Clinical Cupping Therapy (4 CEU)
Learn Cupping Therapy Massage Today! Treat Your Own Pains, Your Friends, Family Or Massage Clients.
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What You’ll Learn
This cupping therapy massage course teaches a simple, effective system you can use immediately to reduce pain, improve mobility, and deliver deeply relaxing treatments — without bruising or circular marks.
You’ll learn how to safely use cupping therapy on yourself, family, friends, and massage clients, even if you’ve never used cups before.
In this course, you’ll learn how to:
- Perform cupping therapy massage without red or purple marks
- Treat common muscle and joint pain quickly and safely
- Use cupping in a way that protects your hands
- Combine cupping with targeted stretches and strengthening exercises
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Follow Mark’s complete cupping therapy system:
- understand the condition
- apply the correct technique
- use simple home exercises for faster results
In less than 3 hours, you’ll be confident using cupping therapy massage and understand why this ancient method is still so effective today.
Course Requirements
To complete this course, you’ll need:
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A set of vacuum cups
(Silicone cups recommended. Pump cups are also fine. Fire cupping is not taught.) - Any lubricant such as massage oil, cream, or coconut oil
Course Overview
This course is designed to make cupping therapy easy, logical, and practical.
You won’t memorize long routines.
Instead, you’ll learn a repeatable system you can adapt to different body areas and conditions.
Each treatment follows the same structure:
- Understand the condition
- Apply the correct cupping technique
- Use simple exercises to speed up recovery
Cupping therapy is also one of the most relaxing treatments available, especially for neck, upper back, and stress-related tension.
Conditions You’ll Be Able to Treat
By the end of this course, you’ll know how to use cupping therapy massage for:
- Lower back pain
- Neck and shoulder pain
- Rotator cuff and frozen shoulder
- Plantar fasciitis
- Tennis and golfer’s elbow
- Upper back and calf pain
- Sciatica
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Knee pain
- Chest tension and respiratory discomfort
- Stress-related muscle tension
…and many other common pain conditions.
Why This Course Is Different
Cupping therapy does not need to be complicated.
In this course, Mark Perren-Jones breaks cupping down into a clear, practical system that has been used successfully for thousands of years.
You’ll learn:
- why heavy bruising is not necessary
- how to get results quickly and safely
- how to adapt cupping therapy to different people and situations
Questions?
Mark answers student questions within 24 hours.
Who This Course Is For
This course is ideal for:
- Massage therapists who want better results while saving their hands
- Health and wellness practitioners adding cupping therapy
- Anyone who wants a safe, effective way to treat pain at home
No prior cupping experience required.
Your Instructor
Mark Perren-Jones has over 30 years of hands-on experience in massage therapy, wellness, and pain management. He is the former owner of the award-winning Isla Verde Spa and the founder of the Mark Perren-Jones Spa Training Academy.
Mark now teaches students worldwide, sharing practical, results-based techniques drawn from real clinical and spa experience. His courses focus on what actually works in practice — helping therapists gain confidence, improve results, and avoid common mistakes.
Mark is an approved provider with the NCBTMB (#1805).
Course Curriculum
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PreviewWelcome to the Course (0:42)
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PreviewLearn the 2 different cupping techniques in under 2 minutes (1:53)
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PreviewOk, so let's get serious for a minute. What is so wrong about the red marks? (2:23)
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StartSo How Does Cupping Work? (2:49)
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StartWhat Types Of Cups Should I Buy And Why? (3:19)
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StartThese Cups People Swear By, But I have Just Had No Luck with Them (1:58)
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StartA Rundown On How To Do Cupping On Someone's Back (4:01)
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StartThe Contraindications to Cupping (2:20)
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StartWhat should you do your treatment on? (0:43)
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StartLet's have a little practice shall we? (2:57)
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StartHow this Section Of The Course Works (2:18)
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StartNeck Pain/Neck Tension (4:28)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Neck Pain And Tension (3:08)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For The Neck On Someone Else (5:19)
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StartSome Advanced Techniques For Neck Pain And Tension (7:40)
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StartNeck Exercises To Relieve Pain (1:38)
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StartShoulder/Rotator Cuff Pain/Shoulder Impingements (10:33)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Rotator Cuff and shoulder problems (11:35)
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StartExercises to do for rotator cuff problems (6:20)
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StartFrozen Shoulder (4:36)
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StartExercises For Frozen Shoulder (2:59)
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StartExtension Exercise For Upper Back Pain Relief (3:18)
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StartChest/Respiration/Colds (4:40)
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StartBiceps Tendonitis/Upper Arm Pain (4:21)
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StartTennis Elbow Pain/Forearm Extensor Pain (3:08)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Tennis Elbow And Extensors Pain (3:28)
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StartHome Exercises For Tennis Elbow (4:17)
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StartGolfers Elbow Pain (1:19)
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StartCarpal Tunnel Syndrome/Wrist Pain (2:01)
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StartHow To Treat Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Golfer's Elbow And Forearm Pain (2:45)
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StartHome Exercises For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (1:09)
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StartAdvanced Techniques For The Arms And Forearms (2:39)
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StartHand/Thumb Pain (2:17)
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StartHome Trigger Point release Techniques For Thumb/Hand Pain (2:43)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Relaxation/Stress Relief (3:25)
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StartHow To Do A Relaxing Cupping Massage For The Back And Neck (6:10)
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StartWelcome To Section 3 (1:47)
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StartLower Back Pain (4:15)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For The Lower Back And Sciatica (7:15)
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StartSciatica (5:02)
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StartSciatica Summary (3:26)
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StartHip Pain, Piriformis Syndrome, Bursitis, S.I. Joint Dysfunction And Buttock Pain (6:17)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Hip Pain (2:55)
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StartHamstring Strains, Hamstring Pain (0:56)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For The Hamstrings. (3:10)
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StartThigh Pain and Groin Strains (0:38)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For The Thigh (Quadriceps) and groin area (4:02)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Iliotibial Band Syndrome (3:09)
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StartKnee Pain, Runners Knee, Meniscal Pain (0:44)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Knee Pain (3:10)
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StartCalf Pain, Calf Cramps and Tired And Sore Calves (3:09)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For The Calf (3:47)
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StartHow To Stretch The Calf Muscles Correctly (1:56)
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StartAdvanced Techniques For The Thighs, Hamstrings And The Lower Leg (0:55)
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StartAnkle Sprains, Chronic Ankle Pain (6:53)
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StartA Quick Word About Treating Acute Sprains And Strains (2:56)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Ankle Pain And Sprains (3:40)
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StartTreating Chronic Ankle Pain (2:40)
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StartPlantar Fasciitis/Heel Spur, Foot Pain and Tired Feet (2:28)
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StartHow To Do Cupping For Plantar Fasciitis And Generalized Foot Pain (2:12)
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StartA Great Home Exercise For Plantar Fasciitis And Any Foot Pain (1:11)
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StartHow Long Should You Stretch A Muscle For? Here is the answer (0:55)
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StartHow Often Should You Treat Someone? (2:52)