Empowering Health: Eileen Kopsaftis on Pain and Aging Myths

In this episode of Taking Healthcare by Storm, Quality Insights Medical Director Dr. Jean Storm speaks with Eileen Kopsaftis, BS, PT, FAFS, CMI, NE, a physical therapist, chronic pain consultant, educator, and author.Eileen explains how personal loss shaped her focus on preventing chronic disease through movement, nutrition, and self-care, and urges people to rely on proven experts rather than AI or wellness marketing. She challenges myths of inevitable decline with aging and outlines key drivers of chronic pain, including unresolved movement dysfunction, compensation patterns, and food-driven inflammation, while calling for nutrition to be required in medical education.If you have any topics or guests you'd like to see on future episodes, reach out to us on our website.The views and opinions expressed by the host and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views, positions, or policies of Quality Insights. Publication number QI-081426-GK