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Effective July 18, 2026
Get urgent help when it may be serious
Call 911 in the United States for chest pain, trouble breathing, signs of stroke, severe injury, loss of consciousness, or another possible emergency. Seek prompt care for new weakness or numbness, inability to bear weight, deformity, fever with a hot swollen joint, or rapidly worsening pain.
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Pressure is not acupuncture
The cited demonstrations may show acupuncture. Our pages omit needles and describe ordinary finger pressure as an editorial experiment. This change is not established as medically equivalent and should not be read as evidence that the original method works for a particular person.
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