Teaching patients self-treatment techniques for self pain management is what will ultimately give the patient control over their pain and improve their ability to easily do daily activities. Self-treatment of pain including headaches with acupressure has been documented for over 3,000 years. Even if you don’t believe the theories behind how Traditional Chinese Medicine works, research and practice have shown it to be effective when added on to Western medical care. In an acupuncture clinic, use of specific acupuncture points per patient would be determined by pulse and tongue diagnosis to determine where the ‘energy imbalance’ is. Our patients are taught these acupressure points in more of a cookbook approach for temporary relief of pain through use of points that may correlate with Travell myofascial trigger points. Melzack found a 70% correlation of acupuncture points for musculoskeletal pain with Travell muscle trigger points. Our patients have found these points to be highly effective in reducing and/or eliminating headaches within a few minutes. Although it may seem strange to press on the hands or feet to reduce headaches, these points (LI4 and Li3) are commonly used in acupuncture for head pain. Additional customization with points on the neck or additional points may be needed for some headaches.