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Acupressure Points

Acupressure Points
Written by © Ewald Berkers Acupressure points for emotional well-being. Their location, photograph, use and warnings are listed. Each point is on the left, as well as on the right, on the body. Name: Yin Portals of the Foot (Gall Bladder 44)Location: On the fourth toe, in the outer corner of the nail (so near the smallest toe).Use: Press. Effects: Enhances decisiveness and focus, while resolving anger. Name: Supreme Stream (Kidney 3)Location: On the inside of the foot, halfway between the Achilles-tendon and the side of the ankle-bone.Use: Press. Name: Great Bell (Kidney 4)Location: On the inside of the foot, near the Achilles-tendon, level with the lower part of the ankle-bone.Use: Press. Name: Shining Sea (Kidney 6)Location: On the inside of the foot, directly below the middle of the ankle bone.Use: Press. Name: Joining of the Valleys (Large Intestine 4)Location: On the top side of the hand, on the web between thumb and index finger.

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face tapping Benefits: This activity awakens, organizes, integrates and relaxes the trigeminal nerve, one of the twelve pairs of Cranial Nerves. This may produce many benefits, among them the alleviation of headaches, integration of facial and general tactile sensations, reduction of TMJ pain, support of speech production, relief of facial tics and paralysis, increase in facial muscle tone for expression of affect, and frequently gives rise to a sense of calmness.

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Shin splints treatment - exercise to strengthen the lower legs, prevent, repair and care for shin splints problems. When you decided to get really serious about your training earlier this year, everything went smoothly for several weeks, but one day you felt a dull ache on the inside, lower portion of your shin as you began your workout. The discomfort went away once you had warmed up, so you weren't overly concerned. Unfortunately, the pain returned on the following day - and lasted for a longer portion of your workout. As the days went by, pain was present for the whole training session, as well as your cool-down - and even hung around during your regular daily activities. When you used your fingers to probe the area near the back, inside edge of the lower part of your tibia (the main bone in the lower part of the leg), you felt tenderness but no major swelling, and the pain seemed to centre in the tissues (muscles and tendons) near the tibia, not the tibia itself. ================================================= More information on Shin Splints:All of our articles on shin splints

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