Sunday, March 31, 2019

TENS + EMS for the Relief of Chronic and Acute Pain

Humans love stimulants! We have always enjoyed zapping ourselves and each other, just a little bit, or even quite a lot. For many decades, by far the most popular (and tame) form of electrotherapy or neuromodulation4 has been transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS). Other kinds of electrical stimulation are also interesting, and more promising, like deeper stimulation — zapping the brain and spinal cord. This is an overview of all forms of neuromodulation with a strong focus on TENS for pain.

TENS has been a therapeutic staple in physical therapy and chronic pain clinics for decades. There are many consumer TENS units on the market. It has a huge following of believers, both providers and customers.



TENS and EMS: Configuration and Operation



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What is TENS used for?



The relief of chronic and acute pain. Some examples include:
  • Arthritis
  • Back pain
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Foot pain
  • Labor pain
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Sciatica

TENS vs. EMS: Understand the difference



What does TENS stand for?



Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation



What does EMS stand for?

Electrical muscle stimulation

The similarity between TENS and EMS:

Both deliver low voltage electric impulses to stimulate

TENS vs EMS: the main difference between the two:

TENS stimulates the nerves – the rationale being that the simulation keeps pain signals from reaching the brain.

EMS causes the muscles to contract – by mimicking the action potential that comes from the central nervous system

What is EMS used for?

  • Muscle strengthening
  • Rehabilitation purposes
  • Preventing disuse muscle atrophy
  • Increasing local blood circulation
  • Relaxation of muscles
  • Cosmetic muscle toning

Program and mode


What I like about this TENS and EMS combination device is that you have both the best worlds. There's a really useful and varied program option packed into that compact controller!

Session duration can be set from 5-60 minutes. This can be adjusted in increments of 5 minutes. For EMS programs, it is recommended that a specific session for a session, between 10-30 minutes, depending on the program.

For TENS sessions, they recommend starting with 5-10 minute short sessions to get your body used to stimulation. If you are not sure how long or how often to use the device, consult a health professional.

The best two types of TENS and EMS for the Relief of Chronic and Acute Pain



Support documents for TENS and EMS

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Electronic Acupuncture Pen for Headache

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Electro Acupuncture, TENS and Headaches

What exactly are headaches?


Headaches occur for a variety of reasons. More often than not, the cause is either stress, tension or anxiety. They can also be due to emotional stress, eye strain, infection, too much or too little sleep, head injury and even changes in the weather.

Migraines often start with a throbbing headache centered above the eye or begins at the back of the head and spreads to one side.

Cluster headaches come in clusters of time. These painful attacks affect the forehead, temple and behind the eye. In severe cases, the eye and pupil become smaller.

Tension Headaches result from muscle tightening in the neck and head. The muscle contraction leads to a slightly decreased blood flow to the surrounding areas and irritation of the pain fibers in the skin, muscles and blood vessel walls.

TENS Gets Approved By FDA For Migraine Relief

A TENS unit or transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation unit works to prevent and relieve pain. It delivers small bursts of electrical impulses in harmless quantities to areas where pain is occurring. Recently, the FDA has approved a type of TENS which can be used specifically to treat migraine headaches. Medical News Today writes: “The US Food and Drug Administration has given its first approval for the marketing of a device for preventing migraine headaches. The federal agency says the device, which comes in the form of a headband that delivers a nerve-stimulating low electrical current, may bring relief to patients who cannot tolerate current migraine drugs.”

TENS machines have long since gained the approval of the FDA, but the 2014 approval of this migraine machine marched the first of its kind to be acknowledged as safe for public use. The FDA is very careful in the selections that they make, running a multitude of tests before deciding whether or not something should be approved. The FDA writes: “The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protects the public health by assuring the safety, effectiveness, and security of human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products for human use, and medical devices. The agency also is responsible for the safety and security of our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, products that give off electronic radiation, and for regulating tobacco products.”

The approval of this device has caused many more of its kind to be imagined and further research into possible migraine treatment alternative to be completed. The scientific community is still working hard within his field to someday find a way to halt migraine pain altogether. Due to its association with the brain, it has been found to be very different than most typical headaches, and therefore much more difficult to treat, particularly in chronic cases.

The cause of migraines vary from person to person, although genetics do tend to be an underlying reason. Lack of sleep, allergies, poor eating habits, dehydration, and obesity can also contribute to this condition.

What is the best headache treatment? TENS or electro acupuncture?

Electric acupuncture is better, if you have a doctor / specialist. However, you can treat yourself with PENS.
Advantages of PENS:

  • Cost savings
  • Easy to do
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Manual document - Acupressure to Heal Migraine - 6 Most Important Regions to Relieve Migraine and Headaches:


Monday, March 25, 2019

Pregnancy Acupressure Warnings – What You Need To Know

Maternity or labor acupressure is a holistic method that can have a remarkably beneficial effect in preparing the mother and the baby for the birth. It helps to induce labor naturally and is very effective in giving relief from labor pains without drugs and medications. During childbirth, it can be used to strengthen contractions, help the cervix to dilate and help to relax and stay calm.

