Chinese medicine considers it essential for the body to maintain a balance of yin and yang. It views the upper body as yang and the lower body as yin, connected by meridians. Based on this principle, one method of relieving neck and shoulder pain is to apply treatment to the feet (Wolfgang Amri/Photos.com).
I was invited to give a seminar on Chinese medicine to a group of peers on one occasion. Following my talk, I demonstrated the use of traditional Chinese treatment methods on two patients.
The first patient had been suffering shoulder and neck pain for three months. He had tried acupuncture, chiropractic treatment, massage, and so on, but nothing worked. At the time he could barely raise his arms.
