{"id":11811,"date":"2019-04-16T22:11:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T02:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/?post_type=modality&#038;p=11811"},"modified":"2022-09-19T23:15:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T03:15:39","slug":"acupressure-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"modality","link":"https:\/\/globalwellnessinstitute.org\/wellnessevidence\/acupressure\/acupressure-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Acupressure Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Acupressure:<\/strong>\u00a01. Any treatment that allegedly involves the surface stimulation of acupoints digitally, manually, or with tools held in the hand. Practitioners may be called \u201cacupressurists.\u201d \u201cG-jo\u201d is Chinese for \u201cfirst aid.\u201d 2. An ancient Asian art involving applied pressure to certain pressure points along the body to open energy flows, release tension, and promote balance.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Spotlight<\/h3>\n<p>The databases often return hundreds of medical studies for a single wellness approach. This section summarizes a sampling of five studies \u2013 providing just a taste of the available research. These Spotlights were not selected because they are the most favorable or the most recent, but to provide you an introduction to the more extensive research you&#8217;ll uncover searching the four databases found in the \u201cResearch\u201d section of this site.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Labor Pains Relieved by Acupressure<\/strong><br \/>A Cochrane review (2011, 13 trials, 1986 women) found that acupressure may help relieve \u2013 and reduce use of pharmacological management &#8211; with labor pain, but also called for further research.\u00a0<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/summaries.cochrane.org\/CD009232\/PREG_acupunture-or-acupressure-for-relieving-pain-in-labour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access this research on Acupressure<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acupressure:\u00a01. Any treatment that allegedly involves the surface stimulation of acupoints digitally, manually, or with tools held in the hand. Practitioners may be called \u201cacupressurists.\u201d \u201cG-jo\u201d is Chinese for \u201cfirst aid.\u201d 2. An ancient Asian art involving applied pressure to certain pressure points along the body to open energy flows, release tension, and promote balance. 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