Dr. Mark Pirtle completed his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree (with Distinction) at Northern Arizona University and also holds bachelor’s degrees in Physical Therapy and Political Science. He serves as faculty for Dr. Andrew Weil’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona and for the International Spine and Pain Institute, and he has taught Integral Recovery to guests at Miraval, Life in Balance® resort in Catalina, Arizona. He is President of Pathways Technologies, a company that is testing software designed to diagnose 27 different types of conditions that cause low back and/or leg pain. Dr. Pirtle co-authored Adaptive Medical Knowledge Management: An Integrated Rule-Based and Bayesian Network Approach with Lin et al., in 2004 and is currently writing a book for the lay public about the causes and remedies of chronic back pain called The End of Back Pain. Dr. Pirtle has trained extensively with the International Academy of Orthopedic Medicine Europe, which emphasizes precision in clinical examination and treatment of neuro-orthopedic conditions. Through the IAOM-Eur, he became a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist (COMT). He has also been certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). Dr. Pirtle’s client list includes professional athletes from all the major sports, Olympians, and world record holders.