Over the years, there have been many articles and sites promoting the benefits of using acupressure to induce labor.

While these sites are helping women find ways of naturally inducing labor, they are rather irresponsibly ignoring some of the warnings they should issue about using acupressure during pregnancy.

Too often, advice is given from third parties that is not only wrong but may be dangerous.

Here are a few warnings before using acupressure during pregnancy and how to do it safely…

Pregnancy Acupressure

Pregnancy Acupressure Warnings

Pregnancy Acupressure Warning #1: Do not use acupressure during pregnancy until it is safe to give birth.

The prevailing belief on the Internet is that maternity acupressure will not work until your body is ready to give birth.

This stems from some truth, but doesn’t take into account the fact that a woman’s body starts “getting ready” for birth months before it is safe to do so. Just ask any woman going through the body’s training exercises known as Braxton Hicks, which are false labor contractions experienced throughout the second and third trimester.

Most physicians actually warn against massages and acupressure near the hands, wrists, abdomen, and feet for this reason. Many spas and massage therapists ask specifically if a woman is pregnant so they know to avoid these areas.

Obviously, there should be no fear that you might induce labor merely by touching these areas. These areas require more stimulation such as directed pressure and massage techniques for acupressure to have any effect. You should, however, be absolutely certain that it is safe to induce labor before attempting to do so. The best way to know is by speaking with your doctor, or if you are overdue.

Pregnancy Acupressure Warning #2: Be ready for maternity acupressure to work.

There are many ways to stimulate acupressure points to induce labor. Most methods involve stimulating 2 or more spots simultaneously.

For some reason, there has been an overwhelming belief that acupressure during pregnancy takes a day or two to kick in. If done correctly, however, most labor signs start within 1 to 4 days after an acupressure massage which was performed correctly.

Birth itself may take up to 48 hours, but the symptoms begin much earlier. Be prepared to go to the hospital or be set up if you are going with a home birth.


Pregnancy Acupressure Warning #3: Do not perform acupressure alone.

First, the chances that you will even be able to do the necessary acupressure by yourself are slim.

By the time baby should be on his or her way, you probably haven’t even seen your toes, let alone touched them, for at least 6 weeks.

The ankles and feet are very important in maternity acupressure, so you’re probably going to need some help. Not only this, but you should have someone there just in case the treatment works too well and labor signs strike you unprepared.

You can have the father, your significant other, a friend, or a family member help during this time. Just be sure it is someone you are comfortable with and let them know the possible outcomes.

An even better option is to consult a holistic doctor or acupressure specialist near you for a professional treatment.

Pregnancy Acupressure Warning #4: Do not attempt acupressure at any point in your 3rd trimester.

A woman’s body is almost completely ready to give birth by the first week of her 3rd trimester, but that does not mean it’s a good idea!

You never want to induce labor before it is safe for your baby.

Most women turn to acupressure because they are overdue and are ready to just be done with pregnancy. Others planned this method from the beginning and know the date which they can safely perform maternity acupressure.

If you are looking into ways to induce labor, be 100% certain that it is actually safe. Again, speak with your physician (or even a midwife) before deciding on any form of induction.

Another way to use acupressure for pregnancy is if you have begun to give birth already and want to alleviate pain without chemicals, and/or you want to process to move more quickly.

While acupressure has been proven for centuries to help ease pain, stress, and induce labor, it is still a medicinal practice and should not be taken lightly. Be sure you don’t fall into any traps or hype about this method and keep you and your baby safe!


Acupressure Points to Avoid during Pregnancy


Acupressure naturally helps women to deal with the annoying health conditions during pregnancy. It stimulates and activates body's energies to fight against illness and restore harmony. However, pinpoint pressuring must be avoided as it can cause harm to baby and even provoke contractions before due date. It is important to know about the acupressure points that must be avoided during pregnancy.

Acupressure Points on Ankles

Pressure points near ankle must be avoided during pregnancy. Medial malleolus (technically termed as Sanyinjiao or Sp6) is the prohibited ankle spot. It is located at width of three fingers above the ankle bone. Many a time people confuse this pressure point with Zhubin (K9) i.e. located just above the medial malleolus. K9 point is absolutely safe to use during pregnancy, in fact it is helpful in bringing ease to anxiety, high blood pressure and in restoring body’s energy.

According to the American Pregnancy Association, if the prohibited point of ankle is manipulated it can lead to contraction of pelvic muscle and uterus. These contractions before the due date can even lead to pre-term birth.

