[BlueSkyJaunte]

"Dry needling" is a technique that is gaining traction here in the States. Not quite acupuncture--the concept, as I understand it, is to force the muscle to relax from its spasm by activating a "trigger point". I have not personally undergone it (though my chiro has recommended it for my consistently problematic lower back) but a coworker of mine has. He was a skeptic but says it helped him immensely.