Client Testimonials

 

I am a fan of massage in general, and receive massage by various practitioners, as I travel often. Over the past few months, my local therapist, began incorporating Massage Cupping into my sessions. Massage Cupping and utilizing negative pressure is it's own modality of massage. The benefits I've experienced include increased relaxation and the effectiveness in decreasing soreness and pain from tough areas is exemplary. I now enjoy the utilization of the cups in my local sessions as they are positively significant to the results of each massage treatment.

- Edward Goodridge Jr. CEO
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians

At my massage appointments, my therapist has been using Massage Cupping techniques that have been very beneficial to my physical and mental health. Having Fibromyalgia and muscle adhesions are painful are not helped with just hot and cold packs alone. The Massage Cupping used on me releases my stuck muscles and allows circulation, it has ultimately helped in preventing chronic muscle pain and spasms.

- Kathleen A. Baker


I am an active person who has a gymnastic background. I have had few massages throughout my life and I am new to massage cupping.
It's always common for me to have a few places on my back that are tight or a bit sore. After my first MC treatment I was amazed at how much tightness was relieved. What I like most about MC is that it was able to get in deep and relieve my tension for good. After just a few sessions I could not believe that I had no sore spots. This is usual for me. As with any new type of treatments I may have been skeptical but after receiving the treatments and understanding it I am surprised that this modality it not more common. I would recommend it to anyone. With a trained practitioner of course.

- Litsa Olsson - Realtor

I feel that without my therapists' use of the cupping tools during my massage, the release of my painful stuck calf muscles and the deeper massage I'm getting and need would not be possible. Massage Cupping saves time and energy, and it resolves my pain quickly.

- Shelly Summers

I wanted to provide feedback on a new cupping technique I experienced at your clinic. When I came in I was feeling sore, tense and stressed out and Massage Cupping was very helpful. I enjoy it and continue the treatment in other visits. The cupping has a cleansing effect and has purged toxin out of my body. Thank you for this wonderful treatment you provide.

- Victoria Yeager
Stillaguamish Tribal Member

I have been treated with negative pressure massage for the past 3 months. This type of therapy has offered me freedom from pain that I experienced in my upper shoulders and neck areas. The relief has been significant, and I can only discern that the "knots" in my shoulders have been alleviated due to the effective cupping massage performed. I am grateful for this therapy and encourage it's continued work.

- Sandy Gotts
Vocational Rehabilitation Couselor

I have had the pleasure of being 'Cupped', by my therapist. She didn't start using this treatment until the last few months, but when she did, I was amazed at the results! I had very tender spots on my arms, from the tops to the inner parts of my elbows that she had been working on with variuos techniques from rotating hot and cold compresses, deep tissue work etc., and when she started the cupping treatments, the areas softened and the pain was alleviated completely within a few treatments. She cups my back and and the tension seems to float away leaving me surrounded by warmth and relaxation.

Kelly D Baker
Hatchery Technician



Practitioner Testimonials

 

I wanted to share a story about one of my clients with you and how much massage cupping has helped them. This client is a high school student and was involved in a serious accident last year in a football game that left him with a broken back and a severe concussion. He has been suffering from headaches every day since the accident, sometimes migraines that were so bad he would throw up. He was suffering from double vision and couldn't read books, and really couldn't be anywhere bright (like outside) or where there was too much visual stimulation, like the movies, or even art galleries. He basically had to hide in the dark, and this was a high school kid! His mother even said he was struggling in school because of the accident. I had been doing massage on him, and also worked on his mother, and he had never disclosed to me the headaches he was suffering from. His mother was the one that told me, and I suggested to her we try the MC.

After the first session, he hated it because he was nauseous for two days and was 'covered in hickeys' (I had explained all of this to him!). But his headaches weren't as frequent. She was noticing a difference in her son. So I continued with the cupping with him. I've been working on him for about a month and the changes are amazing. His back doesn't bother him anymore, he doesn't get headaches, he can go to the movies, go dirtbiking, lift weights, read books, all things he hadn't been able to do for a year.