Acupressure Points on Lower Trunk

Pressure points on lower abdomen, sacrum and lower back must be avoided during pregnancy. By avoiding the pressure points on lower trunk one can prevent injury to foetus. 

Experts are of view that deep massage in any of the lower trunk area could affect the uterus. So it is needless to go deep into tissues of these areas.

Acupressure Point on Hands

Hegu, a fleshy spot located on dorsum of hand must not be touched during the acupressure session of a pregnant woman. According to Diane Joswick, an acupuncturist- if this acupressure point is massaged or manipulated then it can lead to contractions in pregnant women. Hegu is also known as union valley (or LI4) and is located between the thumb and forefinger.

Acupressure Point on Wrist

Another point that must be avoided during acupressure session of a pregnant woman is located on the wrist.  According to the American Pregnancy Association, manipulation of the points on wrist can be dangerous in early stages of pregnancy as it can cause uterine contractions.

Expected mothers must ensure that their therapist is having fair amount of knowledge and experience in pregnancy massages.


How to Choose an Acupressure Mat

Over the past few years, acupressure mats (also known as spike mats, nail mats or Swedish mats) have become an increasingly popular device to self-treat a whole series of conditions, ranging from back pain to poor blood circulation.

How to Choose an Acupressure Mat


What Is Acupressure?

Acupressure (not to be confused with acupuncture) is an ancient, non-invasive, healing technique based on the application of physical pressure on specific points along the body. The acupressure mat (first invented in the former Soviet Union in the late 1970s) allows its users to harness the beneficial properties of acupressure in a cheap and effective manner. Lying on it for just 25-30 minutes, in fact, boosts peripheral blood circulation and encourages the body to release endorphins and oxytocin, which in turn helps relieve pain, muscle tension, stress and fatigue.

It is for this reason that acupressure mats have become more and more popular over the past decade. Such popularity, however, has led to a huge proliferation of brands and models, which can engender confusion in the potential buyer. One only has to perform a basic search on the web to be deluged with a multitude of products (some good, some not so good) that can all look the same to the untrained eye.

How do you then select an acupressure mat? How do you separate the wheat from the chaff and make sure you only choose the best one? Well, in a nutshell, the secret is to look closer and to look inside.

Look Closer

The plastic discs covering the mat (known as flowers or florets) should not contain fewer than 30 or more than 40 tips. In the former case, acupressure may result too uncomfortable whereas in the latter, it may be too "bland" and, consequently, ineffective. The ideal number of tips in each disc should range between 32 and 36. Also, such tips should not conjure up esoteric symbols or images, but should be pyramidal.

Look Inside

Avoid at all costs any padding made of cheap foam rubber, which harms both your back and the environment. Opt, instead, for a padding made of vegetable fibres (coir, spelt chaff, etc.). Unlike foam rubber, in fact, vegetable fibres are breathable, do not allow sweat and dust to accumulate, do not attract mites, do not lose their shape over time and, more importantly, ensure perfectly uniform acupressure, improving its effectiveness. Moreover, vegetable fibres are completely natural and fully recyclable, resulting in minimal environmental impact.


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Saturday, March 23, 2019

Peripheral mechanisms - Mechanisms of Acupuncture-Electroacupuncture on Persistent Pain

Soft tissue pain often starts to subside immediately after needling therapy and even completely disappears within a few days. After needling, the peripheral mechanisms of normalizing soft tissue dysfunction are operating. Without central command from the brain and spinal cord, however, peripheral organs cannot work without central coordination; therefore the role of the CNS is important. Even though this focuses on clinically observable and measurable physical parameters such as musculoskeletal balance, the basic background of the central mechanism of needling is indispensable for understanding peripheral mechanisms.


Neurochemical Mechanisms of Acupuncture Analgesia

The neurochemical mechanisms of acupuncture analgesia have been investigated extensively in many Chinese, Japanese, South Korean, and North American universities. Han's laboratory at Beijing Medical University and Pomeranz's, laboratory at the University of Toronto have contributed solid scientific data explaining the neurochemical processes of acupuncture analgesia.

The explanation of acupuncture analgesia is simplified for the purposes of this text. For example, after pain impulses reach the spinal cord, at least six neural pathways transmit those impulses from spinal cord to cerebral cortex, and numerous neurochemicals are released at different sites to modulate pain signals, including three different endorphins (enkephalin, β-endorphin, and dynorphin), acetylcholine, cholecystokinin, serotonin, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), somatostatin, substance P, vasoactive intestinal peptide, neurotensin, CGRP, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), epinephrine and norepinephrine, and cytokines. More substances will probably be discovered in addition to this long list. However, a detailed description of interactions among neurochemicals is beyond the scope of this book.

The purpose of needling treatment is the integration of physiologic systems. This integration is achieved by normalizing any dysfunction that is caused by local or systemic pathologic condition.


