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Cupping Marks...Bruises or Not?

Cupping Marks...Bruises or Not?
If a patient says that the cupping mark hurts, the practitioner is typically told that they have over treated the patient. Interestingly, my own cupping marks almost always are tender to the touch, regardless of the length or amount of treatment. Pain or tenderness is subjective to the individual and should be addressed on a case by case basis - pain or tenderness itself does not have anything to do with the definition of a bruise.