Do you want a towel to bite down on?” my physical therapist asked. I trusted her, but I knew this was going to hurt.

If you’ve never been smacked by a porcupine, you might not understand just how hard it is to remove the quills once they’re lodged in your flesh. But as it turns out, these quills are inspiring better ...

Acupuncture, the ancient Chinese practice of sticking needles into a patient at specific points to relieve pain and treat other conditions, seems to alleviate pain just barely better than sticking ...

In the country's largest study of back pain and acupuncture, researchers at Group Health found that acupuncture and an acupuncture-like treatment involving toothpicks relieved chronic low-back pain ...