Acupressure

Does pressing your elbows provide an effective treatment for relieving back pain? No, that's not true: There is no broadly accepted medical evidence to suggest that pressing the elbows through the use of acupressure or reflexology, the practices of pressuring certain supposed trigger points in the body to treat ailments, is an effective treatment for pain. Some research suggests that…

Do acupressure massages on a person's hands and legs relieve their asthma? No, that's not true: The director of the Asthma and Allergy Clinic at the pediatric hospital Children's Wisconsin told Lead Stories, "Massage therapy has not been shown to help asthma control in any published studies." A professor emeritus who specializes in improving adherence to asthma medications and delivering…

Are self-massages creating "acupressure" a scientifically proven cure for the inability to conceive a child that helps women "get a fertile cycle in just 3 months"? No, that's not true. Not a single authoritative source refers to it as an evidence-based treatment expediting the beginning of pregnancy. In an email to Lead Storeis, the chief of clinical practice at the…