Do acupressure keeps u fit?

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Why acupressure has importance in medical field?




   Some medical studies have suggested that acupressure may be effective at helping manage nausea and vomiting, for helping low back pain, tension headaches, stomach ache, among other things, although such studies have been found to have a high likelihood. Like many alternative medicines, it may benefit from a placebo effect.

     Acupressure is medicinetechnique similar in principle to acupuncture. It is based on the concept of life energy which flows through "meridians" in the body. In treatment, physical pressure is applied to acupuncture points with the aim of clearing blockages in these meridians. Pressure may be applied by hand, by elbow, or with various devices.

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How might acupressure work in body?
One of the main ways in which acupressure's use has been explored has been in sleep. Does pressuring certain points on your body help you rest and have better quality sleep? The answer, it seems, might be a qualified yes. Breast cancer survivors in a 2016 study felt less fatigued and experienced higher quality sleep when they self-administered acupressure, and elderly people in nursing homes who had a course of expert acupressure for eight weeks for a 2017 study reported better sleep. An overview of 32 different studies about acupressure and sleep published in 2016 found that there seemed to be a uniform improvement in sleep, even among the elderly or disabled. But the scientists behind the review also pointed out a problem: "a high risk of bias", because the patients knew what was happening to them and might simply reinterpret their sleep patterns in the light of their nice, relaxing massage, even if it didn't actually make any difference.
Advantages of acupressure:
Acupressure is a complementary treatment that uses fingers and hands to stimulate acupoints and maintains the balance of energy. The objective of this study was to review the application of acupressure in managing different pains and the effectiveness of acupressure on relieving pain in various settings. A systematic review of English articles using the databases of MEDLINE, PubMed, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) was performed using the search terms of “acupressure” and “pain.” Studies during which acupressure was applied as an intervention and assessed for its effectiveness on relieving pain were selected. The studies selected were those published from January 1, 1996 to December 31, 2011 that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The participants included patients with dysmenorrhea, labor pain, low back pain, chronic headache, and other traumatic pains. The Oxford 2011 Levels of Evidence was used to appraise the literature. Fifteen studies were extracted for reducing dysmenorrhea (menstrual distress), labor pain, low back pain, chronic headache, and other traumatic pain. These papers were further reviewed for their study design, adequacy of randomization and concealment of allocation, blinding of participants, interventions, and outcome measurements. Acupressure has been shown to be effective for relieving a variety of pains in different populations. 

          

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