Acupressure for Nausea

January 12, 2022

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With Michele Grand, LMT

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00:03Good morning everybody and
00:05thank you so much for joining.
00:08My name is Michelle Grant.
00:09I'm a licensed massage therapist and
00:12I work at Smilow Cancer Hospital.
00:14Today is about Wellness.
00:16It's about you.
00:17It's about grounding,
00:18finding some peace and hopefully getting
00:21a little relief from your symptoms of
00:25nausha and other digestive issues.
00:27We're going to be doing an
00:30opening breathwork exercise.
00:31We're going to be working on some acupressure
00:34points that are targeted for nausha.
00:36I'm going to do a little
00:38closing self massage.
00:40Now, after pressure is basically
00:43acupuncture without the needles.
00:45It involves placing firm but gentle
00:49pressure on specific points and doing a
00:53little bit of gentle circular massage.
00:56So we're going to activate three
00:58of those points in our body today.
01:00Again,
01:01that correlate with the digestive system.
01:05To begin,
01:06we wanna just bring ourselves into a
01:09place of groundedness and relaxation.
01:13When we do breathwork,
01:15it's the exhalation that activates
01:17the parasympathetic nervous
01:19system and helps us to relax.
01:23So what we're going to practice today?
01:25Is. A slower breath in.
01:30And a longer breath out.
01:33So with feet planted on the floor.
01:36Back relaxed.
01:37We're gonna take a breath in for three.
01:44And we're gonna exhale for four.
01:50Again of breath in for three.
01:56And exhale for four.
02:01One more breath in for three.
02:06And exhale for four.
02:12Now we're going to breathe in for three,
02:14but we're gonna exhale for five,
02:17so a breath in for three.
02:21And exhale for a count of five.
02:30Again, a breath in for three.
02:34And exhale for five.
02:42And one more time of breath in for three.
02:48And exhale for five.
02:56Now finally, we're going to
02:57again breathe in for three,
02:58but we're going to exhale for six.
03:02So first breath in for three.
03:07And exhale for six.
03:15Breath in for three.
03:21And exhale for six.
03:31And last one breath in for three.
03:36And exhale for six.
03:46Excellent at this point.
03:48Hopefully you should just be feeling a
03:50little bit more relaxed, a little more,
03:52bit more grounded and just kind of
03:55feeling that whole digestive system.
03:57Letting go, relaxing just a bit.
04:02We're going to begin now with activating.
04:063 acupressure points that will stimulate
04:10the digestive system to let go and
04:15relax as we approach each point.
04:18Just keep in mind we're going to
04:20press about two to three minutes
04:22on each point with your thumb.
04:24Making small circles on that particular area,
04:29and then we're going to switch to
04:31the other side and do the same
04:33thing as we activate the point,
04:35just try to remember to keep an easy breath.
04:40Now the first point is called pericardium 6.
04:44It's located on your inner
04:47arm near your wrist.
04:49What you're going to do is you're
04:51going to take three fingers,
04:54and you're going to start at the crease
04:56of the wrist and put those three fingers.
04:59Here, the pointer,
05:00the index finger,
05:01and the ring finger now that
05:03pericardium 6 point will be right here,
05:06right below where those three fingers were.
05:10So you could kind of feel a couple of
05:13tendons right in there 2 tendons and
05:15right in the middle of those two tendons.
05:18Is pericardium 6?
05:21So just take a moment with very,
05:23just hold the spot, hold the spot gently.
05:27And breathe before you even start pressing
05:29just to get comfortable with the area.
05:37The pressure should be somewhat deeper
05:40than as if you're taking your pulse,
05:43but not so deep that you're pressing
05:46pressing too hard on the spot it should
05:48be firm but gentle at the same time.
05:53So now go ahead and take your
05:55thumb on the pericardium 6.
05:58It just makes slow, gentle circles.
06:00You can close your eyes if you want to get
06:03more in touch with that particular spot.
06:10Just breathe.
06:14I'm press.
06:21As you do so, you may feel a little warmth.
06:26Kind of going through your body.
06:28And that's a good thing.
06:34Just continue the graph.
06:42Circular motions.
06:47Slow and steady.
06:53Again, this aids in relaxing
06:55the digestive system.
07:14Well, continue this side a little bit longer.
