Kekaula Kaniho is not afraid of needles — he did spend 20 hours over three days this offseason getting a tattoo on his leg — but he wasn’t too sure what to think of acupuncture when it was recommended to him last year.
Now he’s certain: It helps.
Whether it is to heal injury, relieve pain or improve movement, many Boise State football players have made being needled part of their training regimen.
“It’s a different feeling, the first time you don’t know the sensation is, your muscles are twitching and all that,” said Kaniho, a sophomore defensive back.