Acupressure Points for Pain Relief

Learn 5 of our favorite acupressure points on the hand that are easy to treat and incredibly effective for pain relief!
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Hello everyone!  So with our business closed for over a month now, we've been staying in touch with lots of tips around immune boosting and stress relief, so I thought I'd take some time to focus on another extremely important topic, PAIN RELIEF!  So many of my patients are not only unable to come here for acupuncture, but are being delayed with surgeries, cortisone injections and other therapies that they depend on for relief from their pain.  So in this post, I am going to teach you my favorite acupressure points that are easily found on the hand, to treat pain in many different areas of the body.  

The best way to treat this is for you or a fellow quarantined loved one to apply strong massage to the area.  All of these points are quite strong and best avoided if you are pregnant. 

1.  Fan Huo Jie

Fan Huo Jie (also known as the San Jian points) is a very tender spot on the hand that works amazingly well for shoulder pain.  Try pressing on around the web of the thumb joint towards the side of the thumb.  Treat opposite to the side that is having pain.  If both sides are in pain, then definitely treat both hands!

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2. Mu Guan & Gu Guan

Mu Guan & Gu Guan are points located on the 'heel' of the palm of the hand, and they treat the heel of your foot!  Meaning that they effectively treat pain for a very common condition called plantar fasciitis!  Apply acupressure on the opposite hand to the area of pain.

3. Ling Gu

Ling Gu has MANY benefits, but the one it's most famous for is to help sciatica pain!  Try pressing as far up into the 'web' of the hand as you can while walking around and moving the lower back.  Again, massage opposite side of pain (are you sensing a theme here?!)
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4. Luo Zhen

Luo Zhen is one of my all time favorite points for neck pain.  It is extremely effective.  Apply pressure between the index and middle finger joints on the top of the hand, just over the web of the finger, into a tender spot right over the joint.  Massage the hand opposite to the pain while moving the neck.  If both sides of the neck are having pain, then of course you can do both hands!

5. Chong Tze & Chong Xian

You know that point on the inside wing of your shoulder blade that's just out of reach?  Well these are the points for you to treat that area between the two shoulder blades!  They are located on the palm of the hand and are very tender when massaged.  Find them on the fleshy area of the hand called the thenar eminence between the wrist and the thumb! (again opposite side of painful area!)

I truly hope you are all doing well and staying healthy!  Try the points above and please let me know if they helped you!  If you want to meet up online for some acupressure, I am teaching an acupressure class every Monday at 12pm (noon)!  Email or call us to sign up or find out more info!