07:18Just remember, when you do this at home
07:21on your own 2-3 minutes. On each point.
07:32Good. Now we always balance
07:35with the other side,
07:36so take your other hand, bring your
07:39three fingers right below the wrist.
07:41And right where your pinky finger would be.
07:44Is that pericardium 6? Use your thumb.
07:50Kind of feel for the two tendons if you can.
07:55Move your wrist around a little bit
07:56just to get comfortable with this spot.
07:58One side may feel tighter than the other.
08:03It may feel more congested in that point,
08:06that's extremely common.
08:09Each point sometimes is
08:11very open and flowing,
08:14and sometimes you will find the
08:17point is very closed and tight.
08:23So just go ahead and take your thumb.
08:25It may feel a little tender.
08:27Maybe one side is more tender than
08:29the other side, and that's OK.
08:37Just go ahead.
08:41Use your thumb and make those small circles.
08:46Continue the breath.
09:10He may want to just add at a
09:13certain point, just take your
09:15thumb kind of just hold it there.
09:18Just hold it with gentle pressure.
09:22Kind of coaxing it into relaxation.
09:30And then continue with your circles.
09:32You may be able to go a little
09:34deeper once you get the release.
09:44Continue just another little
09:45bit on this side here.
09:54Excellent. OK, good,
09:56just let your arms drop. Circles.
10:02Allow it to release and let go
10:03before we move on to the next point,
10:06which will be the stomach 36 point.
10:11Stomach 36 I'm going to drop my computer
10:14screen down so you can better see my knee,
10:17but some of the 36 is on
10:19the outside of the knee.
10:21And what you're going to do is you're
10:24going to take your whole hand and you're
10:26gonna put it on top of your knee.
10:29Now stomach 36 is right.
10:33It it could be either wear your
10:36ring finger is or your pinky,
10:38depending on how wide you
10:39have your hands spread out.
10:41If your hand is spread out wide like this,
10:43you're going to find it by your ring finger.
10:45If your hand is tight,
10:46it will be by your pinky,
10:48but it's right about here.
10:50It's right about here on the outside.
10:54That me,
10:55if you take your foot now and you
11:00lift your toes towards your knee,
11:02you're going to feel that muscle pop out,
11:05so you may need to bring your hand down
11:07a little bit lower if it's up too high,
11:09bring it down.
11:11My spot is right about here and I'm
11:13feeling that muscle pop out so when you get
11:17to that point you know you're on stomach 26.
11:20OK, so hopefully everybody
11:21is comfortable with that.
11:23You found the point.
11:24When you get when you move your toes like
11:27up when you point your toes up towards you,
11:29you'll feel you'll feel that muscle and right
11:33at the top of that muscle is stomach 36,
11:36so again,
11:37you could use your thumb.
11:38You could use your middle finger,
11:41you could use whichever finger
11:43feels comfortable for you,
11:45and we're going to press it again.
11:49And we're going to make circles,
11:51and we're going to breathe while we do that.
11:54Again, this is stomach 36.
11:57And it activates relaxation
11:59of the digestive system.
12:09So press and breathe.
12:18We're going to press for
12:20about 3 minutes or so.
12:28Small circles again.
12:30You can take a moment
12:33and just press and hold.
12:37And get in touch with that point.
12:40Feel that point and get comfortable
12:42with it and coax it to relax.
12:46And then you can continue
12:47with the circles of release.
13:04I'm brave.
13:16Good.
13:19I'm gonna do the same on the other side.
13:22The other need put your hand across. And.
13:25Bring that foot up towards your knee.
13:29You'll feel that muscle pop a
13:32little bit from the outside.
13:36And we're going again, press.
13:39And make circles right at the top
13:43of the muscle on that outside.
13:46Of your leg. Just soft area there.
13:51Gentle but firm pressure.
13:57Make circles and breathe.
14:08This is pressure point stomach
14:1136 one side. Maybe firmer,
14:15more congested than the other side.
14:17That's typical and common.
14:19Just have patience with that side
14:21that's a little more congested.
14:24Coax it. Hold a little bit.
14:31I'm breathing and hopefully you'll be
14:34feeling just a relaxation of the upper body,
14:37maybe a little bit of warmth in your body.
14:41We have meridians that run from
14:44our feet up from our hands up.
