{"id":81,"date":"2019-03-26T15:27:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/?p=81"},"modified":"2019-03-26T15:29:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T19:29:03","slug":"the-first-go-with-cupping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/the-first-go-with-cupping\/","title":{"rendered":"The first go with cupping."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1074\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7424.jpg?fit=1000%2C750\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82\" srcset=\"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7424.jpg 1074w, http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7424-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7424-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_7424-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1074px) 100vw, 1074px\" \/><figcaption>Wrapping up a long, cold run in Seattle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Two caveats: I\u2019m not a fan of massages, and I\u2019m aware that cupping is a questionable practice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few days in Seattle on unfamiliar beds, I managed to tweak something in my shoulder, which eventually spread to my neck, and possibly even a migraine. I\u2019m 40 days out until the London Marathon, which means a lot of miles and speed are on the docket. I\u2019ve been powering through, but doing 20 miles with a stabbing pain in your shoulder isn\u2019t great. I connected with a local sports massage pro (who oddly enough I took sailing classes with a year or so ago), and found out she incorporated cupping. This is something I\u2019ve wanted to try for a while, so it was a nice surprise. Overall it wasn\u2019t painful except a tiny bit at the tops of my shoulders.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nResults so far:\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Pretty wicked giant <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\"><g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">hickies<\/g><\/g> all over (I&#8217;ll spare you the photo)<\/li><li>Feels pretty dang good (same day)<\/li><li>Was surprised by how it felt (no pain)<\/li><li>Very glad I got a pro to do it (almost tried myself)<\/li><li>Will definitely build this into heavy training months<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two caveats: I\u2019m not a fan of massages, and I\u2019m aware that cupping is a questionable practice. After a few days in Seattle on unfamiliar beds, I managed to tweak something in my shoulder, which eventually spread to my neck, and possibly even a migraine. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/the-first-go-with-cupping\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The first go with cupping.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/elliotvolkman.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}