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.
Mark Costello, LAc, MAcOM, DiplAc
Mark Costello received his Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine at the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine in 1996, honor-ing in Herbal Formulas. He trained under famed behavior psychologist George Lucio (Matrix Institute, Ontario) to become a Certified Laser Therapist and addiction specialist. Now based in Colorado, Mr. Costello has, since 2007, focused on the connection between Traditional Chinese Medicine and western endocrinology. His lectures about the connection between TCM and chronic health condi-tions to Western medical providers have been commended.