The EnergyPoints App has received a $2M+ Phase II SBIR grant from the NIH/NCI to advance her mission: bringing evidence-based acupressure and integrative self-care tools to cancer survivors — right from their phones.
This funding supports a national decentralized clinical trial of the EnergyPoints app — guiding users through personalized acupressure routines to manage fatigue and sleep disturbances.
https://energypointsapp.com/
#CancerCare #InnovativeHealthcare #acupuncture #acupressure
#BackPain #AcupressureMats #Acupressure #ChronicPain
TL;DR Save your money…
“However, there’s very little scientific evidence to support the benefits of acupressure mats, although one small 2011 study said they could be a helpful tool for relaxation.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/health-and-fitness/acupressure-mats-how-to-use-b1817776.html
In fun news, I have begun watching Kaos. On the other end of things, my left thumb joint is knobbly. I’ve been using an #acupressure ring for a few days, you roll it up and down the fingers, they feel warmer and looser afterwards. Idk that that’s caused it, my thumbs have wanted repeated clicking for maybe 20 years, also the bottom joints of my middle fingers, but less so. My constant shoulder stiffness doesn’t help at all. Left thumb is stiffest, I now notice. Damn.
1 I allowed myself to skip choir, again [yes, currently that's a good thing].
2 More than 45 minutes on the #acupressure mat with #ASMR on my ears. Bliss.
3 Did a 40 minute-walk during lunchtime - even though this meant I only ate a pear, a cucumber, a bell pepper and a handful of pecan nuts until 7pm.
Most spike mats are for the back.
The one I bought is for the feet only. Plastic spikes.
(I'd rather have a mat with copper, iron, nickel, silver + zinc spikes, but since I'm allergic to nickel I didn't dare buy it.)
https://spikemat.com/feet/
First time, 10 min with socks on: painful.
After a few times I could tolerate it better. Now: 30 min without socks.
Result after 3 weeks: nil.
But n=1.
Perhaps spike mats may help others.
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