• Weiner G

• Fascia
• Meridian Therapy
• Meridians
• Open Access Document
• Shiatsu
• Trigger Points

Purpose: To provide a qualitative report using peer reviewed published articles, reports, and contemporary textbooks to demonstrate the beneficial pairing of Shiatsu with Chiropractic. 

Methods: A Narrative Analysis was undertaken of the literature expanding outwards from accepted definitions of general meridian therapy and Shiatsu in specific, to identify peer reviewed published studies. The studies included linking Shiatsu therapy with fascial and neurological patterns and disruptions of those patterns and their ramifications in postural and hence spinal distortions.  

Conclusions: Shiatsu and Chiropractic, both being a purely ‘hands only’ well established mode of health care would create positive symbiosis for patient care in the healthcare system and in the health of the individual with this combination.  

Author keywords: Chiropractic - Shiatsu - Meridian - Meridian therapy - Fascial sheath - Fascial torque - Trigger point - Keiraku

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