They are not in pain. The circles are part of an old healing process called cupping. The alternative recovery technique dates back to ancient Middle Eastern, Chinese and Egyptian cultures.

Cupping therapy has been used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for *thousands* of years. The age-old treatment, which involves a practitioner placing suction cups along your back to increase ...

The marks — seen recently on Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Kaley Cuoco — are a telltale sign of cupping therapy, a practice that dates back to ancient Egyptian and Chinese civilizations ...

Cupping therapy is a traditional Chinese and Middle Eastern practice that involves placing cups at certain points on a person’s skin. A practitioner creates suction in the cups, which pulls ...

(Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) Cupping therapy might be trendy now, but it’s not new. It dates back to ancient Egyptian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern cultures. One of the oldest medical ...

As a child of Chinese immigrants ... my aunt’s familiar suggestions to try cupping; and my parents’ . Being away from home for so long, I began to see my family’s care in a new light ...

though cupping is a part of many ancient healing systems, including Chinese, Unani, traditional Korean, and Tibetan. Greek physician Hippocrates, often referred to as the “father” of medicine ...