With my basketball-watching now reaching its annual fever pitch — go Thunder! — I’m increasingly noticing players bearing the telltale signs of “cupping”: round, reddish bruises on their upper backs ...

If you’ve watched sports, you may have noticed some athletes with strange dark circles on their arms, backs or legs. Rests assured, these strange bruise-like marks weren’t left from alien abductions.

WHEN I INJURED my back late last year, cupping was not at the top of my list for therapies. I knew I wanted massage, a visit to the chiropractor and probably acupuncture too. While I have some ...

As soft instrumental music plays in a pastel-green room of her Lititz home, Bryna Freeman places what looks like an old-fashioned lightbulb on the shirtless back of a 54-year-old man who's lying face ...

Nighttime skin and self care routines are often rewards of a hard day’s work. Whereas mornings are typically rushed, evenings present more opportunity to indulge in a luxurious bath, bring out the ...

I've had my fair share of alternative healing practices like cupping done in the past. Even though cupping leaves funny, somewhat creepy marks on my back, cupping offers a lot of relief in my back and ...

Kim Kardashian is into it.So are Olympians, such as swimmers Michael Phelps (USA) and Pavel Sankovich (Belarus) and American gymnast Alexander Naddour. Phelps could be seen competing during the 2016 ...

During a recent socially distanced lunch, I found myself more focused on my friend’s taut, radiant complexion than our actual conversation. Upon this admission (shameful for me; for her, flattering), ...

Even though cupping is big on TikTok right now, the technique is nothing new; in fact, it's been popular in Chinese and Middle Eastern medicine for centuries. On the body, cupping therapy involves ...