Cupping therapy
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Cupping therapy".
Sep 30, 2026
Evidence-Based Training, Pseudoscience & the Search for an Edge
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0:09Cliff PittmanHOST
Now, the internet loses its mind.
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0:11Cliff PittmanHOST
Cupping becomes an overnight sensation.
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0:13Cliff PittmanHOST
And within weeks, athletes everywhere are lining up for suction cups, chasing the same result with almost no idea why they're doing it or whether it does anything at all for performance or recovery.
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0:25Cliff PittmanHOST
That same year, and every year since, other coaches and athletes are doing something else entirely.
13 MINS LATER
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13:42Cliff PittmanHOST
What you can check is whether the mechanism has actually survived scrutiny from people whose job it is to catch nonsense.
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13:49Cliff PittmanHOST
Peer reviewers, the broader research community, experts with no financial stake in the answer.
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13:56Cliff PittmanHOST
Cupping has been put in front of the scrutiny, and it didn't hold up.
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13:59Cliff PittmanHOST
Aerobic deficiency syndrome has never been vetted by the community at all.
01 The Reality of Magic, Jinn & Evil Eye” — Abu Ibraheem With Faris
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25:04Abu IbrahimGUEST
And if you can see this, then a good way to treat this is hijama.
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25:09Abu IbrahimGUEST
And get that, as soon as they land, put that area- Cupping.
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25:12Abu IbrahimGUEST
Cupping, sorry, cupping.
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25:14Abu IbrahimGUEST
And you put the cup on there and just suck it up and then cut it.
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25:17Abu IbrahimGUEST
And sometimes I've actually, I've seen people be cured by the permission of Allah through hijama, through the removal, the physical removal of that blood.