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Hijama or cupping therapy, an ancient treatment that uses glass cups and suction to help circulate blood and relieve muscle tension, was put into the spotlight during the Olympics after prominent athletes like swimmer Michael Phelps hit the pool in Rio with circular red marks on his back.
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Practitioner Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed expels a container from a patient as solidified blood is seen on the patient's back amid a blood measuring session, or Hijama measuring treatment, inside a treatment room at a therapeutic focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt.
Bodybuilder Abdelrahman Ahmed experiences Hijama measuring treatment inside a treatment room at a medicinal focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Practitioner Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed utilizes a surgical tool on a patient's back amid a blood measuring session, or Hijama measuring treatment, inside a treatment room at a therapeutic focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Practitioner Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed holds a blazing fire which will be utilized to make vacuum on glass containers utilized for Hijama, or measuring treatment, inside an exercise center in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Cups utilized amid Hijama measuring treatment are seen on a table inside a treatment room at a medicinal focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Liquid and coagulated blood is seen inside glasses amid a Hijama measuring treatment session by specialist Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed inside a treatment room at a medicinal focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Practitioner Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed utilizes a bloodsucker, which sucks blood from a patient, with another type of measuring treatment inside a treatment room at a therapeutic focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
A container utilized amid Hijama measuring treatment is seen on a patient inside a treatment room at a therapeutic focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Bodybuilder Abdelrahman Ahmed experiences Hijama measuring treatment by Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed inside a treatment room at a restorative focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Bodybuilders experience Hijama, or measuring treatment, by professional Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed inside an exercise center in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
A jock experiences Hijama, or measuring treatment, by professional Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed inside a rec center in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
A weight lifter is seen with roundabout red imprints on his back subsequent to experiencing Hijama measuring treatment by expert Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Practitioner Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed utilizes a parasite, which sucks blood in the mouth, with another type of measuring treatment inside a treatment room at a medicinal focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Bodybuilders experience Hijama, or measuring treatment, by specialist Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed inside an exercise center in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Bodybuilder Abdelrahman Ahmed is seen with roundabout red imprints on his back in the wake of experiencing Hijama measuring treatment at a therapeutic focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Practitioner Al Sheik Mohamed El-Sayed expels a container from a patient as solidified blood is seen on the patient's back amid a blood measuring session, or Hijama measuring treatment, inside a treatment room at a therapeutic focus in Shubra El-Kheima on the edges of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh