Tapas Acupressure Technique (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tapas Acupressure Technique (or TAT) is a controversial complementary therapy promoted to clear negative emotions and past traumas. Though the full technique was invented in 1993 by Tapas Fleming, a licensed acupuncturist in California, TAT incorporates elements of and builds on other acupressure techniques. Like other energy therapies, TAT relies on a putative energy for which no scientific basis has been found and no biophysical means of action determined. A preliminary unblinded feasibility study comparing Tapas Acupressure Technique to Qigong or self-directed support for weight loss maintenance suggested that TAT might outperform the other methods studied. The results were not statistically significant. A 500-member randomized trial of TAT versus standard weightloss management intervention funded by the NCCAM is slated for completion in 2011.