When I first saw him for massage, he would barely talk, and now he's talking all the time and cracking jokes. When his mother told me I had given her son back to her that she was missing for a year, I almost cried. Last week, his grandmother even stopped by the spa to thank me for helping him. If it wasn't for MC, they would still be searching for answers and pumping their son full of medications that weren't effective.

So once again, thank you for teaching massage cupping, sharing it with us so we can help others. And by the way, now this client looks forward to his appointments and feels energized after the treatments.

- Rebecca Brooks, LMP
Ellensburg, WA

I have been a LMP for 6.5 years, and have been Massage Cupping for about 7 months. Every time I use this modality - I am amazed.

After taking the class I was so excited to get back to work and use it. The very first client I used it on was also amazed with the results we had. She had been in an auto accident 6 months prior and was getting massage and chiropratic care to relieve the pain in her shoulders and neck. We were getting results with compression massage - but they were minimal and short lived. After her first seesions she felt great! A week later I saw her again and her pain had not returned!! I continue to have results like this one.

My specialty is deep tissue work, which can get quite uncomfortable at times. With Massage Cupping it is not painful. It is my hope that as a licensed massage therapist I will be able to continue using Massage Cupping for a long time.

- Jennifer Rhoeder, LMP
Ephrata, WA

My name is Anna C. Daniels, I'm a Washington State LMP and AMTA Member. I have been utilizing Massage Cupping since August, 2006. I incorporate cupping for relaxation and treatment work in my daily sessions (I practice 5-7 days per week) and I cannot imagine practicing massage without the utilization of my Massage Cups.

When I added Massage Cupping in August of 2006, I had become so familiar with how the majority of my clients bodies responded to the "regular" techniques that I had become accustomed to using on each, that when I incorporated Negative Pressure Massage with cups, I was able to very clearly differentiate the results of the cupping treatments almost immediately. When my clients got off the table and returned, the feedback I received matched my observations and palpation driven conclusions.

Not only does Mssage Cupping allow me to still utilize each massage stroke that I had been using in "regular" treatments, with less impact on my own muscles - it takes less time for the results!

Here are a few cases I would like to share:

  • I had a client 39 1/2 weeks pregnant that came in one Friday morning kind of bummed out. It is her first baby and her doctor that morning had told her that all signs said that nothing was going to start happening almost 2 weeks past her due date. Well her mom was going to be taking off (no flexibility) and her boyfriend was supposed to be going to the Phillipines - they had arranged their schedules so that they could be with her at the birth, but with this news from her Dr. - both would be gone. She asked me about pressure points and said she was willing to try anything!
    So, during her massage I did some pressure point work, incorporating the negative pressure cups w/the positive magnetics in place on her inner ankle, first right then left, for about 3 minutes. Later that evening, I was told that she went into labor and had her baby that around midnight, the baby was happy and healthy and everything is perfect.
  • I have a client with chronic fatigue and lots of HT's, and stress etc, etc.... This morning she was exhausted and her feet were swollen. I remembered you mentioning that inflammation was due to an overbalance of positive ions (thanks a lot for mentioning that too) so I cupped her hands and feet with the negative magnets. Right after she came out of the massage she said that her shoes were looser and she could tell that her feet weren't so swollen anymore. Then (because she works in the same clinic that I do) I passed by her and she's all rosy in the cheeks, and looking very happy.
  • Another client - a 16 year old girl with chronic neck/shoulder pain. She mainly holds everything stressful in her muscles, and rarely loosens up much, she also has bursitis in one of her shoulders... I have tried so many techniques with her, but it was the Negative Pressure Massage that was exactly what she needed. Instead of another session of pushing and pressing on her, the calming and healing lifting and stretching softened her up quick. She looked absolutely lethargic when she got off the table, but she was going home to sleep the day away anyway, so I made sure I saw her drinking 1-2 cups of water before she left. I spoke with her mom the next morning just to check on her and her mom said she was really relaxed and slept well.

- Anna C. Daniels, LMP
Mukilteo, WA

My name is Bella Lutminsky - I grew up having cupping done to me by my grandma in Romania. I have been doing massage since 1973. My practice is located at my private studio in San Francisco. I have the great pleasure of telling you about a success I am having in my massage practice that is unmatched in my history as a practitioner.

