At the Family Medicine practice where I worked I was able to see many patients who were presenting with both acute and chronic back pain. Many of these patients opted for physical therapy as a way to relieve and hopefully reduce their pain levels. Additionally, the practice offered patients the choice of acupuncture. I was interested to learn, through this article, that acupuncture should not be used as monotherapy in the treatment of the back pain but only as an adjunctive treatment.