Acupressure meets all the criteria of being a Holistic treatment modality. This study will focus on headache neck and shoulder pain relief with acupressure.Advantages of Stressaway Acupressure
It is non-invasive and there are no negative side-effects.
It is safe, cost-effective, easy to learn and do on oneself at home.
It promotes and generates overall healing, along with symptom relief.
It accelerates healing from injuries and surgery.
Chronic conditions that have resisted other treatments are frequently relieved.
“Research on the Benefits of Acupressure for Headache, Neck, and Shoulder Pain Relief: Call for Study Participants”
The Acu-Ki Institute wishes to document two hypothesis. Significant results have been documented using small inexpensive acupressure tools for a variety of conditions. (See below) First: we wish to determine if you can duplicate these results collected for over 1200 clients. Second: we have noted that other investigators have found that they can get good benefits just using finger pressure on pressure points. Our second hypothesis is that there is a significant improvement in patient outcome with the use of acupressure tools versus just using ones fingers.
Simple internet survey tools will be used to evaluate the effectiveness each person experiences. Youtube and written materials will provide training on how to do acupressure and the specific points to be used for each condition. All materials in the study will be provided at no charge to the client.
Please contact us here if you wish to participate in this project.
(study@stress-away.com)
or Join the Study Now
RESEARCH WITH STRESSAWAY SYSTEMS
by Monte Cunningham
As I demonstrated the Stressaway acupressure tools at
different events using micro-system pressure points, people consistently reported very
positive results in pain reduction. Since there are few scientific studies supporting the
hypothesis that there are miniature representations of the body in the ears, hands and
feet, I decided to quantify the results of my acupressure demonstrations. When people came
to my booth I asked them if they were in pain, and if they were, would they participate in
a small study? Here is some research I have gathered to determine how well the Stressaway
acupressure tools are working. It also tells us how many people can expect to get positive
results with these tools.
My hypothesis was that different micro-systems in the ears, hands and feet correspond
to different body parts and that there is a miniature mapping of the body represented
in these external parts. By stimulating these micro-system points with acupressure I
wanted to determine if there was a reduction of experienced clinical pain. I also
wanted to determine if people could expect results with self treatment. If the pressure
points corresponding to the problems people were having were sore, it was one indication
that these sore points relate to the corresponding painful body part. If brief stimulation
of the point provided any pain relief, this is a second indication that the pressure point
matches that specific part of the body.
I tested over eleven hundred people at several different fairs. I measured pain levels
using a visual analog scale (numbered scale) before and after a short treatment. I
measured frequency and intensity of symptoms and costs of medication and treatment. I
applied pressure on the sore points for less than three minutes. Sore points always
related to problem areas identified by participants. Sixty-five percent of the people with
headaches (387) were completely pain free within three minutes. The chart below indicates
percentage of pain reduction levels recorded within three minutes.
In three minutes 37 percent of the group were totally free of pain; 73 percent were
free of 50 percent of their pain; and, 2.5 percent reported no change in pain levels.
This pilot study supports the hypothesis that there is a miniature mapping of the
body represented in these external parts and that stimulation of these points with
acupressure results in a reduction of experienced clinical pain. These positive
results, together with the dramatic testimonials of people who have used the Stressaway
system, support the hypotheses that acupressure with these tools offers an effective
and cost savings method of treatment that is worth studying.
Controlled, long-term studies are now being conducted to verify that people are getting
lasting results. If you are in a setting (business, hospital, school, health center,
doctors office, etc.) where you can help us evaluate the validity and reliability of these
results please contact us.
This study has dealt only with pain because we do not have the funds to measure the
effects of these tools on diseases that take longer and more extensive follow up. There
were many individual cases of relief of coughs, colds, nausea, infections, allergies,
arthritis, paralysis, and fatigue, to list just a few, but not enough to document in the
short time available. The World Health Organization lists general areas known to respond
to acupuncture (or acupressure). Our other books list most of these problem areas. We also
have several thousand conditions on computer, and this list is available also.
These results and others are confirming what medical historians have found in cultures
all over the world for thousands of years. Mild short-term pain reduces more severe pain
problems. People can continue to get results for pain and illnesses. The three critical
factors needed are: intensity of pain stimulus (correct tools), accuracy of finding the
correct point (provided in our manuals), and frequency of stimulation (up to each
individual).
