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It’s witchcraft????????? Like I would be burned at the stake if I lived in ye olde days knowing that information?????

It’s best to have someone do this for you while you stand up and relax your muscles as best you can, but if you’re alone, a tennis ball and a flat surface will probably work. Alternatively you can lie on the edge of a bed at the pressure point. (But no really do try to find someone to do it for you)

Find the area in your spine between either the first, second, third, or fourth vertebrae. It should be sore and uncomfortable to press down on, so look for the one that’s most painful, and press down with as much pressure as you can on that area for 30 seconds.

Realize that 80% of your pain has magically disappeared and keep the info secret if you live in a small puritan town, lest you be tried for witchcraft.

Also if a tennis ball hurts too much to lay on you can use like squishy foam kids balls/practice golf balls.

In general pain does NOT have to be how you preform these. When you do find the point (especially if you have help) they can just apply light pressure and it will still usually work. In fact with points around the body my dad usually “unloads” the point by moving the body part/body around till the point is NOT as painful and can have more pressure applied.

I frequently lie down with the squishy golf ball on my upper spine to release T2-T5 cause I clamp down there. And to get at pressure points in my shoulder that gets jacked up all the time.

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