Patent ID: 7682320

Claim:
A method for therapeutic treatment of a point on a body of an individual that is tender and/or painful, the body having, a torso, a spine, a back, a front, feet, arms, legs, a head, shoulders, wrists, hips, ankles, a height from a top of the head a sole of the feet and a plurality of longitudinal body zones that progress laterally from a median plane, the method comprising the steps of: identifying a primary reference point on the body of the individual that is tender and/or painful; correlating the primary reference point to the torso of the individual to identify a primary referral point; dividing the height of the individual from the top of the head to the sole of the feet by four to determine a related referral measurement; identifying a particular body zone of the plurality of longitudinal body zones that progress laterally from a median plane, wherein the primary referral point is located in the particular body zone; using a measuring device, measuring approximately the related referral measurement away from the primary referral point in the particular body zone to identify a related referral point; and applying therapeutic treatment to the related referral point to lessen the tenderness and/or pain associated with the primary reference point.