Web Theologian

Headlines that have caught my attention today from the Olympics have to do with cupping. Cupping: (in Chinese medicine) a therapy in which heated glass cups are applied to the skin along the meridians of the body, creating suction as a way of stimulating the flow of energy. This is becoming a trend with some athletes and with Michael Phelps majestical return to the Olympics it has everyone’s attention.

It is something that I looked into with my training. Since having a shoulder injury in college I have regular pain when starting new exercise routines. For the time I decided against  using cupping, but not because I don’t think it works.

The truth is that from what I read it is very difficult to say without doubt that it is effective, results may vary. This sounds like most of what we use in life. Even the best of medicine has that caveat. There are things that may work for you but others may not have the same experience.

So before trying something new, what proof do you need? Are you someone that is willing to kick the tires and try it out? Do you like being first in trying the new and experimental? Are you just fine where you are at? Personally when I do try something I’m uncertain about I want to give it the best effort, my full attention and the best people in the field I have around me to help it be successful. Perhaps sometimes my willingness and those great people are the only reason it works.

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

-Orson Welles