Can acupuncture help ease my carpal tunnel syndrome?

Yes: There is limited evidence in the medical literature, but at least one recent study shows that acupuncture is at least as effective as steroid injection for mild/moderate carpal tunnel syndrome. Depending on your symptoms and goals, acupuncture could be an effective, low-risk treatment for symptom relief.

Yes: Has been shown to help amny types of conditons such as cts.

Yes: Acupuncture is worth a try! carpal tunnel symptoms may be due to inflammation, but what your doctor may not tell you is that carpal tunnel symptoms may also be due to other issues such as b vitamin deficiencies or low thyroid function (regardless of normal thyroid levels). Make sure you have these investigated before binding yourself with wrist splints or having surgery!

Yes: Acupuncture can relieve the symptoms from carpal tunnel syndrome. My technique requires only one needle placed under the ligament.

Unproven: There is only one fairly high quality RCT demonstrating a positive effect from acupuncture (with a follow-up study by the same authors (Yang et al 2009 and 2011). This is not enough evidence to make a call. Most of the patients I meet who have tried it say that it didn't help but if done by a reputable practitioner it is probably a harmless experiment (except to your wallet)