Kaley Cuoco showed fans her intense cupping and scraping session in a new video posted to Instagram. She claimed it was the only thing keeping her body from “shutting down.” The Big Bang Theory star seemed to be in a ton of pain while she went through the procedure.
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Kaley, 33, shared the session with her followers. The cupping and scraping uses a jade gua sha, a Chinese tool that scrapes at the skin to release muscle tissue and improve circulation.
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“I’m so tight I can barely bend or turn. I haven’t been able to actually move in weeks,” she explained about her need for the treatment.
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She yelled in pain as the treatment went on. “My legs hurt all the time. ALL THE TIME,” she captioned one shot.
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When the cups were removed, she was left with deep red welts all over her skin. Then, the actress also winced in pain as her skin was scraped.
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“I don’t even know how to function right now,” she admitted in her car after the procedure, which she said left her “wrecked.”
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She said the treatment had become an important part of her self-care routine after her intense workouts. “I go a few weeks and then I end up not being able to walk,” she said about her time at the gym. “I think my body just starts to shut down from just complete overuse. If I don’t take care of it, I’m going to crumble. You’ve got to take care of yourself in order to be able to take care of the things around you.”
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Cupping first rose in popularity in the U.S. after Michael Phelps appeared covered in red welts at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
Kaley, 33, shared the session with her followers. The cupping and scraping uses a jade gua sha, a Chinese tool that scrapes at the skin to release muscle tissue and improve circulation.
“I’m so tight I can barely bend or turn. I haven’t been able to actually move in weeks,” she explained about her need for the treatment.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
She yelled in pain as the treatment went on. “My legs hurt all the time. ALL THE TIME,” she captioned one shot.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
When the cups were removed, she was left with deep red welts all over her skin. Then, the actress also winced in pain as her skin was scraped.
Photo credit: INSTARImages
“I don’t even know how to function right now,” she admitted in her car after the procedure, which she said left her “wrecked.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
She said the treatment had become an important part of her self-care routine after her intense workouts. “I go a few weeks and then I end up not being able to walk,” she said about her time at the gym. “I think my body just starts to shut down from just complete overuse. If I don’t take care of it, I’m going to crumble. You’ve got to take care of yourself in order to be able to take care of the things around you.”
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Cupping first rose in popularity in the U.S. after Michael Phelps appeared covered in red welts at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil.
Photo credit: Getty Images
