PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- All eyes were on the Phillies during their Wild Card celebration last week. Some fans noticed a few players had some funny-looking marks on their skin. If you look carefully, you ...

How proven a technique is cupping for sports recovery? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by ...

This week everyone’s talking about cupping, a therapy that some Olympic athletes competing in Rio have been partaking of. It caught people’s attention this week because the therapy often leaves round ...

Swimmer Michael Phelps won Olympic gold again Sunday while covered in red — red spots, roughly medal-size, all over his shoulders and back. The marks were the result of an ancient Eastern medicinal ...

If 19-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps does it for his health, then it’s gotta be good, right? That’s what many are wondering after spotting cupping marks -- those purplish circles -- on the ...

For many major league baseball players, the placebo effect is alive and well. This is indisputable, especially following a bizarre, public display of one of the most extreme cases of "cupping" – the ...

Cupping therapy is a form of alternative medicine that has been around for centuries. It has become trendy among swimmers, which is why some Olympians have pepperoni-shaped, purple bruises on their ...

ISTANBUL, Sept 1 (Reuters) - In a brightly lit treatment room at a private hospital in Istanbul, doctor Erdal Dilekci makes dozens of small, quick incisions on a patient's back as part of a ...

Cupping is all the rage right now, thanks in no small part to a spotted Michael Phelps and other Olympians who say the therapy helps with pain relief and recovery. The Phelps connection has inspired ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Turns out Michael Phelps and his pals at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Centre aren’t the only ones who use “cupping” therapy that leaves large purple dots on the body and has created ...