14:47And acupressure can help to
14:50activate the flow of energy,
14:52releasing words necessary.
14:59In other little bit here I'm stomach 36.
15:07Good.
15:10Hey, just take a moment ground your feet.
15:14Relax posture. The next area
15:17we're going to work on today.
15:19It's called win 12/13/14 and it's
15:23in the chest area to find this spot.
15:27We're gonna take.
15:29Four fingers from your navel, 1234.
15:35Four fingers.
15:38Now when 12/13/14 is right
15:42above this is rent 1413 and 12.
15:46You don't want to press too
15:49hard and you shouldn't.
15:51You should be below the sternum.
15:53It should be soft area,
15:55but we have organs here so we
15:58want to be even more gentle
16:00on this area than we were with
16:03pericardium 6 and stomach 36,
16:05so we're going to gently very gently
16:09take the pads of your three fingers
16:13very gently below the sternum.
16:18We're going to press here.
16:21Very gentle. When 12/13/14.
16:28And it's important again to breathe.
16:31Very very gentle pressure.
16:37Close your eyes.
16:42Make some circles.
16:46This has a stronger activation of
16:48the digestive tract and a little bit
16:51more quickly than the other points,
16:54because you're closer to the area.
16:58So just know that.
17:05It's going to press gently.
17:12And breathe.
17:18This is acupressure release that you
17:20can do at anytime throughout the day.
17:23Two to three minutes on each point.
17:30They could hopefully help to
17:33activate a release of Nausha
17:36and other digestive symptoms.
17:44Take a breath and just
17:46finish up on when 12/13/14.
17:54Hey again, we're just going to take a moment.
17:59To ground, it's good if you
18:01happen to have water nearby,
18:02you may want to take a sip of water,
18:04or as you do this at home,
18:05it's good to have water nearby,
18:07because it can sometimes dehydrate you a
18:09little bit when you activate the Meridian,
18:12so you definitely want to flush with water.
18:14If not now, then when we're finished.
18:18As a general full body relaxation point,
18:22it's a bonus point for today.
18:24It's called large intestine 4.
18:27This is just for general
18:29relaxation alleviation of anxiety.
18:32Sometimes it can just help with
18:34headaches and other symptoms of stress.
18:36The large intestine 4 point is right at
18:39the web of your thumb and your forefinger.
18:43It's right in here it's a
18:46strong and powerful point.
18:49And this is something that we're going to
18:51use gentle pressure on with our thumb.
18:56But it makes circles.
19:02If you prefer to use your
19:04forefinger, that's OK too.
19:09Whatever feels more comfortable for you.
19:13Sometimes you can feel tenderness in here,
19:16so just go slow, go light on this point,
19:19make gentle. Circles.
19:21Here sometimes if you have a headache,
19:24you can feel sort of an immediate relaxation.
19:29In the head area, kind of, uh, letting go.
19:36Triggers a strong full body relaxation
19:39response. This is large intestine for.
19:46And grieve.
19:52They do the same on the other side.
19:55Right at the web of the thumb and forefinger,
19:58either using the thumb, you get a
20:00little firmer pressure with the thumb.
20:02But sometimes that's uncomfortable.
20:03You may want to use the four finger,
20:06and you may again feel some tenderness here,
20:08so just be gentle and go light.
20:12Just press.
20:17Yeah, they release. And again,
20:19if you feel congestion here,
20:20my whole right side was more
20:22congested than the left side
20:24on all the points you may find
20:25that on one side or the other,
20:27so you could just gently hold for a
20:30moment just to activate the release
20:33before you continue making your circles.
20:37Kind of softened.
20:54And breathe as you do so.
21:02Again, this is large intestine 4.
21:06It helps with just a general body relaxation,
21:09stress relief, anxiety, headaches.
21:15Gonna finish up in just a
21:16few seconds with that point.
21:23Good. Excellent. Again,
21:26take a moment grounding. Relax.
21:28If you have some water nearby,
21:30take a few sips of water.
21:32If not, when we finish the program,
21:33make sure to hydrate.
21:38Finally, as we close we're gonna just
21:41do a little bit of gentle self massage.
21:46Going to take our hands and we're
21:48going to cross over the body so
21:50you can start with your right hand.
21:52Crossing over to the left shoulder.
21:55And we're going to take those tracks
21:57and you can give yourself some good
21:59pressure with a full open hand.