One client of mine, that I have been seeing for the last almost 12 years, is a 27 year old male with severe MS, diagnosed at age 8 and living dependant on his parents since his diagnosis. Most of the last 7 years he arrives at my studio in his chair and only with difficulty are we able to get him on and off the table. At home - he has problems sleeping, eating, toileting, sitting, standing...or doing most anything other than laying in his bed listening to soft music. The rigidity in his muscles at times is so intense that I can only hope that I have provided him some comfort and relief - it is so very heartbreaking. Throughout he remain cheerful and apologetic to his difficulties.

Shortly after I began doing the cupping in my practice, I was talking to his Father and I mentioned the cupping - he asked me to try it on his son. He signed the release form and I did as he requested, although I have to tell you I was quite nervous about this, knowing the frail condition of this young man. I began very gently, using my rubber cups and, within 2 minutes I noticed he was relaxing some - really relaxing! I continued working in this manner on his shoulders, back and gluteals - he fell asleep on the table (he's never done this before). I turned him over and did some cupping on his pectorals and scalenes (always extraordinarily contracted) and although initially there was some discomfort, he asked me to continue. Again he fell asleep, which I let him do for a while as he sleeps so little. He looked absolutely drugged as his father wheeled him out of the treatment room (we both were more than a little concerned).

Well, the next morning there was a message on my office service to please call the home of this client (I was very, very worried). When I called them, his Mom answered and when she heard who was calling she began crying... she couldn't believe it... something about scrambled eggs...I couldn't tell if good or bad was occurring. The Father got on the line and told me that when he'd arrived home the evening before - his son drank some tomato soup and went to bed..... he slept soundly through the entire night - 13+ hours! He awoke early and got up, on his own to make scrambled eggs for the family. His Father described him as alert, laughing and telling jokes. He sounded very happy and thanked me several times before making an appointment for later on that week.

Since then I have continued to perform Massage Cupping on this young man as he continues to take steps towards a truly better quality of life. He seems to do better in the days following our treatments - so they increased his visits with me to 2x per week. He is now walking alot more, eating, toileting more regularly. As well, he wants to go more places and do things - he didn't like going anywhere before.

I don't know where this is going to end up taking him - but we are going to find out. Thanks for the opportunity to share...and much more for the knowledge and tools to help someone so deserving. I feel blessed.

- Bella Lutminsky, LMBT, PT
San Francisco, CA

I want to share with you some experiences Iam having with cupping:

The first is a lady in her late 30's that is built like a man. Very strong and very tough. She has been coming to me every week for about 4 months getting the Ashiatsu therapy. It has helped but she always has some stubborn areas especially in the shoulders. I used the blue rubber cups and she got immediate relief! She had alot of sha by the end of the session but she was happy with the results.

The next is a client who I see weekly and is a large, strong woman who has the tennis elbow I was asking you about. I did the neg/pos. cupping up and down her arm as you suggested and she had immediate relief. The swelling went down. I also cupped her chronicly tight L shouder with wonderful results.

My final experience of the day was one of my regular weekly clients who suffers from chronic knee pain and a weird bump of tightness in her hip that happened when her first kid was born over 30 years ago. They sent her to physical therapy for it at the time but it didn't help. I did small cups all around her knee - she had a measure of relief right away and the next day felt even more relief. I did cupping on her hip with the blue cups - on & around the bump that had been there for 3 decades - - and it came out! She is ecstatic.

Needless to say I am very excited about all this! My first facial is booked for tommorrow and I can't wait to see the results.

- Donna Rowell, LMT
Indianatown, FL

Other Practitoner Testimonials

I purchased a set of magnet cups at the national convention … A young client has a scar (approximately as deep as my little finger and about 2/3rd's as long) that has been a problem for him due to multiple shoulder surgeries for a college football injury. I have been making slow progress on the scar, but when I used the magnets it softened much more rapidly, the dark color faded, and he was impressed. As I continued his massage he asked if he could "play" with the big magnet on the scar. He placed the magnet cup back on the scar. I was working on his foot - the scar tissue in the shoulder was popping as it was breaking up - he excitedly asked "can you hear that?" I said "I can, it's amazing". We still have much work to do to get all the scar out, but magnet cupping will cut the time dramatically.

