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Cupping and Gua Sha are modalities used to help restore circulation and blood flow in order to reduce pain and stagnation in areas with injury and dysfunction.  Non-invasive tools are used to promote circulation and lymphatic drainage, mobilize soft tissue and break up 'trigger points.'  Both of these modalities are extremely effective as non invasive approaches that assist in treating sports/orthopedic injuries as well as other conditions.

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Gua Sha is a healing technique used through out Asia.  Gua means to rub or friction.  Sha is the term used to describe congestion of blood at the surface of the body.  When friction is applied in repeated even strokes, the shape surfaces as small red petechiae.  In minutes the petechiae fade into echymotic patches.  The sea disappears totally in two to four days.  The color and rate of fading are both diagnostic and prognostic indicators.

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The benefits of Gua Sha are numerous.  It moves stuck blood,  promoting normal circulation to the muscles, tissues, and organs directly beneath the surface treated.  Th patient experiences immediate changes in stiffness, pain and mobility.  Normal metabolic processes are restored by the movement of the fluids as nutrients are carried to the tissues and metabolic wastes are carried away. Because Gua She mimics sweating, it resolves fever.

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Gua Sha cools the patient who is overheated, warms the patient who is chilled, nourishes the patient who is deficient, and clears the patient who is in excess.  Gua Sha is therefore considered an adaptogenic technique.

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A care provider considers Gua Sha in any case of pain or discomfort, for upper respiratory or digestive problems, and for any condition where palpation indicates there is a sha.

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After Gua Sha, the patient is instructed to cover the area, avoiding wind and exposure to the sun or sudden changes in temperature. Stretching is recommended but not a heavy workout on the day of treatment.