Acupressure is a body treatment: someone presses, with thumbs or hands, on chosen points on your body to ease pain or help you feel better. The points belong to the same family used in Chinese medicine, but there are no needles. A therapist may press your shoulders, hands, or feet and hold a point until the tightness changes.

acupressure acupressure is a body treatment是一種身體療法: someone presses有人 with thumbs or hands用拇指或手 presses on chosen points on your body按壓你身上特定的穴位 to ease pain or help you feel better來緩解疼痛或讓你感覺舒服一點。the points這些穴位 belong to the same family used in Chinese medicine跟中醫用的是同一套系統, but但是 there are no needles沒有針。a therapist治療師 may press your shoulders, hands, or feet可能會按壓你的肩膀、手或腳 and hold a point until the tightness changes按住一個點,直到緊繃感改變。

You meet the word in clinics, spas, and health shops. Though actually, shops sometimes sell “acupressure” for a quick rub that is really just massage; the tidy idea is “press the right point,” but in real life the word gets stretched.

you meet the word你會 in clinics, spas, and health shops在診所、SPA和健康用品店裡遇到這個字。though actually不過其實, shops sometimes sell店家有時會賣 "acupressure" for a quick rub that is really just massage打著"acupressure"名號、其實只是一般按摩的快速按摩; the tidy idea is "press the right point,"整齊的定義是"按對穴位", but但 in real life the word gets stretched現實裡這個字的用法被拉得更寬了。

It is ordinary health talk, not slang, and not a hospital-only word. It is also not acupuncture: if needles go in, that is the other treatment.

it這個字 is ordinary health talk是普通的健康用語, not slang不是俚語, and而且 not a hospital-only word也不是只有醫院才用的字。it它 is also not acupuncture也不是acupuncture(針灸): if needles go in如果有針刺進去, that is the other treatment那是另一種療法。

In Taiwan the everyday name is 指壓 — that is the word people will recognise, including on shop signs.

in Taiwan在台灣, the everyday name日常說法 is 指壓就是指壓 — that is the word people will recognise, including on shop signs這是大家認得的字,連店家招牌也這樣寫。