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Scalp Acupuncture Improves Mobility for Stroke Victims

A stroke can leave a person immobilized, sometimes even crippled, cutting off the life they enjoyed before the debilitating event. Although physical therapy can help to relieve these symptoms and re-teach survivors actions they previously took for granted, the time and strain on patients takes its own toll. A recent study may offer stroke victims hope in the form of Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA), a special form of traditional acupuncture that centers around 12 specific acupoints on the head and scalp.

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