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.
Rachel Pagones, LAc
Rachel Pagones, LAc is a journalist and author, as well as the owner of El Camino Acupuncture in Encinitas, Calif. Her special interests are geriatric medicine and cancer treatment. She can be reached at elcaminoacu@yahoo.com.