Acupressure for Fatigue and Low Back Pain

"The relaxation acupressure protocol will use a set of nine fixed acupoints: forehead, twixt the eyebrows (unilateral); posterior neck, behind the ears (bilateral); palmer side of hand at wrist (bilateral); inside of lower leg (bilateral); top of foot (bilateral).~A trained acupressure educator will meet with each participant and demonstrate the sites and techniques for self-administered acupressure. Additionally, each participant will receive a demonstration DVD and a laminated handout detailing the locations of each acupoint.~Participants will be asked to perform daily acupressure sessions using the assigned sites. Each site is stimulated for 3 minutes, and the entire session can be completed in approximately 30 minutes."

"The stimulating acupressure protocol will use a set of ten fixed acupoints: top of the head (unilateral); below the navel (unilateral); back of the hand (bilateral); outside of lower leg (bilateral); inside of lower leg (bilateral); inside of ankle (bilateral).~A trained acupressure educator will meet with each participant and demonstrate the sites and techniques for self-administered acupressure. Additionally, each participant will receive a demonstration DVD and a laminated handout detailing the locations of each acupoint.~Participants will be asked to perform daily acupressure sessions using the assigned sites. Each site is stimulated for 3 minutes, and the entire session can be completed in approximately 30 minutes."