There are many key pressure points in our body that is beneficial and has a specific effect when massaged correctly, and here are some of them:
Headache. This is one of the most common health issue from day to day basis due to work, stress, and problems. There are times that headache go away as time goes by, but there are also time that its unbearable and can be really bad for our health. What do we do when we acquire this? We drink Tylenol or any other brand of medicine to quickly ease the pain in your head. That’s not so bad, but it would be better if you would ease a headache the natural way. Acupressure can lessen or even remove headache by applying pressure point on the flesh between your thumb and index finger, the spot on the tip of your eyebrow and above it.
Toothache. Now this is a situation where we cannot seem to endure the pain, because whenever a tooth is in pain, it seems to be connected to the body parts like the head, our face and others that also seem to reflect the pain your tooth is having. The most common cause is tooth decay, infected gums, chipped tooth or grinding teeth. Having this can also cause fever, headache, and serious pain on your gums. You can ease the pain by applying gentle massage on the lower part of your cheek, and the one beneath the cheekbone.
Neck Pain. This is one of the most complicated body part as it holds our head and it involves our nerves, bones, muscles, ligaments and joints. Neck pain can be cause normally by doing activities with the wrong positioning of our head and body, thus stiffness and soreness can happen. Acupressure can tend to it in an effective and natural way by applying pressure points on the outer boarder of the forearm with 2 fingers above the wrist joint, and also on the shallow between the end of the two forearm bones.
Back Pain. This is the most common complain nowadays especially to those people that work involving lifting heavy objects. But not only that, this can also be caused simply by stress, lifestyle and incorrect posture. The pressure points to tend to back pain is on the flesh between your them and index finger, the point on your lower back opposite the navel, the center crease beneath the buttocks and behind the knee joint.
Shoulder Pain. This is one of the commonly used body parts in where is usually prone to injury and strain, especially if you’re into sports or your work involves lifting. Aside from that, shoulder pain can also be caused by some condition like frozen shoulder, bursitis, tendon inflammation, Slipped disk, dislocations and more. By applying a gentle pressured massage on the flesh in between your thumb and index finger, the crease between the shoulder blades, and the pointed bone on the back of your head you can ease the pain of your shoulder.
These are just some of the key points in our body that can bring amazing effect against different body pains. Aside from this, acupressure can also provide good circular flow of the blood. There are more studies that are being conducted to find the rest of the key points and what else can it do for our greater health.
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