Improving Coping Skills to Reduce Stress and Improve Pain Management in People with Chronic Low Back Pain

Matthew Kostek, PhD, FACSM, is an assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy and founder and current director of the Laboratory of Muscle and Translational Therapeutics in the Rangos School of Health Sciences at Duquesne University. Dr. Kostek earned his BS degree at Youngstown State University, an MS degree in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Ball State University, and PhD at the University of Maryland. Dr. Kostek completed his post-doctoral training at Children’s National Medical Center and George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, in the molecular genetics of skeletal muscle. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms and rehabilitation outcomes of therapeutic interventions to treat skeletal muscle loss due to injury, aging, or disease.