Acupressure is an ancient healing treatment using the fingers and other parts of the body to skilfully press key points, which stimulate the body’s natural self-curative abilities. When these trigger points are pressed, they release muscular tension, and promote circulation of blood, and the body’s life force energy to aid healing.
Acupuncture and acupressure use the same pressure points and meridians, but acupuncture employs needles, while acupressure uses gentle to firm pressure and integrates bodywork therapies, therapeutic touch, somatic work, healing imagery, energy psychology, and massage therapy techniques.
What can Acupressure help you?
The clinical experiences over the past have shown that acupressure can be effective in helping relieve headaches, eyestrain, sinus problems, neck pain, backaches, arthritis, muscle aches, and tension due to stress. You can also use self-acupressure to relieve anxiety and to help you get to sleep at night.
Advantages of Using Acupressure
Include relieving pain, balancing the body, and maintaining good health. Acupressure’s healing touch reduces tension, increases circulation, and enables the body to relax deeply. By relieving stress, acupressure therapy strengthens resistance to disease and promotes wellness.
Varying rhythms, pressures, and techniques create different styles of acupressure. Shiatsu, for instance, the most well-known style of acupressure, can be quite vigorous, with firm pressure applied to each point for three to five seconds, while the Jin Shin style of acupressure gently holds at least two points at once for a minute or more. Tuina (Chinese Massage) rigorously stimulates the healing energy (Qi) in the points, while western Swedish Oil Massage is more soothing.
Traditional Childrens Acupressure
Traditional Childrens Acupressure, which is suitable for the children under the age of 12, has over 2,500 years history in China and is a completely different type of treatment from adults’ acupressure. The most acupoints are located on fingers and palm and the treatment is very gentle and comfortable so that children won’t feel any pain or discomfort.
Traditional Childrens Acupressure has been proved to be a highly effective treatment for helping chronic respiratory system diseases, digestive problems and improving low immune system and we have commonly treated diseases such as Asthma, Indigestion, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Sleeping disorder etc.