22:01And pull from the back.
22:04Forward Tored your shoulder blade towards
22:08the club towards the clavicle here.
22:11Back here, traps pull forward.
22:16And pull forward and just give
22:19a good stretch. That's a firm
22:21tight muscle on most of us.
22:25We could activate some release.
22:29Cross over to the other
22:31side and do the same thing.
22:34Reach back as far as you can towards
22:37your shoulder blade and pull forward
22:40towards the chronicle. Pull forward.
22:45And breathe, press in and pull forward.
22:51Press in and pull forward.
22:54Excellent now we take our hands and we're
22:57going to go to the back of the neck.
23:00The back of the neck with the
23:02pads of our fingers, and again,
23:05we're going to make circles back there.
23:07You don't want to press
23:08right on the cervical spine,
23:10but to the left and to the right of
23:12the spine are those cervical muscles,
23:15and which is going to make circles.
23:18From the from the bottom pull up.
23:22From the bottom and pull up.
23:25And you could move closer.
23:30To the side of your neck here.
23:33And just press in, make circles and pull up.
23:39Come forward, don't be afraid.
23:42You could definitely.
23:43You could definitely activate muscular
23:46release by doing self massage and
23:48it's something you can do anytime.
23:51Now we're going to take the pads of
23:53our fingers, and we're going to give
23:56ourselves a little scalp massage.
23:58It's so tight in here,
24:00just feel the occiput the base of your skull.
24:04And don't be afraid to get in
24:07there and make little circles.
24:09Around the back of the ear gets very tense,
24:13so take those thumbs and go on in there.
24:18And just feel.
24:19Feel those muscles and go
24:22ahead and make those circles.
24:25Bring your shoulders down,
24:26breathe as you do so.
24:31Stop.
24:35Now we're gonna come to the top
24:37of the head and we're just gonna.
24:39Take the pack several fingers and we're
24:42gonna release the crown a little bit.
24:44So start at the back here.
24:47And just move forward. On the crown
24:49of your head you can use one hand.
24:52Can you use both hands?
24:55Don't be afraid to get in there.
24:57Chris, a little bit with your thumb too.
25:01As you move forward.
25:07When you get to the top
25:08of the forehead here,
25:09take your forefinger and go ahead
25:11and press in and make some circles.
25:15And breathe and relax.
25:16Feel some tenderness here.
25:18Speak gentle.
25:25Now we're gonna take the two four
25:27fingers and we're gonna spread.
25:29The forehead this way.
25:32And we're going to work our way down.
25:34Just go ahead and press
25:37out towards the temples.
25:39Work your way down and press
25:41out towards the temples.
25:45Above your eyebrows, go ahead,
25:47feel some tension is there.
25:49Helps to relieve any sinus pressure.
25:53Above your eyebrow.
25:55Go ahead and press out.
25:58Robber temples we're gonna
26:01move down to the jaw.
26:03Feel that tension in the jaw.
26:05You can use the flat of
26:07your hand on the jaw.
26:09Open your mouth a little bit.
26:12And rub.
26:15And press up.
26:18Op
26:21and now we're going to once again
26:24bring our hands behind our neck.
26:27We're going to come forward.
26:29We're going to come up.
26:31We're just gonna hold here for a moment.
26:34Just give yourself a little face hug.
26:39And breathe.
26:44Second breath in.
26:47And one more breath in and out.
26:52Excellent. Bring your hands into
26:54prayer pose and drop your head a bit.
26:58Give thanks to yourself for taking
27:00the time to give yourself some
27:03love to open up your body a little
27:05bit to help yourself feel good.
27:07And again, this is something you can
27:10do anytime of the day. Just ground.
27:13Breathe open up the acupressure
27:16points and a little self massage.
27:20So we're going to end like taking
27:22one hand under this armpit,
27:24one hand on the other,
27:26and just sort of pressing down
27:29and in towards the heart.
27:32Breathe and feel the release.
27:37And again.
27:40And feel their release. One last breath in.
27:47And exhale.
27:53Once again, I thank you
27:55all for joining me today.
27:57I wish you well. I wish you health.
27:59I wish you peace and happiness made
28:01a long time sun shine upon you and
28:04all of surround you and the pure
28:06light within you guide your way
28:08on take care everybody bye bye.