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Why put cans on your back?

Medical cans (vacuum cans) - one of the almost forgotten home physiotherapy procedures - vacuum therapy. The principle of operation of cans is to create a vacuum inside them and due to this, attachment to the surface of the skin, pulling the surface tissues inside and creating conditions for the forced flow of blood and lymph to the places where the cans are installed.

The usual place for installing medical cans is the back, typical indications for installing medical cans are the rehabilitation period after diseases of the chest organs (diseases of the bronchi and lungs), neuralgic pain in the intercostal region, myositis of the muscles of the back, myalgia, radiculitis, and dysplasia).

Why put cans on your back? This procedure assumes as its result the acceleration of microcirculation in tissues and a decrease in inflammatory reactions in the tissues of the body. Banks are used at stages when the acute period of the disease is over and the fastest rehabilitation of the body is needed.

There are contraindications to the installation of medical cans:

  • Oncological diseases,
  • Benign neoplasms,
  • The presence of moles and other skin outgrowths at the place where the cans are installed,
  • Skin lesions, acne, boils, folliculitis,
  • Dermatological skin diseases,
  • Internal bleeding (for example, pulmonary, gastric, etc.),
  • Internal organ damage,
  • Heart diseases,
  • Hypertension,
  • Pleural effusion (fluid accumulation),
  • Vascular thrombosis,
  • Fever or chills,
  • Infectious diseases of any etiology.

Despite the fact that banks are a fairly popular folk remedy for physiotherapy, it is worth getting the recommendations of the attending physician for their installation.


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