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What Is Acupressure

What Is the Theory Behind Acupressure? Acupressure is just one of a number of Asian bodywork therapies (ABT) with roots in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Examples of other Asian bodywork therapies are medical qigong and Tuina. Shiatsu is a Japanese form of acupressure. Traditional Chinese medical theory describes special acupoints, or acupressure points, that lie [...]

By |2017-01-05T10:57:11-05:00January 11th, 2015|Acupressure|Comments Off on What Is Acupressure

What Is Acupunture

Acupuncture originates from China and has been practiced there for thousands of years. Although there are records of acupuncture being used hundreds of years ago in Europe, it was during the second half of the twentieth century it began to spread rapidly in Western Europe, the United States and Canada. Acupuncture involves the insertion of [...]

By |2017-01-05T10:57:12-05:00September 16th, 2014|Acupuncture|Comments Off on What Is Acupunture