Cupping Therapy

Enrich your therapeutic tools with cupping therapy.

• IMAS offers a training course dedicated to the use of cupping therapy, designed to enhance the skills of massage therapists, physical therapists, nurses, and others.
• This therapy, practiced for over 4,000 years and derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), broadens the range of tools available thanks to its analgesic, energetic, and circulatory effects.
• It is very effective in cases of respiratory, muscular, and joint disorders (low back pain, sciatica, sprains, tendonitis, cramps, muscle spasms, etc.), rheumatic disorders, skin conditions, and digestive problems.
• Cupping relieves muscle pain, improves athletic recovery, and soothes various ailments (headaches, respiratory problems, digestive problems).
• The suction action massages the superficial and deep connective tissue (CT), improves skin and muscle vascularization, strengthens blood flow, lymph flow, energy, and stimulates the immune system.

General training objectives

• Develop academic knowledge in the humanities (anatomy, pathology).
• Perform treatments on patients.
• Ensure safety when using hot suction cups (fire technique).
• Place the suction cups according to a defined protocol and description.
• Acquire the essential therapeutic skills related to this practice.