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Acupressure for low back pain

Acupressure for Low Back Pain: One Key Acupoint

By Cindy Black / September 22, 2016 /

Bladder 40 is used to relieve low back pain Bladder 40 is the Command Point of the back. Command Points are one of many categories of acupoints used in Chinese medicine. As the Command of the Back, Bladder 40 is an essential point to add into your sessions aimed at relieving low back pain. Regardless…

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Bladder points to relieve back pain

Relieve Back Pain with Acupressure Points

By Cindy Black / May 12, 2016 /

Bladder points on the sacrum help relieve back pain. The Bladder meridian runs down both sides of the back. Because of its location, points on the Bladder meridian are always used to relieve back pain. Acupressure points on the sacrum are great for relieving back pain! I get great results using these four Bladder acupoints…

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Bladder points on leg

4 Acupressure Points to Relieve Back Pain

By Cindy Black / January 23, 2014 /

Massage your calf to relieve back pain. The four points shown are all easy to locate and massage. Each point helps to relieve back pain, especially low back pain. These points are all on the Bladder Meridian. By focusing on these points, you help move the energy within the whole meridian. When the energy starts…

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woman with low back pain

Relieve Low Back Pain with Meridian Massage

By Cindy Black / March 3, 2013 /

The Bladder meridian is the key to relieving low back pain with Meridian Massage. The Urinary Bladder (UB)  meridian travels along the entire back, through the sacrum, across the buttocks, down the hamstrings and gastrocnemius (calf) muscles, and along the lateral (outside) edge of the foot ending on the 5th toe (see picture below). Whenever there is a concern…

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