- D. Brunson
Tennessee


I took a Massage Cupping class in Colorado this fall. I can't tell you how much I have used the cupping. My clients love it and the results are amazing … also do you know when you might do a workshop on the magnetic cupping? … once again I so enjoyed the workshop.

- Cindy Eberle
Texas

Just wanted to let you know that I have been doing a protocol with the facelift cupping am getting phenominal results with clients. We are getting comments like:

  • ”My skin hasn't felt this good since I was 30 (she's over 60) and I don't think it even really felt this good then either.”
  • ”I have never gotten a complement on my skin before and I got 2 last week from my friends.“
  • ”My skin feels as smooth as a baby's bottom. I can't stop touching it! It feels so smooth.”
  • "Thank you so much for the technique. It is exactly what I needed to take this to the next level. Many thanks again...."

- Debra Clydesdale
California


Several wonderful experiences that I am having from "cupping therapy":
  • Every single fibromyalgia patients are responding wonderfully from the treatments. They each relate how much more relaxed that they feel.
  • One person's nightly sweating episode while sleeping has stopped.
  • Another experience I would like to share with you is a lady who has these unusual bump-like nodules throughout her legs-unlike lipomas-all her life. She has been coming to me weekly for about 5 years. I have on several occasions asked various massage instructors about this particular lady's health and wondered what I can do to smooth it out, if possible. No one knew what this nodular growths were; it was like a mystery case. Only one instructor thought that maybe there were something wrong with her lymphatic system and recommended me to diligently try manual lymph drainage massage on her. Well, after trying about three of these treatments consecutively, with no palpable improvements whatsoever, I felt helpless in this particular case about the abnormal nodule bumps. However, GET THIS: after only one "cupping therapy" her legs are normal feeling. Even the patient realized how smooth it felt and she called this a "miracle." Wow! Her system must have been terribly clogged. She was the only patient to report being sore for three days in a row. Amazing, isn't it? She said that soreness was all worth the result though.

- H.S., LMBT
Hendersonville, NC


Please let me tell you about my experience in massage cupping! I have a client who was in a severe car accident about 30 years ago. He had incredible injuries to his spine and internal organs which included a good bit of paralysis of his colon. Most of the time, he actually has to physically manipulate the feces from his rectum. I did massage cupping on the areas he particularly showed me he had discomfort (he's very in tune with his body and feelings). Afterwards, the man left my table to go directly to the bathroom and defecated for 30 minutes! His wife was next, and she had injuredher knee. I only did a bit of the cupping around her knee, but that Source led me to her hip, around the periformis, of the same side. I actually parked it there for a few minutes when she said she could feel it in her knee. Lo and behold, yet ANOTHER success story! When she got up, her knee was less swollen plus she could walk with no limp. Now, I'm ready to try it on my fibromyalgia clients!

- B.S., LMBT
Ocean Isle, SC



Workshop Feedback

These comments have been transposed directly from the
EarthSpa workshop feedback forms

I just wanted to drop you a couple of lines and check in with you with some feedback on how cupping massage is going with the elderly clients @ the assisted living home. First of all, one of the challenges I had was educating them that this treatment was beneficial to their overall circulation. I am having great results, more people are signing up and I just wanted to say thank you for providing me with the skills necessary to make a difference.

-C. Fedd

Jesse was clear, precise, easy to follow - the presentations were rich with valuble information and every question I asked was thoroughly answered without reserve.

I so enjoyed this program. I have been a Massage Therapist since 1989 and have attended dozens of classes on massage therapies and this is the best seminar I have ever attended.

- E. Luce

Excellent class! Jesse is an excellent teacher as well as informative - yet down to earth and really funny. Very easy going.

- M. Batson

The workshop was very well rounded - great visual program & lecture. Jesse was very knowledgable & enthusiastic - great demo's - very attentive & helpful during exchanges.

Very informative on the variety of uses for cupping & the availability of different cupping equipment. The hands on practice of different applications was so fun & wonderful to learn - loved the clients that came in for the demo's.

I had pretty low expectations based on all of the other classes I have taken. This workshop far exceeded everything!

- M. Bennett

Your education and knowledge is vast, you take the time to ensure everyone in the room is comprehending the information - leaving plenty of time for questions and answering with respect.

