Acupressure Massage for Pain Relief | 5 CEU

Here, for a bit of fun, I teach you some interesting facts about our bodily systems

Let's look at the skin, hair, nails and other parts of the integumentary system in under 2 minutes

And now a look at our skeletal system in under 1 minute!

Lets see our different muscles now.

It's time to see how are circulatory system works

So just how does our digestive system work?

The communications center for your body-the nervous system

And now for a look at our wonderful respiratory system.

I have added the summary of the lectures so that it will help you as to what are the treatments and treatment steps. I recommend that you download it and you can use it as a useful resource so that you remember all of the points.

Please remember if you think someone's condition is too complicated for you or you are unsure as to whether you should treat them or not, please either get them to ask their Doctor if it is ok or refer them to another primary care practitioner.

OK, let's jump straight into the deep end! In your resources I have supplied you with useful forms if you are going to practice on clients and run a business.

If you are seeing people this will be the most common painful condition that you will treat. More people suffer from lower back pain than any other musculoskeletal condition.

This is a big area to cover but it a job worth doing is worth doing properly.

It is important for you to get an understanding of the pain, the location, intensity etc before you see a client. Of course, you may skip this but if you are serious and certainly if you have paying clients you will want to get a clear picture of their condition. This is obviously not a complete guide and always always refer on to a Physical Therapist, Doctor etc if you are in any doubts. 

The Hippocratic oath remember is "Do No Harm"

Here I teach you why the overwhelming majority of people suffer from lower back pain.In order to help your clients lower back pain(or yours) you first need to remove the causes of lower back pain. In this lecture i give you a solid understanding as to why back's 'go out'.

Ok, now it is time to do your treatment. Don't forget to use good posture and correct techniques

OK, now it's time to get down to doing the acupressure for lower back pain and sciatica.

Although i have focused on acupressure and trigger point release to treat people therapeutically in this course i wanted to give you more treatment techniques so that you can combine what you want to achieve the best results.

For example, you have someone with lower back pain so you do the lower back acupressure techniques as you have been taught and also do the deep tissue massage techniques as well!

My thinking is this, if i can give you a larger 'therapeutic toolset' then you have not only a wider range to use on your clients but also have an even bigger impact on getting people pain free.

These are the techniques that i use on a daily basis when treating my clients.

Here are the best back exercises to help your clients. 

 Probably the most common problem when it comes to people that suffer from lower back pain and/or sciatica is that they don't know what exercises to do and more often than not do exercises that actually make their problems worse! 

Teach your client these exercises for them to do at home.

Here is another short video that you can teach your clients/friends/partners on how they can help their own back pain by using a tennis ball at home. They will love you for it!

This is a great technique to use for the whole back, whether you have lower back pain, upper back, neck, shoulder or hip pain. Foam rolling is very popular with athletes as it is very much like giving your self a deep tissue massage. Here is a look at how to do it for your back. 

Apart from the acupressure, once again removing the major cause of neck pain is imperative. Here i show you the major causes of neck pain and also corrective exercises along with the acupressure techniques.

We are going to use a variety of soft tissue techniques as well as acupressure and trigger point techniques to release the neck and upper back muscles

Here are more great neck techniques that you can utilize on your clients to help with their neck pain. Personally, i would use the acupressure techniques first and then the back and neck deep tissue techniques and you will really get great results!

Here are some great acupressure points that your client can do at home and also if you have neck pain and need to treat yourself

This is what needs to be done as far as neck exercises to relieve their pain

Here is what you should look for when you have referred symptoms in the arms or legs and what to do about it if it worsens.

To treat hip pain it is important that we address the cause first, and more importantly, know where it is coming from

No it is time to do work on their buttock/hip region with acupressure and trigger point release techniques

Here is what I recommend for you to tell the client between sessions

Let's take a look at what actually causes this condition

Here are the points that you use to treat them and get them to do at home as well

You want them to be doing these exercises as well

Let's take a look at what carpal tunnel syndrome actually is

Now it is time to do the acupressure points

Now once the person has done the acupressure they need to do these stretches

When it come to treating shoulder pain there are several things that we need to address first. Is the pain coming from the shoulder or is it coming from the neck?

You can imagine how useless your treatment will be if you are treating shoulder pain as a shoulder problem when it is actually shoulder pain that is being refereed due to a neck problem.

It is vitally important that you work out where the pain is coming from so that you know what treatment to do. If you are not sure if it is a neck or shoulder problem simply do the treatment for the neck and the shoulder and give the person both the neck exercises and also the shoulder exercises. Then you will get both.

OK, so of course we need to know what the causes of shoulder pain are. Here i explain the major causes and ways to counteract certain actions that are injurious to shoulders. I also show a simple stretch to do if you do need to do a lot of work with your shoulders to help them further.

We want to do acupressure throughout the upper back and shoulder region even if it a shoulder related problem because so many muscles are involved. If you found that the shoulder pain is stemming from the neck then do the neck treatment and give them the neck exercises. If you are not entirely sure where it is coming from still, do the neck and should treatment and give them both the neck exercises and the shoulder exercises.

I have simplified the shoulder stretches to a minimum using a couple that work for almost every should problem. I also give you a nice way to get your clients to work on their shoulders at home in between treatments. 

This is one of the best stretches to help virtually all shoulder problems. It is simple, easy to do and can have miraculous results!

Knee pain can also be treated effectively through a variety or treatments. We once again look at what techniques and points to use but also which rehab exercises are necessary for a full recovery

There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to what causes knee pain. Obviously if you wrench or twist you knee then you will know about it but many knees become painful without any major incidents. Here i explain in detail why this occurs.

Now it's time to use soft tissue techniques and acupressure to help the knee pain.

Here is the first of 4 exercises that will help regain range of movement in the knee and decrease pain. 

Here is the second of 4 exercises that will help regain range of movement in the knee and decrease pain. 

Here is the third of 4 exercises that will help regain range of movement in the knee and decrease pain. 

Here is the fourth of 4 exercises that will help regain range of movement in the knee and decrease pain. 

Upper back pain is a very common condition and here is a really effective way to help treat this.  It is very often caused by the forward head position and spending too much time at the computer without a break.

Work over and over this area with your techniques and your client will be in 7th heaven. 

This is a great technique to loosen the vertebral joints. They get so stiff being in a static flexed position especially in front of the computer so here we do the opposite motion putting the thoracic spine into extension and of course don't forget the tennis ball technique!