Acupressure - More than just a pain relief massage technique
Acupressure is an ancient healing art developed in Asia over 5,000 years ago.
It is a branch of traditional Chinese medicine which emphasizes preventing
illness, dealing with underlying causes in depth and treating the whole person.
Acupressure is believed to be the ‘mother of Acupuncture’ in that it predates
the use of needles to stimulate the body’s energy flow. It has the same
principles as Acupuncture, but the pressure is applied directly to the Acupoints
of the body mainly by using the hands, fingers, thumb or knuckles and sometimes
by using a smooth, blunt object. Stimulation of the body’s meridian system by
touch is perhaps one of the oldest healing systems.
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In the early Chinese dynasties, when stones and arrows were the only
implements of war, many soldiers wounded on the battlefield reported that
symptoms of disease that had plagued them for years had suddenly vanished.
Naturally, such strange occurrences baffled the physicians who could find no
logical relationship between the trauma and the ensuing recovery of health.
After years of meticulous observation, ancient Chinese physicians developed ways
of curing certain illnesses by striking or piercing specific points on the
surface of the body.
An Acupressure therapist works with the same pressure points used in
acupuncture – called acupoints - stimulating these healing sites with finger
pressure, rather than inserting fine needles. Acupressure is closely related to
the western technique of Trigger point
release therapy.
Acupressure is a way of accessing and releasing blocked or congested energy
paths in the body. Acupressure points lie on energy pathways called
Meridians.
They also supply energy called Vital Energy (Pran in India and Chi in China).
This vital energy flows in human body through the meridians. Meridians are of
two types :
Yin or Female Meridians (generally reinforcing, revitalizing functions)
Yang or Male Meridians (generally protective functions).
When individual points or meridians become blocked or congested you
experience pain or discomfort on a physical level. On an emotional level you may
become frustrated or irritable, and on a spirit (energetic) level you may
experience a sense of feeling ungrounded, vulnerable, and have difficulty
knowing your purpose in life.
One interesting theory of acupressure states that it is not necessarily the
organ that relates to the system the cause of the problem. It is the "root
cause" that is the main cause of the disease/malfunction and if the root problem
is cured, the external problem is cured as well. This can be explained in an
easier way by using, an example. Suppose a person is suffering from asthma. An
allopathic doctor would prescribe a medicine or steroid that would give rest to
the lungs and relieve the symptoms because an allopathic thinks that the cause
for asthma problems is the lungs. An acupressurist on the other hand, will try
to find the root cause i.e. the reason why the lungs are malfunctioning.
An acupressurist would read the whole body by reading energy pulses located
on the arms to diagnose the root cause and once the root cause is diagnosed, the
doctor will give points to cure that specific problem, not asthma. A root cause
could be anything like poor digestion, excessive heat, bad circulation,
depression, or bad hormones. A root cause could even be just the organ that is
giving the problem. So a person with asthma could have weak lungs that are the
root cause of the problem. There have been cases where people with totally
healthy lungs suffer from asthma because of other problems like bad stomach,
weak circulation, or even bad hormones, and allopathic doctors give them
steroids like cortisone to "cure the weak lungs".
By using deep but gentle finger pressure on specific points the blocked
energy starts to release, allowing your body/mind to relax.
Conducting acupressure on yourself
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Acupressure Pain Relief - A Clinical Study
In May 2002, the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of
Vienna conducted study on acupressure administered to trauma victims by
paramedics. The study was designed to determine whether acupressure reduced pain
and stress for victims of minor trauma. Patients were assigned to one of three
groups:
The study was designed to prove that acupressure is a suitable and
easy-to-use technique in first aid and pre-hospital emergency medicine. The main
result of this trial is that well performed acupressure - is a fast and
effective treatment of pain without equipment or drugs. More details on
the Acupressure Clinical Study
For a review of other types of massage click here
These tools may assist in the performance of self
administered acupressure.
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