Cupping Therapy

Cupping Therapy in Breaux Bridge and Lafayette: Dr. Christopher Hargrave, DC uses cupping therapy to help patients overcome pain and injury. Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine that has been used for thousands of years. It is a natural, simple procedure that everyone, from professional athletes to those working a 9-5, can benefit from. It involves placing special cups on specific areas of the body and can provide many advantages to a patient’s treatment plan.

Cupping Therapy Can Provide the Following Benefits

• Reduces pain
• Decreases inflammation
• Boosts circulation
• Promotes relaxation
• Breaks up scar tissue
• Removes toxins
• Boosts immune system
• Balances the body

Cupping Therapy Reduces Pain and Promotes Circulation Naturally Throughout the Body

This type of deep-tissue massage has been used by Olympic athletes and celebrities to alleviate muscle pain and tension in the most strenuous of circumstances. This natural treatment is relaxing and usually involves the patient laying down. Lafayette chiropractor, Dr. Christopher Hargrave, DC puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction in specific places.

Depending on the condition, the time and placement of the cups will vary. This medication-free treatment has been proven to provide benefits as a natural treatment that has sustained itself for thousands of years!