Neurochemical Mechanisms of Acupuncture Analgesia


The neurochemical mechanisms of needling provide analgesia (pain relief); promote homeostasis and tissue healing; improve the immune system, digestive system, cardiovascular system, and endocrine system; and promote psychologic adjustment for systemic integration. The integrated nature of these mechanisms explains why problems as different as asthma, tinnitus, irritable bowel, and gastric ulcers are all improved in the course of needling treatment for pain management. Needling therapy restores the body's control system and promotes self-healing through a systemic integration that is suppressed during disease or injury.

The systemic integration of physiologic and even anatomic functions of the human body by ISDN therapy is understood to result from activating the reflex circuits at different levels of the nervous system: the spinal cord segments, the brainstem, the hypothalamus and thalamus, the upper part of the limbic system, and the cortex.

Learn more: Tools and Acupuncture Maps for Sciatica


Peripheral mechanisms - Acupuncture-Electroacupuncture on Persistent Pain 


Peripheral inflammatory cells-released opioids are involved in electroacupuncture inhibition of inflammatory pain. Studies in carrageenan-induced inflammatory pain rat models show that an intraplantar injection of naloxone or selective antagonists against μ (D-Phe-Cys-Tyr-D-Trp-Orn-Thr-Pen-ThrNH2), δ (naltrindole), or κ (nor-Binaltorphimine) opioid receptors 1 h before electroacupuncture treatment at Zusanli (ST36,) dosage-dependently blocked electroacupuncture-produced inhibition of mechanical hyperalgesia assessed through paw pressure threshold. Consistent with these results, intraplantar naloxone methiodide, a peripherally acting opioid receptor antagonist and an antibody against β-endorphin, eliminated electroacupuncture-produced inhibition of CFA-induced thermal hyperalgesia assessed with paw withdrawal latency (PWL) in response to radiant thermal stimuli.These data indicate that electroacupuncture induces release of endogenous opioids from lymphocytes, monocytes/macrophages, and granulocytes into inflamed skin. The opioids in turn activate receptors on peripheral nerve terminals to suppress nociception.


Peripheral mechanisms

Rat and human maps of acupoints used in pain studies.

Electroacupuncture activates sympathetic nerve fibers to increase endogenous opioid in inflammatory site. Sympathetic nerve fiber activation enhances the expression of intracellular adhesion molecule-1 in the blood vessels of inflamed tissue to promote migration of β-endorphin- and met-enkephalin-containing polymorphonuclear leukocytes and mononuclear cells in rats with CFA-induced hind paw inflammation. Further, sympathetic neuron-derived norepinephrine stimulates adrenergic receptors on inflammatory cells to release β-endorphin, leading to inhibition of pain. Electroacupuncture activates sympathetic nerve fibers to inhibit pain, although the exact mechanism is not clear. For instance, pretreatment with either 6-hydroxydopamine, a neurotoxin for sympathetic nerve endings, or the β-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol, significantly prevents electroacupuncture inhibition of carrageenan-induced thermal hyperalgesia.This electroacupuncture action on sympathetic nerves might enhance migration of opioid-containing cells to an inflammatory site, increasing the release of endogenous opioids.

Electroacupuncture also increases endogenous cannabinoid CB2 receptors (CB2R) to upregulate opioids in inflamed skin tissue. At Huantiao (GB30) and Yanglingquan (GB34), the modality significantly elevated proopiomelanocortin messenger RNA (mRNA) and β-endorphin levels in inflamed skin tissue as well as the percentage of β-endorphin-immunoreactive keratinocytes, macrophages, and T-lymphocytes. These effects were significantly attenuated by CB2R antagonist AM630 pretreatment. Interestingly, electroacupuncture also increased the levels of endogenous anandamide in inflamed tissue and the expression of CB2R on keratinocytes, macrophages, and T-lymphocytes in inflammation.

In a recent study in the CFA-induced inflammatory pain rat model, electroacupuncture significantly increased PWL and mechanical threshold assessed with von Frey filaments and significantly decreased tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and IL-6 expression in inflamed skin. Moreover, electroacupuncture’s inhibition of pain was significantly attenuated by the CB2R antagonist AM630, as was cytokine expression.17 Since proinflammatory cytokines facilitate nociception and morphine inhibits cytokine release from peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures, electroacupuncture mitigates pain by upregulating endogenous anandamide, which activates CB2R to promote opioid production, consequently blocking cytokine release to inhibit pain.