I loved the working in tandum. I was able to see what I was attempting to accomplish while I was working on the body.

With my experience being treatment based, coming to a class and having topicals and spa treatments being discussed and used - you took the time with respectful patience to briefly explain, without slowing the class down. I never felt like I was trying to learn new techniques that weren't being explained to me. Everyone seemed able to soak in all the wonderful, health based knowledge you share so unselfishly. "Within our scope of practice" I have learned, is NOT a small, limiting propsective. Thank you!

- D. Martin

Thanks for sharing the fantastic information at a comfortable pace & in a supportive, non-intimidational way! You helped me feel at ease & part of a big family. :)

Great info combined with all th right tools to get started. I gained an incredible amount of validation & encouragement! Thanks for being so intune with each of us & so compassionate. You are truly a gift..

I am extremely excited & energized by what I have learned & experiences. Every part was so incredibly valuable and delivered in a balanced way.

- L. Walker

Your passion for this work is obvious! It infuses the students with excitement and curiosity. You create space for exploration and the "what if's". I can't say enough about how joyful it is to learn from someone who lives and breathes this work!!

Sharing of personal experiences. In-depth answers to any questions asked. Really providing an understanding of how beneficial this modality is.

The class environment helped to create a bond between each other - very important for our sucess as a community. Thank you so much for your generosity and inspiring and encouraging us to explore and discover Massage Cupping even further.

- R. Diaz

Jesse uses a variety of teaching techniques to make sure everyone learned according to their individual learning style.

I think this instructor presented everything in a very well paced and organized manner. She made a very safe and comfortable atmosphere for everyone involved.

- K. O'Brien

Very in-depth. Very Positive. The instructor made learning very easy and fun to learn. The fact that this workshop was laid out and presented in a way that made it easy and so fun to learn and that it is a really valuable modality to learn.

GREAT CLASS!!!

- D. Christian

Amicable. Professional. Extraordinarily knowledgeable. All that and still patient, kind and approachable. Equipment exposure and the awesome facial routine was awesome! I loved this class.

- J. Abbey

Very passionate & knowledgable, very, very informative. This class will take my practice to a whole new level. It's hard to pinpoint exactly the most helpful. Overall, this new understanding about the nature of Massage Cupping and what it can do has been a REAL eye opener.

This class was wonderful and I am pleasantly surprised. I came to it by word of mouth without much expectations, and I am amazed at what I've gotten.

- K. Lowe

Very attentive to individual needs. Passionate about Negative Pressure Massage protocols. Comfortable atmosphere - a wealth of information.

Lot's of additional information on biomagnetics, lymphatics, facia and detox & how to incorporate these into our practice with the Massage Cupping - so, so much.

Really Fantastic!

- J. Hyland

Thorough, articulate, engaging, comfortable - very well thought out. Taking the fear out of using an implement in massage work. The positives of this modality are huge.

I think that this modality will be incorporated into most LMP practices over time. I am so glad I was able to get in on it at the beginning.

- N. Dobies

You are so enthusiastic with everything you share in your workshop and this makes it very enjoyable and exciting to be in your class.

Everything about this class was right on. I know we learn from contructive criticism - but I honestly have none for you, sorry.

This class was PERFECT. You have really found your calling with what you are doing. I have taken a lot of continuing ed in the last 14 years and this is one of the best classes ever.

- A. Patraw

The presentations were given with such passion and conviction, which made me so excited to learn & share the same energy with my clients. The time Jesse took with the excellent visuals & then physically show how to apply was extremely helpful.

This workshop was, without question, above and beyond the other continuing ed classes around...I want more like this one.

- R. Tallman

It was very obvious that the presenter loves what she's teaching, believes in it's therapeutic uses and looking forward to more research in cupping. I've been taught by some that do not get excited or live what they teach and that cheapens the learning experience. I really feel like I'm walking away from this class with the info "stuck.

I really appreciate the "real" down to earth people in the world that have lived and learned and continue doing so, while teaching what life has taught them to others. Detoxing people and the earth in a cummulative work project that is so necessary. Jesse is one of these people.

- A. Daniels


  
 
   
 

 
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