Cupping is a recovery technique that is seen to promote enhanced blood flow and reduce inflammation, but how beneficial is ...

Treatment options are limited for patients with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), a chronic pain disorder caused by reactivation of the varicella zoster virus. Topical application of capsaicin ...

Many people use cupping to improve blood flow, decrease toxins, and reduce pain. In some cultures, cupping has spiritual and religious significance. Although cupping therapy has existed for ...

Travelers swear by this old wives’s tale for relieving ear pain, but doctors are skeptical of the hot cup’s efficacy.

Once PHN has developed, current treatments offer only limited benefit and adverse effects are common. Management is challenging and often unsatisfactory (<50% of patients gain 50% relief of pain).

Since then, it’s become more common to see professional athletes, recreational exercisers, and people dealing with pain wearing reddish circular cupping marks on their skin like a wellness badge ...