Read paragraph 4 from the passage. “In applying pressure to pressure points, acupressure practitioners use various rhythms, paces, and styles on the different points. To apply pressure, they may use their hands, fingers, arms, legs, and even their feet. Acupressure practitioners learn about and can identify fourteen pressure points on the body. These points are the places on the body that, acupressurists believe, channel healing energy most effectively. The Chinese call this healing energy qi or chi. In Japan, it is called it ki or reiki.” What is the topic sentence of this paragraph? “These points are the places on the body that, acupressurists believe, channel healing energy most effectively.” “Acupressure practitioners learn about and can identify fourteen pressure points on the body.” “In applying pressure to pressure points, acupressure practitioners use various rhythms, paces, and styles on the different points.” “To apply pressure, they may use their hands, fingers, arms, legs, and even their feet.” Reading Passage open the passage in a new window Acupressure or Acupuncture: Two Eastern Therapies by Michael Harold 1 Imagine that you are in pain. The medicine your doctor prescribed is not making it go away. Physical therapy isn't helping either. You feel like you've tried everything. What do you do next? 2 For pain relief, more and more Americans are looking to Eastern medical practices that access and stimulate the body's natural ability to cure itself. Two of the most popular of these therapies are acupressure and acupuncture. Acupressure 3 Acupressure is a healing art developed in China over 5,000 years ago. Simply defined, it is very concentrated touch. Acupressurists believe that emotional imbalance causes pain, and that in many cases, pain is the body's response to unresolved issues and events. By putting intense and focused pressure on a tight muscle, practitioners are able to release underlying pressure and tension. In addition to easing pain, adherents of acupressure find it eff