Acupuncture vs acupressure for treating pain, which is better?
Any of this sound familiar?
After orthopedics appointments and MRIs and cat scans, then to chiropractors and ultrasound and traction beds. And after endless physical therapy appts, nothing is helping. Now I'm left with a pain management doctor who wants to inject cortizone into my back and I'm trying to avoid cortizone,unless there just no other way. Im wondering how many of you reading this can relate, and how many have first hand experience with acupuncture and/or accupressure?
I had sciatica real bad with my second pregnancy. I had a very brief acupressure treatment and it was fixed right away and never came back. Of course there's no guarantee you'll get the same results, but if I were you, I'd explore every single avenue before I started getting those injections. Good luck
Chinese Healing Traditions : Acupuncture Vs. Acupressure in Chinese Healing
I got a 50 minute full body massage yesterday and at one point she started playing with my palm and putting pressure in the center then massaging it out through the fingertips. At one point as she dug her nails into my palm (which felt great) I started having a pretty acute pain in my thigh. It wasn't exactly an unpleasant feeling, a bit uncomfortable until it ceased, but I just thought it was weird that her touching my hand caused my thigh to throb. Does this have anything to do with lines of meridian and acupuncture? Thanks
I believe that the same Reflexology points on the feet can also be found on the hands. Not knowing exactly where she was applying pressure we can't say with certainty that she was triggering it but it is absolutely possible.
Acupressure can indeed be performed with finger pressure, and that is what the name actually means in Japanese. If you enjoyed the massage and it was to your benefit in the days and weeks following, perhaps you could go to the library and find a book on pressure points in the hands and feet. Encourage the massage therapist to focus on the areas in your palm that tie into other parts of your body where you are having pain or discomfort or just feel a little tight.
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