Electroacupuncture inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) might increase levels of endogenous anandamide. The modality activated the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis to significantly increase plasma corticosterone levels in a CFA-inflammatory pain rat model and significantly downregulated carrageenan-induced expression of COX-1, COX-2 mRNA, and their proteins. It is known that the endocannabinoids anandamide and 2-arachidonoyl glycerol are metabolized by fatty acid amide hydrolase, monoacylglycerol lipase, and COX-2. Thus electroacupuncture-induced corticosterone might inhibit COX-2 to interfere with endocannabinoid metabolism, resulting in their escalation at inflammatory sites and leading to an increase in opioids.

Corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) are also involved in electroacupuncture analgesia. For instance, an intraplantar CRF antagonist also prevented electroacupuncture inhibition of inflammatory pain. CRF is known to block pain by stimulating the release of opioids from immune cells. Thus electroacupuncture might induce skin fibroblasts to release CRF, which in turn stimulates opioid release to inhibit pain. Electroacupuncture decreased carrageenan-induced PGE2 in inflammatory paws; since PGE2 receptor activation of peripheral nociceptors contributes to pain, this ability to inhibit PGE2 might also be a factor in electroacupuncture’s effect on pain.

Manual acupuncture or a local injection of the adenosine A1 receptor agonist 2-chloro-N(6)-cyclopentyladenosine at acupoint ST36 significantly inhibits mechanical allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia in wild-type but not in adenosine A1 receptor knockout mice with inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Additionally, both interventions suppress high-intensity stimulation-evoked field excitatory postsynaptic potentials in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). Acupuncture also significantly increased extracellular adenosine near ST. The investigators concluded that acupuncture attenuated the pain by increasing local adenosine that acts on A1 receptors in sensory afferents of ascending nerve tracks.

Collectively, these studies demonstrate that peripheral opioids play a central role in electroacupuncture inhibition of inflammatory pain by blocking proinflammatory cytokine release from polymorphonuclear leukocytes and mononuclear cells and by acting on peripheral opioid receptors to desensitize peripheral sensory nerves


Peripheral mechanisms

Mechanisms of electroacupuncture inhibition of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Symbols + and − respectively represent enhancement and inhibition. 5-HT1AR = 5-hydroxytryptamine 1A receptors; ACC = anterior cingulated cortex; ATF-2 = activating transcription factor-2;CB2R = Cannabinoid 2 receptor; CORT = corticosterone; COX-2 = cyclooxygenase-2; EAA = excitatory amino acid; GABA = γ-aminobutyric acid; ICAM-1 = intracellular adhesion molecule-1; IL-6 = interleukin-6; IL-1β = interleukin-1beta; LC = locus coeruleus; N/OFQ = nociceptin/orphanin FQ; NE = norepinephrine; NMDAR = n-methyl-d-aspartate receptor; NRM = nucleus raphe magnus; PAG = periaqueductal grey; p-Akt = phosphorylated Akt; PGE2 = prostaglandin E2; pGluN1 = phosphorylated GluN1; SP = substance P; TNF-α = tumor necrosis factor-α.

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Electroacupuncture increases opioids at inflammatory sites via two pathways. 
1) It activates sympathetic nerve fibers to enhance migration of opioid-containing cells to the site.
2) It triggers hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal to decrease COX-2, which in turn interfere with endocannabinoid metabolism, leading to increased levels of opioids at the site.

Furthermore, electroacupuncture might decrease COX-2, thus lowering PGE2 levels and alleviating pain.

Electroacupuncture-upregulated endocannabinoid may directly inhibit pain because CB2 receptor activation inhibits sensory nerve activities in rat pain model.30 Although peripheral CRF and adenosine are involved in electroacupuncture action, how the modality modulates their synthesis warrants further investigation.

Overall, although the current studies show that opioid, cytokines, cannabinoids, CB2R, CRF, PGE2, and adenosine are involved in acupuncture/electroacupuncture analgesia, other peripheral bioactive chemicals and receptors such as serotonin, nerve growth factor, bradykinin, and transient receptor potential channels are implicated in inflammatory pain






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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Pressure points for Headache - Fast Headache Relief

Everyone gets a headache from time to time. Most headaches are not serious and will pass with time. However, they can be annoying and may cause us to lose concentration and not be able to enjoy what we are doing. While there are many over the counter and prescription medications for headaches they are not without side effects.

There are natural ways to get rid of a headache that you can try. Many natural headache remedies work better than drug medications and can effectively get rid of a headache quickly.


Natural Remedies For Headache


Ninety seven percent of individuals have had an incapacitating cerebral pain at some point and more than 70% of us experience the ill effects of endless migraines. Strangely enough, there are numerous methods that we can utilize - regardless of whether they are self back rub strategies or procedures utilized by enlisted knead advisors. 

There are five strategies that are most normal in the treatment and aversion of headache cerebral pains, these are; sanctuary rubbing, brow kneading, temple pulling and tapping on the brow and controlling the nose and cheekbones. Further, I will clarify  pressure points for headaches every one of these systems and the advantages that accompany each of these, beneath. 

