So a new massage place opened up not far from me and they offer the Myofascial Release massages with the cups. I was intrigued and this is something I seriously should be doing more of with how beat up my body gets, so gave it a shot today.
She first made me stand in front of her while she checked all my alignments and she asked if I ever had sinus issues. And I was like, yeah, chronically. I guess my neck muscles are imbalanced so I hold my head tilted which can cause sinus problems. I'm so mad because no doctor ever mentioned this and I go in for sinus infections ALL THE TIME
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I do have a few really nasty bruises like the above, but apparently they can clear in as few as 3 days (usually by 7) and if you go more often you shouldn't get much bruising at all. It's not the cups causing it (you can kinda see in the pic the indents the lips of the cups leave, but no actual damage) that "bruise" is all the crap they bring to the surface, so it can get flushed away better. That particularly dark purple one is a knot I've had for a loooong time, so it's all broken bits of muscle fibers and old trapped blood etc.
I noticed walking back to my car an immediate improvement in posture from hamstrings and it bands being looser, and I assume there is some circulation improvement in my neck because my face has more color in it and is "puffier" but like not in a bad way, so I'm really excited for a follow up appointment and also to see how long the improvements seem to last. Probably till I work and fuck my body up again tbh



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