oh hey everybody it's Doctor Jo and Princess Remy, and today I'm going to show you
five pressure point relief spots. so let's get started.
so pressure points don't always work for everybody,
but it's a really good easy thing to try and it does work sometimes. if you've got
some stress, a lot of times these help with headaches, so depending on if you're
stressed, if you're anxious, or maybe you've got some headaches, or just new kind
of stress in your neck here, these are really good to try cuz again, they're
quick, they're easy. it might not work for you, but I think it's worth trying. a
couple of them have really worked for me. so each hold do you want to hold it for
about five to ten seconds. and with pressure points you want to put a good
amount of pressure in there. sometimes with some acupressure points and stuff
you're just placing your hand on this, but this is actually a pressure point
where you want to put some pressure on there. so the first one is over your
clavicle area. so you can either do this on the clavicle bones, some people like
that pressure point, or slightly below it. I like to do it slightly below it
because I feel like pressure points do well on muscle areas, and so you've got a
little bit of your muscles right down below that clavicle right there or that
collarbone. so you can try it on the bone, but I like it better just underneath
because there's just a little kind of groove that you can fit your fingers
there. and so I'm pushing into that area. I'm putting some pressure where it's
slightly uncomfortable. it's not painful, but I can definitely feel the pressure
point there. so really again just pushing five to ten seconds, maybe if you're in a
clinic having a therapist do it for you they might do it a little bit longer, but
just starting off you probably just want to do that five to ten seconds. you can
do it a couple times. you can switch and then do it on the other side. so again
there's my clavicle or my collarbone kind of in the middle of it this it sits
here kind of coming in the middle that little groove and just putting that
pressure in through there. if you happen to feel some numbness or tingling in
your hands, if it's strong you might just be pushing on some nerves through there,
so you might want to slightly adjust because you don't want to irritate the
nerves. you really want this to be in the muscle
kind of area and again that five to ten seconds. so the next one I've used this
several times for headaches. so not migraines, but just maybe like a tension
headache or sometimes a dehydration headache. you want to come down to where
your thumb and your pointer finger meet kind of in this little meaty area in
between there's a muscle here a big thick muscle called your thenar muscle,
and you're kind of pushing in there and in here. so you can see on each side
almost like I'm pinching that area but don't just get the skin, if you come low
you're just gonna get the skin you want to feel some muscle that you're pushing
on in there, and I can kind of feel it tingle into my fingers. Not tingling like
nerve pain, but where I'm hitting like a pressure point and that's what you want
to feel. and so again I'm pushing pretty hard for that five to ten seconds. and
I'm going to show you when I let it up you can kind of see where my fingernail
mark is right there. so you know that I'm pushing pretty hard and again you can do
both sides. you can do it a couple times like if you want to do two or three on
each side, but I'd maybe alternate back and forth.
and again you can see that I'm pushing pretty hard. you can see where it gets a
little bit lighter right there because I'm pushing into that area and then
releasing it. so again, a lot of times even though I'm pushing here, if you have
a headache those pressure points kind of work out throughout your body, so it can
help a referred area kind of thing. you can also do a little pressure point
it's called kind of your tendon triangle, a little bit higher up at your thumb
joint up top here. and for some people if you can get it right, there's a tendon
coming here and a tendon coming here and sometimes there's a nice little groove
or a pocket almost where those wrist bones are. so you can use your thumb in
between there or your finger, I kind of like to use my thumb because I get a
little bit more here, but again I'm pushing right into that triangle around
those tendons. so not necessarily on the tendons, but in between in that pocket
and again five to ten seconds holding it switching sides getting that five to ten
second hold and really just kind of getting that pressure in there and
getting everything to relax. and a lot of times that's just helps relieve that
anxiety helps relieve your, if you're kind of stressed out because
it almost kind of resets those muscles, resets the whole meridian in your body.
so then the next ones are for your temple. so again this is another good one
if maybe you have some tension headache, or maybe at that dehydration headache
you feel in the front. tension headaches in the back or on the side, so just kind
of finding your temples. you can do both of these at the same time or if you just
want to do one at a time you can, but again with this one I like to use my
fingers instead of pushing it with my thumb's just cuz it's up on my temple
area sometimes this is a little more tender. but again I'm putting some
pressure on there so I can feel that I'm pushing. I'm not just placing my fingers
there, I'm really kind of pushing in for that five to ten seconds and really
getting that push really getting that feel, and you can do that a couple times
if you want to. and then the last one is another big one where you hold a lot of
stress. you hold a lot of anxiety. especially if you have a desk job, you
work on the computer a lot, if you're typing. back here is your levator
scapulae muscle, and this is the one that brings our scapula or shoulder blades up.
and if you come down to where that muscle attaches to that shoulder blade
or that scapula, a lot of times you can feel a knot. you can feel that pressure
point and so sometimes this one again if you're doing it to yourself, it's a
little easier using your fingers but maybe if somebody else is willing to do
it for you, sometimes using the thumb or even using the tool so you don't have to
wear out your fingers. but I'm almost just grabbing with my finger kind of
going like this, you can see .and a lot of times if you are stressed out or you've
got a lot of you know tension in there, you're gonna find it pretty easy. you're
gonna oh that's the spot and then just push inwards with those fingers. so again
maybe that five to ten seconds. if a therapist was doing it for you, when I'm
working on patient, I usually hold it for about sixty to ninety seconds. so I'm
holding it a lot longer to try and get those muscles to release, but sometimes
it's a little harder to do on your own and again if you're doing this for the
first time, you might not want to go quite that long because you're going to
be sore afterwards. a lot of times when you're getting those pressure points or
those trigger points in there, after you push on
it it gets really sore. but then the next day it actually feels better because it
almost reset everything. oh oh yes. so there's your five stress relief
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remember be safe, have fun, and I hope you feel better soon.