Step 1: Distal Hand Points Li 4 - This lies in the middle of the fleshy mass between the thumb and index finger. Li 1 - Radial base of the index [...]

Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS) is a common hip condition that causes pain over the outside of your thigh/buttock muscle. GTPS is the cause of hip pain in 10% to 20% of patients presenting with [...]

Hip pain is a common and often severe symptom that affects people of all ages and can be associated with several underlying causes or etiologies. Hip pain can become so painful and debilitating that [...]

Step 1: Local Pain Points B 60 - In the hollow midway between the tip of the outer ankle bone and the Achilles tendon. B 62 - Directly under the lower [...]

More than 2 million persons present with plantar heel pain yearly (Tu P, Bytomski JR. Diagnosis of heel pain. Am Fam Physician. 2011;84(8):909-916). Among them, more than one million visit the physicians or foot [...]

Many conditions, including plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinitis, cause heel pain. Heel pain is a standard foot and ankle complaint. Rest, braces, and stretching will ease the pain over time. If you ignore heel [...]

Step 1: Acute Pain Points Li 4 - This lies in the middle of the fleshy mass between the thumb and index finger. St 8 - 1/2 finger above the outer [...]

There is emerging evidence that electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, which modulates pain transmission, helps treat neurological disorders, including migraine and cluster headaches. Noninvasive transdermal VNS (nVNS) in treating migraine reduced headache days [...]

Headaches are a pain in the head that many medical conditions can cause. There are three main types of headaches: tension headache (headache with muscle tension), migraine (vascular headache) and cluster headache. Almost everyone [...]

Step 1: Lower Back Core Therapy Points Back Shu Points - Located 2 fingers width to each side of the spine, at the level of the lower border of the spinal [...]

Hamstring strain injuries are one of the most common types of noncontact injuries experienced during sports activities and exercise (Opar D.A., Williams M.D., Shield A.J. (2012). Hamstring strain injuries: factors that lead to injury and [...]

The musculature of the hamstrings is primarily a biarticular group consisting of the biarticular semimembranosus (SM), semitendinosus (ST), and the long head of the biceps (BFlh) and the short head of the biceps (BFC). [...]

Step 1: Chronic Neck Points Gb 20 - Below the base of the skull,  in the hollow just outside the spinal muscles of the neck. Neck Back Shu Pts - 2 [...]

The activation of the vagus nerve inhibits inflammation and reduces pain signalling. The efficacy and tolerance of transcutaneous auricular VNS (taVNS) on erosive hand osteoarthritis (EHOA) symptoms were determined. Symptomatic EHOA patients with hand [...]

Hand pain is one feature of joint inflammation (arthritis) that may be felt in hand. Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis are the two most common types of arthritis in the hand. Repetitive motion injuries, including [...]

Step 1: Back Shu Points See point descriptions on page 17. Gb 30 - This point is directly in the middle of each buttock half, equal distance from all sides. [...]

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthropathy, reported to affect 2.13% of the population of the United States of America in 2009 (Brook RA, Forsythe A, Smeeding JE, Lawrence Edwards N: Chronic gout: epidemiology, [...]

Gout is an acute form of arthritis that causes severe joint pain and swelling. It most commonly affects the big toe but can also affect the heel, ankle, hand, wrist, or elbow. It involves [...]