In my clinical practice, I've been seeing many pinched nerves lately. Radiculopathy, better known as a pinched nerve, is caused by a dysfunction of the nerve, nerve root, or both at the spinal cord. When a nerve is compressed along the nerve pathway, it can become inflamed and cause pain, weakness, and numbness down the arms or legs, depending on the nerve root it affects. Pinched nerves can be in the neck, mid-back, or lower back. Acupuncture for a pinched nerve may help red