Benefits of Pressure Point Therapy

Reduced pain
Reduced stress
Release of toxins
Decreased muscle stiffness
Improved flexibility
Improved circulation
Helps with tickles which are precursors to pain

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Subluxation

Subluxation (a.k.a. Vertebral Subluxation) is when one or more of the bones of your spine (vertebrae) move out of position and create pressure on, or irritate spinal nerves. Spinal nerves are the nerves that come out from between each of the bones in your spine. This pressure or irritation on the nerves then causes those nerves to malfunction and interfere with the signals traveling over those nerves.


How does this affect you? Your nervous system controls and coordinates all the functions of your body. If you interfere with the signals traveling over nerves, parts of your body will not get the proper nerve messages and will not be able to function at 100% of their innate abilities. In other words, some part of your body will not be working properly.

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In Real Life

Take for example your sinuses; they are connected to your brain via the nervous system. Theoretically, a sinus problem arises is there is an irritation or obstruction along the nerve that speeds up or slows down the flow of energy. When the obstruction is removed, the energy flow becomes regular and your sinuses begin to function normally again. How is the obstruction removed? The answer to this question depends upon where the pressure is located along the nerve. Once pinpointed, Pressure Point Treatment in the area will remove the blockage and allow the body to resume functioning normally.

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Analogy

The analogy of a hose and the garden makes this concept easier to understand. If you were to place your thumb partially across the opening of a garden hose, you would increase the pressure and rate at which the water flows through the hose. This increase pressure could wash away the soil and damage your plants. If the hose is pinched or totally obstructed, no water will flow. With no water, your plants will wither and die. Once all obstructions are removed from the hose, the water can resume it's normal flow. With adequate water flow the garden will be healthy and prosper. This is exactly how Pressure Point Therapy works!

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Tension

Tension accumulates around pressure points. When a muscle is chronically tight or spasming, the muscle fibers contract from lactic acid build up caused by fatigue, trauma, stress, chemical imbalances, or poor circulation. As a pressure point is held and then released, the muscle tension releases, enabling the fibers to elongate and relax, blood to flow freely, and toxins to be released and eliminated from the body. The subsequent increased circulation will then bring more oxygen and other nutrients to the affected areas.

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How it all Works

The science of Pressure Point Therapy and Chiropractic is based on a theory that is totally different from allopathic (i.e. Western Medicine) in that they look to treat the problem, not the symptom. The theory states that various degrees of pressure on a nerve cause the energy to flow faster or slower which results in a malfunction or dysfunction of the organ & tissues that are associated with that nerve. The pressure techniques are used to remove the obstruction from the nerve, so that energy can flow with regularity. Once that is achieved, the nerve and surrounding tissues may resume their normal function.

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The Brain

A large portion of the your brain is used in the processing bioelectrical nerve impulses from your body. If there is something impeding the flow of the flow of energy (information) across a given nerve, either your brain will make a poor decision regarding function and or healing of that particular area of the body. Also, if your brain is busy processing “static” from irritated nerves, it has trouble performing all it's other functions. This can manifest itself as fatigue, an inability to concentrate, even hyperactivity.

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