A recent study from Harvard researchers published in Brain suggests that acupuncture, performed twice a week for 8 weeks, can effectively relieve pain from mild or moderate carpal tunnel syndrome, a condition caused by the compression of nerves by swollen or inflamed tendons and ligaments at the wrist. Not only did acupuncture subjectively relieve pain, but its consistent use also resulted in “measurable physiological improvements in pain centers in the brain and nerves” (NY