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It's Brazil ... those are leeches.
Maybe it's a tattoo of "Twister".
It's Brazil ... those are leeches.
Just another gimmick that at best provides a placebo effect. Although, like silver, copper does have surface anti-bacterial qualities.what about that copper bracelet crap?
Has she been "cupping" you all these years?
Cupping??? I guess I'm ok with it, but damnit I better not hear about the men's team spooning....
That either....at least not each other... nooo 'Crete, we don't want them forking.
Not a placebo, but yes, gimmicky in this case. It brings blood into the area and that plus the warmth has several physiological effects. Maybe saves trainers hands and strength as they are dealing with very muscular people. However, there are lots of light touch and positional modalities that could do that. Someone got excited about someone else's toy so they have to have it..Just another gimmick that at best provides a placebo effect. Although, like silver, copper does have surface anti-bacterial qualities.
I know about cupping, I've written and tried to post twice, but it doesn't post. eff it. This is not what I would consider normal cupping. No need for it to look this way and leave marks that purple. It does work to relieve spasm and there are many other equally effective modalities that could be used. Same for pain. This is the toy du jour I guess being ramped up by Western minds resulting in cupping on steroids. Also, should not be used near inflammation. Traditional Chinese Medicine has occasions in which it is used. But then they also use certain linaments, etc that do similar things as far as soft tissue spasm.
It's the placebo effect. Same with the nose nasal "openers", and those ridiculous duct tape looking strips on the thighs, knees, whereever, and the grunting on every swing in tennis. Even several of the softball pitchers --including one of ours -- grunts on every pitch. Monica Seles started that nonsense, maybe that's why the guy stabbed her.It falls into the "can't hurt" category. They could do the Hokey Pokey before each swim if they thought it could help but it would provide the exact same medical result.
Ah...so it was to keep the hands clean.....Just another gimmick that at best provides a placebo effect. Although, like silver, copper does have surface anti-bacterial qualities.
I've found that when I suffer some type of rhumatic distress, I just snort a couple lines and I'm good to go. I used to rely on the old homeopathic burnt coffee ground enema and pussy willow vapors with the hot stone treatment or an occasional gall bladder from a koala bear soaked in fish urine but they've gotten rather pricey.