our doctors perform functional examinations and recommend comprehensive rehabilitation programs through sports and therapeutic cupping to relieve pain, restore function and enhance strength.
It is known that professional athletes build themselves on a long period of time and thus depend on continuous technical training and a balanced and thoughtful diet to build their muscles and increase their ability and efficiency, and here comes the role of sport-related cupping, which has been developed recently and has multiplied its forms and tools to meet the needs of athletes by helping to get rid of the toxicity of many hormones and proteins Which athletes usually use.
The effect of the performance of the athlete:
- Increasing the efficiency of blood circulation by getting rid of old blood cells and improving the perfusion of muscles, which allows to increase their size and efficiency
- Cupping expands blood vessels and relaxes muscles by releasing nitric oxide, which reduces muscle injuries caused by stress during training and in tournaments.
- Cupping increases the secretion of serotonin, encephalin and endorphins, which helps in improving mood, relieving stress and raising the pain threshold of athletes, which gives the athlete a higher endurance capacity.
- Cupping helps to increase the efficiency of the micro-circulation, which increases the ability of red blood cells to carry a greater amount of oxygen, which reduces the risks of lactic acid formation during and after training sessions, which increases the speed of recovery after sports injuries.
