So you may be wondering what exactly acupressure can treat. Hi my name is Mark Brinson, doctor of oriental medicine, physical medicine and human performance specialist. Acupressure points are found all over the body just like acupuncture points and actually they are the same thing. The treatments that you can do both with acupuncture and acupressure are also the same. Basically acupressure is used without needles, either with a thumb, a fingernail or sometimes with a point stimulator, either electrical or occasionally you can use something a little bit sharper like maybe the fingertip or the tip of an ink pen, the top of an ink pen not the actual pointy portion. Conditions range from everything that you can treat in Western medicine lean more towards the chronic side of things so if I have something that is very acute like I've got a high fever or I've got some sort of an inner ear infection things like that that is not what you really want to treat with acupressure, that might be something that is better treated with a Western physician. Whereas if you have chronic problems, chronic pain, chronic ear infection, you have something that isn't being treated well through medication or other types of therapy, acupressure may be for you. My name is Mark Brinson wishing you a happy day and a balanced life.