Dwayne Johnson tries suction cup therapy for the first time: ‘It looks more unpleasant than it looks’

The Rock treats your body like a temple.

Dwayne Johnson recently experimented with the ancient Chinese bodywork technique of digging for the first time and shared the dramatic results for his 220 million followers on Instagram on Tuesday.

The 48-year-old megastar who is arguably in incredible shape joked that he is ‘always looking for new techniques to keep this 250 million-year-old dinosaur’s body balanced and ideal.’

‘First time here,’ the Ballers star wrote in an Instagram caption.

Johnson took a mirror selfie of his back, which showed a series of round marks in shades of dark red and purple. In the foreground of the photo, half of the actors’ faces looked at the camera with a shocked expression.

The star made sure to clarify to the fans that appearances are deceiving and that the technique is quite pleasant.

“It looks more unpleasant than it looks, but most of all, I liked the therapy,” he wrote to the fans. ‘Always looking for new techniques to keep this 250 million year old dinosaur body balanced and ideal, not only with all my previous injuries, but also with my daily work / training / family routine.’

“Everything is expensive, so being proactive is key,” added Johnson. ‘We only have one body, so we have to take care of it.’

The Rock, who was the highest-paid actor in 2020, certainly put his body in the past during his time as a professional WWE fighter.

The suction cup therapy he is now trying is a technique from ancient oriental medicine that helps to decrease pain and inflammation, increase blood flow, reduce stress and even help with skin or cellulite problems, although research is sparse .

According to NIH: “It involves creating suction on the skin using a glass, ceramic, bamboo or plastic cup. Negative pressure is created in the glass by applying a flame to the glass to remove oxygen before placing it on the skin or by attaching a suction device to the glass after it is placed on the skin. ‘

Many celebrities and professional athletes have embraced the technique. Perhaps the most famous is Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time, who appeared at the Olympics with his back and shoulders full of cup marks.

Cupping is the last modality that The Rock tried in order to heal a litany of old injuries from his days of wrestling and football.

Last month, he showed his butt on social media during an electroacupuncture therapy session, in which acupuncture needles are connected to pulsating electrodes to stimulate the points.

‘Although I look like a wounded, passed-out drunk buffalo lying face down on the prairies – I can’t say how grateful I am for these peaceful healing / recovery moments’, he gushed, before telling his followers where his ‘fun pain’ was .

He said: ‘4 knee surgeries Quadriceps pelvic rupture Pelvis adductor rupture Triple hernia surgery Achilles tendon rupture Complete shoulder reconstruction 3 lumbar disc hernias 2 lumbar disc ruptures’.