Tasteful photo of my back below my right waist. Felt some pain in the hip, and had visions of some terrible bone problem. An x-ray revealed nothing untoward. Physiotherapist diagnosed stiff muscle deep down in the maximus glutinous. He pulled and pummelled, and taught me some stretching exercises. He also insisted on “cupping”, which naturally set off my TCM/quack BS detector. But it seems this is a genuine science-based treatment.
They put several small glass bulbs on you and use a device to suck the air out. Absolute agony. Feels like a giant rodent has sunk its teeth into your flesh. Then, after two very long minutes, phhht – and the air comes out.
Anyway – stiffness largely gone now.
Can confirm cupping works well for pain relief as do massages.
Oh, you are probably very heaty – being heaty is the cause of all illness – eat some foods that will cool your body – iced vindaloo and cold garlic naan bread
Is this really Hemlock? Firstly, the somewhat revealing photo [put me right off my afternoon tea!]. Secondly, the expression maximus glutinous – possibly a deliberate pun or joke? And lastly, after 30+ years in HK surely he’d come across cupping before? Strange…I feel like a usurper has taken over.
you weren’t prescribed winter melon soup?
Agreed with Hermes, how one could avoid cupping in an entire lifetime in HK is puzzling
Its part of the sad reality of ageing. All that cash that many of us used to squander on SDR&R is now diverted to docs, meds, quacks in the quest to stave off the inevitable.