acupressure

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Introduction

Use of pressure (fingers) rather than puncture (needles) on various points in the body to achieve therapeutic effects.

in perineal acupressure patients apply pressure with two fingers to the area between the anus & the scrotum or vagina when they perceive an urge to defecate^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hsieh LL, Kuo CH, Lee LH, Yen AM, Chien KL, Chen TH. Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):696-700. Epub 2006 Feb 17. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16488895 <Internet> http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/332/7543/696
Frost H, Stewart-Brown S. Acupressure for low back pain. BMJ. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):680-1. No abstract available. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16565098
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Abbott R, Ayres I, Hui E, Hui KK. Effect of perineal self-acupressure on constipation: A randomized controlled trial. J Gen Intern Med 2015 Apr; 30:434 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403522 <Internet> http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11606-014-3084-6
Abbott R, Hui KK. Perineal Self-Acupressure's Mechanism of Action. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Apr;30(4):399. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25666212
Olsen CG. Effect of perineal self-acupressure on constipation: a randomized controlled trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2015 Apr;30(4):398. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25637552