Cupping for the hips. In this video I'm going to be showing you how to do cupping for the hips. Begin by doing Swedish massage strokes over the hips. suction across the hamstrings, moving medial to lateral and then lateral to medial roughly five to six times as you work your way up toward the hips, where you can then do circular strokes. Working on the client's right hip, unstable To the side of the table, using my left hand rests on her hamstrings. As my right hand does about 10 circular strokes around the hip.
Make sure the client is properly draped. The client is well lubricated with oil or cream, as the hips can be quite sensitive. Place the cup over the most medial aspect of the glutes where it attaches to the sacred border. Visualize lifting all the factual attachments off the sacred border. Create a two by two cupping grid of large to medium sized cups around the lateral hip. So with your left hand, grab the client's right ankle and foot and externally rotate the hip push it Foot medially as you spread your hands over the cups to make sure they don't pop up.
If space allows places smaller sized cup at the most medial aspects of the gluteus maximus externally rotate the hip again a few times. Now remove all the cups Place the curve of your left hand between the pointer and thumb around the edge of the state. And with the right hand, glide the cup several times across the glutes towards the table. hand placement is key so that you don't accidentally slip and move the cup. As you glide the cup across the glutes, add a little clockwise twist to it. Next, add external rotation to the tip as you glide and twist the cup across the glutes.
Do this several times. Pinch the couple. Lift and twist and glide across the glutes as you certainly rotate the hip holding the ankle with your left hand to the Several times and now it's time to do reverse pin stretch for the hamstrings and IT band. Demonstrating on the right hamstring group with your left hand take hold of the client's right foot and flex the knee. Then with the right hand, suction the distal part of the client's hamstring and glide up as you simultaneously straighten their leg just as you would when you massage, visually divide their hamstrings into three parts lateral, middle, and medial. As you reach the proximal attachments, contour around the hip.
You can vary how you do this reverse pinch stretch move by pivoting your right foot and facing the clients feet as you pulled a cup up the hamstrings. Next, you're going to move the cups across the hamstring. Moving medial to lateral. Grab your clients right foot, flex their knee. And with your other hand, suction your cup onto the proximal attachment of their hamstrings at the ischial tuberosity. lift and drag the cup medial to lateral simultaneously pushing their leg across their body.
This is called hip external rotation. Repeat this five to six times until you reach right above the back of the knee. And then repeat again moving back up toward the ischial tuberosity. Remember to always check in with your client about the pressure and make sure they're comfortable. Next sexual release there it is man as you extend and flex the knee. Now please four to five cups longer and three to four On their upper hamstrings flexing extending the performance circle and internal hip rotation.
Do this several times. release all the cups now plays three to four cups on the hamstrings. And then we're more over the medial aspect of the hamstrings and adductors. Now flex to extend the knee several times. Remove the cups