DESK & BODY TENSION
Use gentle GB20 and SI3 acupressure with simple shoulder and neck movement for familiar, mild tension after sitting or screen-heavy work. PointWell is a comfort practice, not a treatment for neck injury, nerve problems, or chronic neck pain.
Guided self-care with safety and location checks before the timer.
PointWell offers general self-care and educational guidance and is not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, or emergency medical care.
Mild, familiar tension after sitting, screen use, or everyday muscle tightness.
Choose medical evaluation for severe neck pain, recent accident or injury, pain traveling into an arm or leg, new numbness or tingling, weakness, balance or coordination problems, fever with marked neck stiffness, or other new neurological symptoms.
Skip numb skin, wounds, severe swelling, active infection, or recent blood-clot areas.
Stay at the surface of the soft hollow below the skull. Do not dig deeply under the skull or probe into the neck.
Stop for pain, radiating symptoms, numbness, tingling, dizziness, or weakness.
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GB20 (Fengchi) and SI3 (Houxi) have long-standing traditional associations with head, neck, and upper-body stiffness. Traditional use does not prove that the PointWell sequence treats neck pain.
GB20 and SI3 appear in VA acupressure self-care guidance for neck discomfort. Direct GB20-alone RCT evidence is not established, and SI3 manual independent efficacy is not established. SI3 acupuncture evidence cannot be transferred to manual self-acupressure. Gentle neck rotation has standard patient exercise guidance.
Supportive self-care guidance
Guidance present / limited
Not established
Prohibited
General stretching guidance; 15–30 sec per side
Not validated
This routine is designed around familiar mild tightness after sitting or screen-heavy work. Pain after an injury, persistent pain, radiating symptoms, weakness, numbness, or balance changes deserve medical evaluation rather than repeated self-care.