When experiencing a sinus migraine you can admission well by beginning with fingers applying weight, utilizing the thumbs to apply weight outwards, towards the cheekbones. This ought to be finished with sides on the double, beginning at the nasal section and moving out towards the cheekbones. This animates the sinuses, and can diminish the torment and weight felt by sinus migraines. Too, this can invigorate the nasal entry, and increment creation from the sinuses, helping with clearing. 

Should a cerebral pain dwell in the sanctuaries it very well may be useful to apply direct weight with the thumbs. This is changed in utilizing round movements all through the sanctuaries, and ought to be utilized for up to seven to ten seconds. You can utilize the thumbs, or three of the fingers to apply immediate and even weight. This is a standout amongst the most well known self back rub strategies for cerebral pains, and has the best outcomes. 

By controlling the skin that is under the eyebrows you can change the substance of a cerebral pain. Utilize your thumb and index finger to pull the skin that lies under the eyebrow far from the face. This helps the blood stream to be expelled from where the cerebral pain dwells, diminishing in the beating sensation. Try not to pull excessively hard, as this could chafe the cerebral pain - hold for four to six seconds for ideal outcomes. 

Apply enduring weight to the scaffold of the nose, where the nose meets the brow. This unfaltering weight helps with diminishing the weight on the head. Likewise with numerous different strategies, firm and consistent weight is critical in this back rub for cerebral pains method. 

At a retreat a year ago, I was shown another method for managing a migraine. I had a horrendous migraine at the retreat and it was by all accounts directly in the front of my head. An older man counseled me and started to tap my brow, delicately. This delicate tapping  pressure points for headaches with his forefinger relieved my cerebral pain in a split second. 

With these regular self-knead methods the measurement of like clockwork a grown-up inside the United States touches base at the crisis live with a migraine can be diminished, just as the reliance taking drugs for cerebral pain torment. Diminishing pressure and strain inside the body and the spine just as keeping up right stance can aid the counteractive action of strain cerebral pains. It is time that we, as a populace started to see the incentive in all encompassing wellbeing system - and ceased the dependence on torment medicine.

Acupuncture Pressure Points - How Do They Help?

Needle therapy weight focuses are situated all through the body. These are little regions of the body that will respond to incitements. In the Acupuncture Pressure Points investigation of needle therapy, it is trusted that an actual existence power or life vitality called qi courses through the body. When you turn out to be sick, face torment or simply are not feeling admirably, this is on the grounds that the common stream of qi through the body has been tested, changed or generally broken. So as to reestablish wellbeing to your body, you should expel the illness and reestablish the stream. Needle therapy focuses, acupoints are frequently used to achieve this objective. 

How to find pressure points for headaches



Needle therapy weight focuses are explicit and can not be utilized haphazardly. Or maybe, the science behind them goes back about 3000 years to old Chinese medication and lessons. These focuses are utilized in numerous sorts of needle therapy incorporating into laser needle therapy, sonopuncture, and even pressure point massage, each offering an alternate interpretation of how the method is finished. 

In your body there are several needle therapy focuses found. These focuses are situated on meridians. Meridians are really associated focuses that kept running over the body and will relate with explicit organs or parts of the body. Notwithstanding these meridian based focuses, needle therapy weight focuses are situated around the body generally. When you pressure points for headaches visit an acupuncturist, they will focus on the suitable needle therapy weight focuses, as dependent on the region of your body that needs assistance. 

With the best possible strategy for incitement, needle therapy weight guides help toward reestablish the stream of qi through your body, helping you to beat the disease or condition that you are confronting. Acupuncturists are prepared to realize how to discover these focuses just as what advantage they will have when animated. For instance, on the off chance that you have a cerebral pain, it is important to animate the correct weight indicates all together assuage the torment felt in your mind. Yet, that does not imply  pressure points for headaches that the needle therapy weight focuses utilized will be in your mind. Since qi streams in a ceaseless way through the body, finding the particular incitement focuses is fundamental however they might be situated on the contrary side of the body. 

what are good pressure points for headaches


There are numerous classifications of needle therapy weight focuses. The classifications help to demonstrate the manners in which that needle therapy can be utilized. A standout amongst the most generally utilized strategies is the Five Transporting Point System. Others incorporate the Five Points Phases, Xi-Cleft, Back-shu, Lou-interfacing and numerous others. Experts utilize these classifications to give them a thought of how to regard the  pressure points for headaches condition just as what technique to utilize that will be generally valuable.

We should all be comfortable with the mending intensity of touch as when you were a kid your mom would dependably say that a kiss or a rub from mother would improve it. So generally we have all felt the intensity of touch since the beginning. Hopefully we will give each other embraces at whatever point one needs it be that as it may, shockingly society removed this from us and we can't request physical contact except if there is an extraordinary or awful circumstance. 

