Chronic pain afflicts over 20% of the adult population. Sadly, most MDs have essentially no education in treating pain, beyond offering a few toxic medications. Then they tend to steer people with pain away from those health practitioners who are trained. This puts the acupuncture community on the front lines for addressing this epidemic.
Galina Roofener, AP, LAc Dipl. Ac., Dipl. CH
Galina Roofener is the president of the Florida State Oriental Medicine Association (FSOMA). She graduated from East West College of Natural Medicine and currently works at the Cleveland Clinic as an acupuncturist and Chinese herbalist.