12/04/2026
🌿 Acupuncture is now a first-line treatment according to U.S. physicians
Did you know that the American College of Physicians (ACP) — the largest internal medicine organization in the world — officially recommends acupuncture as a first-line therapy for chronic low back pain before turning to medication?
This recommendation is backed by decades of clinical research, including over 862 meta-analyses evaluating its benefits across hundreds of medical conditions.
🔬 "Acupuncture has demonstrated clinical efficacy in managing acute and chronic pain, with a consistently favorable safety profile and lasting neuromodulatory effects on both the central and peripheral nervous systems."
— Medical Research Archives, 2025
✅ Releases the brain's natural endorphins
✅ Reduces post-surgical opioid use by up to 29%
✅ No serious side effects
✅ Supported by over 800 scientific studies
👉 Talk to a specialist to find out if acupuncture could be the solution you've been looking for.
In Ponce Medical Acupuncture and Intravenous Therapy with Dr Antonio Gonzalez Sotomayor are waiting for you.
Call for an appointment 939-222-2554
References
1. American College of Physicians (ACP) — Guía Clínica
Qaseem, A., et al. (2017). Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians. Annals of Internal Medicine, 166(7), 514–530.
🔗 doi: 10.7326/M16-2367
2. Medical Research Archives — Revisión narrativa 2025
McDonald, J. L. & Bauer, M. (2025). Efficacy, Safety and Mechanisms of Acupuncture and Electroacupuncture for Pain: A Narrative Review. Medical Research Archives, 13(8).
🔗 esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/6871
3. Revisión de 862 metaanálisis (2017–2022)
The State of Evidence in Acupuncture: A Review of Metaanalyses and Systematic Reviews of Acupuncture Evidence (update 2017–2022). ScienceDirect, publicado febrero 2025.
🔗 doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2025.00024X
4. Reducción de opioides postquirúrgicos
Acupuncture Therapy as an Evidence-Based Nonpharmacologic Strategy for Comprehensive Acute Pain Care. PMC / PubMed Central.
🔗 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9434305
5. Avances recientes en acupuntura para el dolor
Recent Advances in Acupuncture for Pain Relief.
PMC / PubMed Central, 2024.
🔗 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11404884
6. NIH — National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Acupuncture: Effectiveness and Safety. National Institutes of Health.
🔗 nccih.nih.gov/health/acupuncture-effectiveness-and-safety
Sources: American College of Physicians · NIH · Medical Research Archives