Traditional Flame Cupping Course

Overview
Instructor

Instructor: Kim Le Robertson
Duration: 1 day

WHAT IS TRADITIONAL FLAME CUPPING?

Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine and has been around for thousands of years. Cupping is based on the belief that certain health problems can be caused by stagnant blood and poor energy flow through your body
There are many types of cupping, but flame cupping is the most traditional cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine and has been around for thousands of years. Cupping is based on the belief that certain health problems can be caused by stagnant blood and a poor energy flow through your body. To reduce or prevent those health issues, cupping practitioners apply cups, typically glass, to your skin to create a pressure that sucks your skin inward. The pressure that the cups create draws blood to the affected area, increasing your blood flow overall.

WHAT IS THE COURSE STRUCTURE?

Le Spa Massage Academy offers a 1-day training course covering all the fundamentals of Cupping Therapy. This course is designed to build a strong foundation for using traditional, particularly focusing on treating musculoskeletal conditions and treats specific internal disorders using meridian points. These theoretical and practical sessions will provide attendants with various knowledge and techniques to apply in different problematic areas.

The practical workshop will include plastic, silicon and glass cups for flame-cupping.

COURSE RECOGNITION

The Traditional Flame Cupping Therapy Course is designed to equip you with both theoretical and practical skills enabling you to work as a professional therapist in Traditional Cupping Therapy. The course is approved by Australian Natural Therapists Association (ANTA), Massage Association of Australia (MAA) and recognised by the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT), of which Le Spa Massage Academy is a Platinum Training Provider. Once you have graduated with your Professional Certificate in Traditional Flame Cupping Therapy, you are eligible to join IICT and gain professional membership which offers members with various advantages. The completion of this course also allows you to gain Continuing Professional Education (CPE) points towards your HLT52015 Diploma of Remedial Massage.

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History of cupping therapy
Meridian Lines and Meridian Points
Theory behind meridian lines and cupping therapy
What can cupping therapy treat?
Traditional Cupping Techniques
Cupping Discolouration
Fascial and Fascial Adhesions
Benefits of Traditional Flame cupping
Types of cupping
When not to use cups
What to avoid after cupping
Preparation for cupping practice
Types of cups
10 basic muscles
Areas to be avoided
Practical session (fun part)

LEARNING OUTCOME:

After completion of the course practitioner will confidently add your skill of Traditional Flame Cupping on clients including back, neck, chest, hips, lateral leg, hamstrings, ITB, posterior shoulder, calf and foot, anterior leg, arms, quads and knees in your clinic.

Practitioners to deepen understanding and confidence towards the uses of cups in massage therapy
Practitioners perform assessment of traditional and Traditional Flame adhesion with greater confidence and accuracy

ASSESSMENTS

Le Spa Massage Academy will conduct assessments towards the end of the course. Trainees will receive a certificate once competently pass all relevant assessments.

HISTORY OF CUPPING THERAPY

Chinese cupping therapy has been used for over a thousand years ago. In the past, cupping therapy applied cattle horns or cross sections of bamboo for treatment. These ancient ‘cups’ were boiled in the water or set aflame to expel the air and suck the cups onto the skin. This method was used to drag out pus and blood, which benefits treatment of boils. Cupping therapy was used in Chinese surgery as an auxiliary strategy. Then it was found to be useful in addressing other diseases and further enhanced into special therapy.
Cupping history dates back to the year 281 AD. The earliest cupping therapy was recorded by a Taoist alchemist in A Handbook of Prescriptions for Emergencies, Ge Hong, and it then became a Taoist medical practice, which was widely used in the courts of Imperial China.
At a much later time, the cupping method was used in the Arabian Desert and the Indian sub-continent, for their healing. However, cupping therapy is a Chinese invention according to recorded history.

WHAT IS BENEFITS OF CHINESE CUPPING?

In Chinese culture, cupping is a part of Oriental medicine. In combination, acupuncture and cupping can cure many ills, such as pulmonary tuberculosis. In both Eastern and Western cultures, they believe that illnesses and infirmities can be cured by suction.
Chinese cupping is beneficial for the lungs, assisting them to clear congestion from a common cold and to manage asthma. Respiratory maladies are problems that are commonly treated through cupping.
Importantly, Chinese cupping can detoxify the skin and enhances blood flow via the veins and arteries. It usually leaves a skin mark, or bruise.
The digestive system can be positively affected through cupping. Particularly, the metabolism may improve, and constipation can be relieved, contributing to healthy appetite and strong digestion.
In addition, cupping is an efficiently alternative method of addressing acne, pain, fascial paralysis, cervical spondylosis, and herpes zoster.

WHAT TO AVOID AFTER CUPPING THERAPY?

Keep yourself hydrated by drinking more water.
Provide the lymphatic system extra fluids to flush the toxins out of the body.
Avoid showering immediately after a cupping session.
Keep the treated areas covered and warm.
No alcohol after a cupping session.
Some may experience fatigued or experience flu-like symptoms, but this is normal due to the processing and expelling of toxins released during a cupping session.

