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Cupping for Pain, Health & Performance | Must Be Good, if Phelps Does it, Right? Let's See What the 100+ Studies Say

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The "cups" come in various forms and sizes... and no, there's no meta-analysis yet that can tell you what the optimal size and form for the treatment of a given disease / problem would be ;-) "If Phelps does it, it must be good!" I am pretty sure that SuppVersity  readers don't think like that this is why I'd like to invite you to join my brief research review on cupping, i.e. the use of cups that are sucked to specific acupuncture points on your back via a simply physics trick: After being heated with fire, the air in the cup expands rapidly only to decrease by the same extent after the pre-heated cup is placed on your back. The rapid reduction of the volume of air in the cup will will create a vacuum that will not just glue the cup to your skin, but literally suck some of your skin into the cup and the capillaries in the skin to rupture - no wonder Phelp's body was plastered with red "cup marks" during the Olympic games ;-) With Phe...
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Weight Loss Acupuncture: Study Reports 5% Weight Loss in 8 Weeks. More Than the Exception That Proves the Rule?

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It's the ear, not the belly that has to be (acu-)punctured to make the nasty pounds disappear. I am pretty sure that at least some of you will have seen the headlines about one week ago: "Acupuncture Facilitates Effortless Weight Loss!" It sounds like a scam. If you actually read the corresponding press release, however, you'll have realized that the headlines were based on the results of a the results of a study that was conducted at the East-West Medical Research Institute of the Kyung Hee University in Korea, where the stimulation of the tested five ear acupuncture points (Shen-men, Spleen, Stomach, Hunger, Endocrine) has been used traditionally to curb the appetite of overweight patients for centuries. 6.1% and 5.7% reduction in BMI without diet or exercise As it turned out, it was not even necessary to "nail" all 5 of the trigger points. As you will probably have learned from the press release, already, even the subjects in whom the researcher...
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Chronically Fatigued? Taking a Meditative Time-Out With Qigong Twice Weekly Will Improve Mental + Physical Symptoms by ~50% & Increase Telomere-Length by 75%!

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Image 1 ( myrtlebeachalternatives ): This picture captures the essence of Qigong artistically. Adelfo took the word "holiday" to the heart and totally forgot about his blogpost, today. I guess this means I will have to pull something of interest out of my hat (or head?) and what would be better suited than a post about taking timeouts, well sort off... In a recently published paper in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine , R.T. Ho and his (or her?) colleagues from the University of Hong Kong report on the truly amazing progress a group of chronic fatigue patient s made in the course of a 4-months Qigong intervention program (Ho. 2012). Qigong means "life energy cultivation" and that's exactly what it does - it helps you cultivate the life energy that's so easily lost in our hectic and allegedly productive lives. The participants in the intervention study took part in supervised Qigong exercise training (Wu Xing Ping Heng Gong, 五行平衡功) twice a week for...
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