The Positive Effects Of Touch And Massage Can Be Magnified Via Pressure Points


Some have said that weight focuses resemble enchantment catches that can either help or even remove medical issues. I don't assume this an enchantment fix yet whenever utilized consistently I trust it can help to rebalance the body's vitality and along these lines make the medical issues less regular and less extreme. 

Some weight focuses can give moment alleviation for such things as migraines, neck and bear torment, strain related ailment, and even back torment. There is likewise a peril here as you should comprehend where the specific weight focuses are and how much strain to apply. 

Appropriate utilization of these weight focuses can help improve act, help with eating propensities and give great rest because of a casual perspective. Pressure points for headaches:
  • A specialty of recuperating which utilizes weight focuses is Shiatsu, which began in Japan. Shiatsu utilizes the intensity of touch and strain to enable an individual to utilize their very own vitality for self-recuperating. 
  • A Shiatsu specialist utilizes weight with his/her thumbs, fingers, palms, elbows, knees and feet to give profound unwinding and a sentiment of prosperity. A Shiatsu session will abandon you feeling profoundly loose and empowered with a feeling of being in contact with all aspects of your body. 

Shiatsu really started from conventional oriental back rub and it chips away at the body's vitality framework utilizing the system of meridians or as some state vitality pathways, which identify with the diverse pieces of the body. 

All types of back rub can satisfy our requirement for contact yet Shiatsu is handy as the beneficiary can stay dressed amid a session. A few people are exceptionally hindered and discover it troublesome and awkward to take their garments off and subsequently, don't waste time with a rub. This implies there many individuals passing up the advantages of touch. 

Pressure points for headaches: Anybody can adapt enough about Shiatsu to facilitate each day a throbbing painfulness for family and companions. Shiatsu like back rub is utilized more as a precaution measure and helps with keeping the body sound and in parity. 

Various conditions, which Shaitsu can help, incorporate migraines, back torment, solid solidness, a few types of joint inflammation and rheumatic agonies. It has likewise been known to help in the treatment stomach related, circulatory, respiratory and conceptive issues. Besides, on the grounds that it gives profound unwinding it can likewise help in the treatment of strain, gloom and tension. 

Back rub and Shiatsu can work connected at the hip as the warm pinch of someone else can urge the body to give up and unwind. Mending by contact has been all around recorded in history as it can bring help without the utilization of medicinal science. The intensity of touch utilized with some information can upgrade individuals' lives decidedly. All of us can have any kind of effect by increasing some information and maybe we can likewise impact society to improve things.



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Pressure points for Headache

For tension headaches and jaw pain

Pressure point: SI 19

Start at the tragus, that small bit of cartilage in the center of your ear, and move your finger forward about an inch. Open and close your jaw and you should feel a slight depression. Place your middle, index, and ring fingers on that spot and massage in small, counterclockwise circles. Slowly move your fingers down the jawline.


Pressure points for Headache


For vertex—top—headaches

Pressure point: DU 20

These kinds of headaches are often caused by stress. Press your middle fingers into the highest point at the top of your head and make very small circles, slowly moving down either side of your skull toward your ears. 


Pressure points for Headache


For eyestrain headaches

Pressure point: UB 2

Use the tips of your index fingers and press in the inner corner of the eyebrows in the small depression. Apply steady pressure to these pressure points for headache pain in small circles for a minute, then release. Repeat 3-5 times.

Pressure points for Headache


Pressure point: Yu Yao

Use the tips of your index fingers to press at the midpoint of the eyebrow for a minute, then release.


For sinus headaches

Pressure point: LI 20

Press on either side of the bridge of your nose with your thumb and forefinger. Repeat three times.

Pressure points for Headache


Pressure point: DU 24

Using your two index fingers, press the center of your forehead at the top, making very small circles, and slowly move down either side of your skull toward your ears.


For general headaches

Pressure point: LI 4

“Meridians are pathways of circulation in the body,” says Robison. You can treat pain by accessing either end of those paths. 

Pressure points for Headache


This is why not all pressure points for headache pain are located on your head. To activate this point, make an L shape with your left hand and use your right thumb and fingers to rub the spot where the two legs of the L meet. (Note: Expectant mothers may want to skip this move, as it can induce labor.)


For temple headaches

Pressure point: GB 1

People do this intuitively when they’re stressed, says Robison. Place your forefingers in the soft depression on either side of your face outside your eyes. Rub gently using a firm, circular motion. Robison suggests using an up and forward motion if your ache is due to sleep deprivation or screen time, and a back and down motion if it’s caused by physical strain.


Pressure points for Headache



Fast Headache Relief

When your head is pounding, you just want it to stop. Get the facts about effective headache treatment, including medications and quick-acting coping tips.