THEORY BEHIND MERIDIAN LINES AND CUPPING THERAPY

Cupping therapy is based on the meridian theory of the body.

Cupping helps removing any blockage in the body and opens up the meridians so that body energy (Qi) can flow freely.
It also helps rejuvenating certain meridians and organs that are not functioning at their best.

Cupping therapy is known to help activate the lymphatic system, promote blood circulation and is good for deep tissue repair.

WHAT CAN CUPPING THERAPY TREAT?

Cupping is generally recommended for the treatment of:

Back and neck Pain
Stiff muscles
Paralysis
Gastrointestinal disorders
Lung diseases (especially chronic cough and asthma)
Anxiety
Fatigue
Migraines
Rheumatism

WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER CUPPING IF IT APPEARS SOME MARKS OR BRUISES?

After the cupping therapy, your skin may appear red circular marks. It’s important to understand that is not bruises and it doesn’t hurt. However, there is a opposite common assumption that cupping marks are bruises. Based on various research show that Bruises are triggered by an impact trauma that breaks the capillaries in the injured area. The cupping mark is a different thing. As cupping therapy cause no compression or impact trauma when it done correctly, they lift your skin and tissue in order to increase blood circulation and release toxins in the body. So which means the darker the mark, the more stagnant fluids (toxins, blood and lymph) were dredged up.
In China, they are called yinzi, meaning “marks”, the Greeks use the term of dachylidia indicating “rings”. And the people who grow up with cupping know that cupping is beneficial and stimulating indication that the variety of pathogen has been delivered to the surface due to the suction of cupping. That is the visible sign of success since it enhance healing process.

But it need to be understood that the Traditional Flame Cupping – Cupping without causing marks has been not successful. Many research claims that Traditional Flame cupping is a soft tissue therapy for relaxation, restoring vitality. The treatment has been developed in reducing in pain intensity and disability. Moreover, it reduces the recurrence rate of pain therefore enhancing quality of life. Nowadays, cupping is an integrative therapy in modern medicine which can combine with healthcare plans for chronic pain.

In conclusion, the marks look painful but in most cases they are purely aesthetic. Some people don’t experience bruising at all. As the reaction is based on the elasticity of individual skin

DURATION

1 full-training day (8 hours for CPE Points).
1 full-training day (8 hours for CPE Points approved by ANTA). Or 16 hours for IICT membership.
Time: 9am-5:30 pm

COURSE FEE

1-day training: $320

2-day training: $560

LOCATION

08/31 Black Street, Milton, Queensland, 4064

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Kim Le Robertson

The Le Spa Massage Academy was founded by Kim Le Roberston, an Australian migrant, with the goal of connecting other migrants to the country to raise their employability. Thus, LSMA helps to guide its students into employability and self-sufficiency. With the aid of these affordable and concise training courses, LSMA students can be on the path to lucrative employment in just a few short weeks. Kim started her journey in the massage therapy industry as an intern, and she was able to grasp the important fundamentals of massage therapy as well as the basics of top-notch customer service. This early foundation in the industry led to various other positions in a more upscale market including employment at the Six Senses Spa in the Evason Ana Mandara, a 5-star resort in Nha Trang, Vietnam. She was also able to ply her skills at the Six Senses Spa in the Puntacana Resort and Club in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. At this location, she was employed as both a spa therapist and as the delegated spa trainer. Her profession also took her to the Airways Hotel in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea where she worked as the spa director, and then back to her hometown of Nha Trang, Vietnam where she launched the full-service spa in the Novotel Hotel. In her nearly 20 years of working in the massage industry, Kim was able to build a lustrous reputation which led to many amazing opportunities. For example, she was invited to become the spa consultant and manager at the Grand Mercure Resort in Danang, Vietnam. At this posting, she was responsible for the creation of a new and modern-day spa facility where she recruited, hired, and trained the entire spa staff. Many of those employed at little or no prior experience in the field. Kim moved to Australia in 2014, and she brought with her a bachelor’s in business administration, her qualifications in Vietnamese massage, and her Sodashi therapy diploma. She also has qualifications in Thai massage and a certificate in Spa Management and Development from Thailand. Since living in Australia, she has added to her already impressive list of certifications and qualifications by adding the HLT52015 Diploma of Remedial Massage at Q Academy – Brisbane, a certificate in Anesi Skincare, and a dual diploma in Business Management & Marketing. She has also obtained a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment from TAFE Queensland. While she was gaining all of these additional certifications and qualifications, she was also maintaining her practical skills by working as a massage therapist in various spas around the country. Kim decided to create the Le Spa Massage Academy so that she could share her vast wealth of knowledge with others in the community. Through LSMA, she aims to support immigrants and other Australians wishing to broaden their career horizons. She looks forward to passing on her passion for massage to the country’s future therapists.