The American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine on Acupressure as Self-Administered Method
The American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine says that while expert hands are needed for most methods like acupuncture, herbs-focused treatment, and other TCM forms, there are Oriental medicine approaches that can be self-administered. One of these methods is acupressure. In a new study, experts have established that even as a self-administered tool, acupressure is effective in pain management, especially for lower back pain. Speaking about the findings, Susan Murphy, ScD, OTR, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Michigan Medicine and lead author of the study, said that the TCM technique could indeed be used as a pain management tool. “Compared to the usual care group, we found that people who performed stimulating acupressure experienced pain and fatigue improvement and those that performed relaxing acupressure felt their pain had improved after six weeks,” Murphy said . However, with these results, the American College of Acupunctur