Headaches are one of the most common forms of chronic pain (second only to back troubles). Anyone who's suffered the splitting pain of a headache — especially a migraine — knows how difficult it can be to drive, work, and even carry on a conversation while your head is pounding.

But when a headache strikes, you can do more than just crawl into bed and wait for it to go away. There are effective headache treatments available and ways to find quick relief.

Headache Treatment: Medications

ust about any over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever can offer relief for non-migraine headaches, also known as tension headaches, says Jack M. Rozental, MD, PhD, a migraine specialist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Medications that contain only one drug (acetaminophen, ibuprofen, naproxen, or aspirin) are an effective headache treatment, he says, as are those that include a combination of aspirin, acetaminophen, and caffeine.

For those who suffer from frequent or recurring headaches, doctors sometimes recommend prescription-strength doses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen or naproxen. Indomethacin, an NSAID that is available only by prescription, is "usually used for arthritis, but can also be very useful as a headache treatment," Dr. Rozental says. "Indomethacin's downside is that it is among the drugs most likely to cause gastric irritation," including stomach ulcers and bleeding.

These prescription drugs are sometimes used to treat migraine headaches:
  • Butalbital, a barbiturate often used in combination with acetaminophen, caffeine, aspirin, and/or codeine
  • Narcotics, such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, or codeine
  • Butorphanol, a narcotic nasal spray
  • Tramadol
Unfortunately, the risk with many of these prescription drugs is that they can lead to substance abuse and dependence, Rozental says. Butorphanol, in particular, "should be avoided because of its very high propensity to cause dependence after even minimal use," he explains.

Frequent use of any pain reliever, including OTC drugs, can also cause what are known as rebound or medication-overuse headaches, says Rozental. To treat this type of headache, all pain-relieving medications must be stopped for at least three months. If you're consistently taking large doses of OTC medications to treat recurrent headaches, talk to your doctor about your symptoms.


Headache Treatment: Tips to Cope


Fortunately, many headaches can be at least partially alleviated without medication, which will help minimize your need for pain relievers and reduce your risk of rebound headaches. Here are some tips for headache relief:


  • Close your eyes and rest. This is an effective headache treatment for a migraine headache, and can help ease a tension headache as well. Sit in a quiet, dark room with your eyes closed and just relax for a bit. "Patients with migraine instinctively seek out a dark, quiet environment in which they can go to sleep for at least a few hours,” Rozental says. “Sleep frequently diminishes or eliminates the pain."
  • Massage your neck and temples. Rubbing your neck and temples can improve blood flow and soothe tension headaches.
  • Warm up your neck Try putting a heating pad or a warm cloth around your neck and the base of your skull to ease tension headaches. If that doesn't help, you can apply an ice pack instead to see if that brings you headache relief.
  • Relax. Meditate, breathe deeply, and try to visualize a peaceful image. "Various relaxation techniques can significantly help patients who suffer from 'muscle contraction' headaches," says Rozental.
  • Minimize stress. If you have a bad headache, try to step away from stress, literally. Avoid noisy environments, leave work a little early if you can, or ask your partner to take care of chores or the kids.
  • Watch what you eat and drink. What you put into your body can have a big impact on your headaches. Rozental advises limiting caffeine and alcohol and avoiding cigarettes. He also says regular meals are important, especially for people who get headaches from low blood sugar. "Do not skip meals, particularly breakfast," he urges.

A headache can certainly put your activities on hold until you're feeling better, but getting the right treatment can help you feel better, faster. Instead of trudging through your day with a headache, take time out to care for yourself. Medications can get your head to stop pounding, but a little relaxation and time for yourself can also help.


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Use electronic acupuncture pen like acupressure. You can use it even if you are in insomnia.


Treat headache with electronic Acupuncture pen - Fast Headache Relief

Features:

  • Fusion of modern biotechnology;
  • without piercing the skin to do acupuncture;
  • Simple operation, easy to carry;
  • Safe and effective, with no side effects;
  • Affordable family use


Specification:
  • 100% brand new and high quality
  • Color: Silver
  • Size: approx. 20 x 3cm
  • Battery: 1 x AA battery (not included)
  • Effective for: Acute and chronic physical pain, Arthritis, Rheumatism, Osteoporosis, Sciatica, Spondylitis, Migraine, Sports injuries, Muscle & joint pains, Back pain, Fibromyalgia
  • 1-9 Grades Adjustable
  • Fusion of modern biotechnology
  • without piercing the skin to do acupuncture
  • Simple operation, easy to carry
  • Safe and effective, with no side effects

Possessing Three Main Functions:
  • Dome type:Superficial therapy, which is applicable for health care and facial beautification
  • Node type: Node therapy, which is applicable for partial body pains
  • Spheroidal: Partial therapy, which is applicable for quickly alleviating pain


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