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Acupuncture: There really is a point to it

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Dr. Yu Zhu, uses needles to work on the back of one of her patients in her office at First Health Associates in Arlington Heights.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

Dr. Yu Zhu uses needles during an acupuncture session on a patient in her office at First Health Associates in Arlington Heights.

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You’d think acupuncture would be torture for someone who’s afraid of needles (and pain), but it hurts less than a shot.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

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I hate, hate, hate needles. I can hardly think of anything I hate more. I can't sleep a week before the free flu shot at work. I faint at the sight of them. They terrify me. So why am I going to an acupuncturist? It appears there's one thing I love more than I hate needles: running.