In the study, published in the journal Pain Medicine, the research team randomly assigned 67 participants with chronic lower back pain into three groups: relaxing acupressure, stimulating

acupressure or usual care. Study lead author, Susan Murphy, Associate Professor at Michigan University, said, "Relaxing acupressure is thought to be effective in reducing insomnia while

stimulating acupressure is thought to be effective in fatigue reduction," Murphy said. While acupressure has been previously studied and found to be beneficial in people with

cancer-related or osteoarthritis pain, few studies have examined acupressure in people with back pain. For the study, participants in the acupressure groups were trained to administer