Humans have been using the healing power offered from pressure points for thousands of years. According to Karen Teagarden of the University of Minnesota, the first known record of pressure points was found in pictographs in the Egyptian tomb of Ankhamor in 2330 B.C. Pressure points around the ankles have been found to relieve bladder problems, kidney complications and even to reduce irrational fear. Custom make your own ankle booties to apply constant and even pressure to help find relief for your maladies.

Instructions

1Locate the pressure point on your ankle corresponding with the malady you are experiencing: behind the inner anklebone to relieve kidney trouble, behind the outer anklebone to relieve bladder irritation, inside the leg, halfway between the Achilles-tendon and the side of the anklebone to reduce irrational fear.

2Slide the athletic wrist sweatband onto your ankle. Push a pin through the outside of the wristband to gently touch the pressure point. Slide the wristband off the ankle while keeping the pin in place. Mark the exact point the pin is on the wristband with a marker.

3Sew the button onto the marked point on the wristband.

4Slide the wristband back in place on your ankle. Pull an anklet sock to its full extent over the wristband. Pin the wristband to the inside of the anklet sock. Sew the wristband in place inside the anklet sock by hand or with a sewing machine.

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