Has winter been a real headache for you? Now that we are springing ahead, you may also want to find a new routine for managing stress and headaches.
This simple routine can help you care for yourself, and it’s right at your fingertips! This 8.5-minute video with Licensed Acupuncturist Steph Gregory from the VA Portland Health Care System will help you learn acupressure for headaches. It’s a routine that you can do anytime, anyplace.
Acupressure is a massage therapy technique in which pressure is applied to specific points of the body to effect change. Acupressure points are located along traditional acupuncture meridian pathways that, when stimulated, create local effects on the tissues. According to acupuncture theory, acupressure is thought to normalize the flow of qi (balance the energy) in the meridians. Acupressure can be used as part of a clinical treatment plan, and it can also be effective when taught as a self-care approach.
Acupressure is thousands of years old and connects us with an innate drive to place our hands on the body for healing through touch.
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Thanks ever so. I’m using some of the acupressure points ever day helping with pain.
Would like to see tai chi low impact workout on internet for us older folks both chair and standing
If you scroll through whole health VA on YouTube: Live whole Health Tai chi , there are some Tai chi videos both seated and standing done by a guy at the Tampa VA .
Recommend those !
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NIce video, but there’s no link to the documentation mentioned at the end of the video! Ready to learn more about acupressure. THX