Archive for the ‘Acupressure’ Category

Could face yoga help you look younger?

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

Doing a daily face yoga routine could provide a natural facelift according to face yoga specialist Danielle Collins. We all know we need to exercise our muscles to keep our body toned and healthy – but what about our face? To keep that youthful, surely all we can do is have surgery or use botox, read more »

The DIY massage – how to soothe away your own aches and pains

Thursday, July 5th, 2012

Nowadays, the most common solution for our aches and pains is to reach for the painkillers, but what if there was another way that was entirely natural and required no medication? Massage is extremely effective for easing pain and tension, and the good news is that everyone can learn how to do it. Aromatherapist and read more »

The curse of modern technology – neck pain

Monday, July 25th, 2011

If you work sitting at a computer or you own a laptop, iPad, Kindle or some kind of smartphone then it is likely you will have experienced ‘the computer neck’, which is essentially an ache and tightness in the neck and across the shoulder blades. According to chiropractor Dominic Cheetham, too much time spent staring read more »

Acupressure for fatigue in cancer survivors

Monday, March 21st, 2011

An upcoming study from Michigan State University hopes to find that acupressure could relieve fatigue in individuals who have survived cancer. Acupressure is the term used to describe a process which involves applying finger pressure to acupuncture points in order to stimulate blood flow and reduce muscle tension among other things. The study which is read more »

Alternative therapies & weight loss

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

In a recent article Webmd highlighted a couple of alternative therapies that could be beneficial to anyone trying to lose weight. Though essentially the key to loosing weight is to increase activity and reduce calorie consumption, there is a third aspect, says integrative medicine specialist Dr Wendy Kohatsu, ”the mind-body aspect, you need to make read more »

The Yantra Mat

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Therapy Directory recently heard about a fantastic invention which is right up our street. The Yantra Mat is a device which works on the principle of acupressure, a form of touch therapy which follows similar principles to that of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. The practice of acupressure involves stimulating certain points on the body using read more »