NOUN
- any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point
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an area on the skin that is highly sensitive to pressure
you must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu -
where problems or difficulties are likely to occur
a key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit
How To Use pressure point In A Sentence
- That was helped, he said, by the fact that the local authorities responsible for the roads along the route were working on seven or eight projects involving key bottlenecks and pressure points.
- You must know the pressure points in order to administer shiatsu.
- Jade massage heads apply pressure to acupressure points near the spine, while infrared lamps provide topical heating.
- A key pressure point in the controversy was the building permit.
- The therapy was developed in France, but is rooted in the ancient Chinese art of acupuncture, where pressure points relating to specific parts of the body are manipulated to alleviate particular problems.
- Pressure points ... To close gaping wounds, use needle and thread.
- Based in a specially designed kiosk on the airport's first floor adjacent to the information desk, the station offers shiatsu massage - a form of bodywork involving the client's acupressure points.
- To become a true archer you must know your bow intimately, its pressure points, the places to massage it back into shape after a humid day, the parts that need care when stringing or unstringing it… the list goes on.
- These findings have led some practitioners to recommend a procedure called ear stapling, in which staples are surgically placed in the ears to provide long-term stimulation of acupressure points. The Flex Diet
- Since religion will remain potent as a mobilizer, it's important to look for pressure points that can change culture in, say, the way that the culture that envelops Hindus has changed. Rob Asghar: Hindu Spelling Whizzes: Why Religion Is Not Destiny