One of my main teachers in acupuncture school is Japanese and taught us really interesting techniques for treating all kinds of conditions.  But I've never heard of the treatment that LA Dodger Hiroki Kuroda describes.  He went for acupuncture in Japan after suffering whiplash as the result of a line drive off his head last summer.  "Normally they use one needle in acupuncture, but he used a device with several needles in a cylindrical tube... He pressed it and many needles came through and it was really painful. But the treatment worked, it relieved the pain."  For now, one needle at a time works for me, but I'll keep this in mind!

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