Pressure Points To Help With Headaches

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There is one pressure point in particular that seems to work for pain relief, it’s Large Intestine 4, its situated at the join between the thumb and forefinger works with direct firm but not painful pressure.

Apply the pressure using your thumb and hold, then release and hold, stay relaxed whilst doing it, I’ve tried this on myself in a number of different scenarios and this gives the best results for me.

It can be used to cause pain by applying direct pressure and altering the angle, but by doing it this way it can be used to release the bodies natural endorphins into the system as a painkiller. This is a method of pain killers for a mild case, more for the home use, taken to the extremes they are also used in operating theatres using needles and electro stimulus.

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Pressure Point To Stop A Nose Bleed

Quite often we forget, but Pressure Points are actually based upon Acupressure points, they use a circle of construction, we use a circle of destruction, so in case of injuries we can use these points to actually help for a change.

Some of these I like, some seem to be a pretty much a psychological thing.

One of my favourites is the pressure point to stop a nose bleed, I’ve seen this and used it to great effect. Once even at work, a colleague had had a nose bleed for about 15 minutes, tried all the usual methods to sop it, I said I’ll try something, it’ll hurt briefly. Took him a bit to agree, but then I used it and he was amazed when it stopped bleeding straight away.

It’s positioned at the bottom corner of the nostril, right at the edge, to actually make it work, I like to use the knuckle of the forefinger, put your other hand at the back of their head to absorb the pressure, then apply pressure with the knuckle upwards, aiming towards the centre of the skull, hold the pressure for about 3 seconds.

I’ve used it against small bleeds and persistent and to date it has worked every time.

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Stomach 9, What’s That?

I was talking about some of the posts the other day with one of my students and realised I’d been talking about pressure points and using these names without actually describing them so, time to rectify that.Stomach 9 is a really nice little pressure point positioned in the neck, just to the side of the windpipe and just above the bone of the collar bone.

I find a good guide for this is to straighten your fingers out and hold your hand so that it’s vertical, the little finger down, the thumb up. Then put your thumb out to the side, you should then find that as you slide your hand down the side of your attackers neck your thumb should slide nicely into place directly onto Stomach 9, I find that I get a better reaction if the angle of attack is about 40 - 45 degrees upwards. Hurts quite a bit.

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How Effective Are Pressure Points In Combat?

Pressure points are great, you can have great fun with them, it is possible to cause a massive amount of pain with them, but what is strange with them, and also worrying when it comes to relying on them, is that points don’t work on everyone.

You can get one person, or even 90 % of people, and one particular point, say Lung 5 for example will work really well and give you that impact that you are looking for, that extra bang for your buck, but then you get that one person who though you may stop the punch, you don’t cause them the pain you are looking for, or you get that person who feels nothing of the pressure points in the arms or legs which can be very dis-concerting, especially when that same point hurts you like hell. So does that mean you can’t use them in a combat situation?

My opinion, for what it’s worth is that you can use them, but don’t rely on them, and that’s for a number of reasons, the main one is the point mentioned above, a second reason is that in a fast moving, high octane pressure situation thinking of the combinations of points you might want isn’t practical,it’s going to get you hurt, but, there’s always a but!

You can train to hit a specific point, repetitive training is going to train your muscles so that in a pressure situation then instinct will take over, thats fine, and perfectly do-able, but if you try to make it complex it’s the same as everything, the more there is, the more there is to go wrong.

Some of these pressure point demonstrations you see, where a person gets knocked out by a light touch on multiple points at the same time, how achievable is that going to actually be in a real situation? when both participants are moving around and punches are flying in at you, personally I’m very sceptical about that. Go for a pressure point, but give yourself an effective anatomical back up just incase.

For example, you can aim for Stomach 9, one of my favourites, if you miss, you’ve got the trachea. Or Small Intestine 16, another good one, if you miss then you’ve got the carotid.

Rely on them alone and you could be heading towards a world of trouble.

In a fight situation, would you rely on one punch, or would you be throwing a few until they went down?

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Pressure Points

You might have heard people talking about pressure points before and not had a clue what the heck they were talking about.

Me Too!

But I would bet you’ve heard of accupuncture? Pressure points in the martial arts use the same points, we just use them in a different way, Accupuncture, or accupressure is used to restore the bodies natural energies for health benefits, We use them in the other way, we either drain or over load the energies of the body to either cause pain or collapse of our opponent.
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