Acupressure Taping: The Practice of Acutaping for Chronic Pain and Injuries

by Hans-Ulrich Hecker and Kay Liebchen M.D.

Book Overview

Combines acupressure and massage to treat pain using elastic tape - Shows how the use of an elastic, adhesive tape works with the body's own motions to combine the actions of acupressure and massage - Presents both therapeutic and preventative techniques for acute and chronic pain - Contains step-by-step instructions illustrated in full color detailing how to self-treat pain in all parts of the body Sufferers of chronic pain well know the frustration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594771480
• ISBN13: 9781594771484
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Healing Arts Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Well Done

This book was very easy to understand and I even loaned it to my Chiropractor. I tried many of the tapping methods and they were all successful in the relief of pain and swelling. I highly recommend it.

awessommmeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this book and kinesio tape is just awesome. I have been suffering from a chronic muscular disorder from 3 years on my shoulder. after i heard about kinesio tape in olympics i tried to give it a try and believe me kinesio tape has worked wonders for me. my pain level has decreased to 10000 times and movements are also good in just three days of its first application. i just hope it keeps helping me and people who are suffering from chronic muscular pain.

Excellent instructions on using Kinesio Tape

With fibromyalgia and arthritis, Kinesio tape is a treasure. I was applying it "ALMOST" properly on my thumb, but after buying the book, I found that slight changes made a huge difference. I have used the tape and the book for sciatica, tennis elbow, wrist and hand pain, and in every case, applying the tape as instructed in the book has diminished my pain, in some cases, eliminating it. I suffered with constant pain in my thumbs for years. After a few months of kinesio taping, I am pain free. I can't recommend the book and the tape highly enough.

Any bodywork health library needs this.

Any who suffer from chronic pain know that drugs and physical therapy - the common treatments for ailing backs - often don't do the job. Here's a guide to a new method of pain treatment - acutaping - which offers an easier alternative, involving an elastic cotton tape placed over painful muscles and joints. The taping directions here are designed to stimulate related acupuncture points as well as apply acupressure and massage science to the mix. Any bodywork health library needs this.

Acupressure Taping

Most people have heard of the benefits of acupressure and acupuncture. These traditional Chinese medicine practices are becoming more and more commonly used as complimentary aspects of pain management and the healing of injuries. Based upon these techniques is acutaping. Acutaping involves the use of bandages placed on particular areas of the body to treat pain and the healing of injuries. This is similar to another technique, Kinesio-taping, used extensively in sports medicine. The primary difference is that in kinesio-taping these tapes are attached to muscles, ligaments, or joints for treatment of pain relief whereas in acutaping the bandages are placed on the actual problem area, associated loci, or along particular median pathways to support the client in his or her unique needs. Acupressure Taping is a particularly good introduction to acutaping. The authors summarize the basic concepts of Chinese Medicine for those who might not be knowledgeable about these aspect; make clear the similarities and differences between kinesio-taping and acutaping; and discuss the types of issues where acutaping could be useful. However, the most useful parts of this book are the well set up reference portions of the text. These sections include full color photographs showing where the bandages should be placed for various ailments. The accompanying information includes the number of tapes that should be used and where they should be placed as well as hints about how each set of muscles should be flexed to issue best fit and hints in attaching the tapes in specific areas. I found this book fascinating. In my Reiki sessions, I often make use of median points and pathways to aid in healing and pain management. Unfortunately, many ailments require longer term work than a 30 minute or hour long energy session. Acutaping could be a very useful element to aid the healing and pain management process.