For ages, chronic disease has been thought of in a certain light. Our own ideas on chronic disease have taken a more fatalistic attitude. Well, we’re all going to die anyway so what’s the point? That way of thinking is problematic for multiple reasons.

The idiom is as old as time. But here’s an analogy possibly overlooked. You might picture yourself balling snow up when you were young and attempting to peg someone or something in the distance. You also remember forming the first snowball with no issues.

Cupping is a therapy which has been practiced for thousands of years. Unfortunately, not many people knew about cupping or its benefits until Michael Phelps sported purple circles in the 2016 Olympics and propelled the popularity of cupping tenfold.