I think it is most likely a nervous system thing. Depending on the type of stimuli, pressure points can cause or relieve pain (rubbing will cause one, while poking will cause the other). For my kung-fu teacher's teacher's birthday, we had a kung fu family reunion, and one of my teacher's training brothers has a degree in classical chinese medicine, so the lesson he taught focused on pressure points. It was a really cool class.
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Date: 2006-03-22 07:49 pm (UTC)