Neuroscience Pain Management in Lakewood.

Pain that outlived the injury is still real, and it is still treatable. We treat the tissue and the nervous system that keeps sounding the alarm.

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What It Is

Hurting does not always mean harm.

Pain is produced by your nervous system, not just by the sore part. That is why pain can outlast the tissue that caused it. The injury healed. The alarm never got switched off, so ordinary movement still reads as danger.

So we work on both. A cause-first evaluation finds what is actually driving it. If there is a real injury, we treat it directly. At the same time we turn down the sensitivity that keeps amplifying the signal, using pain education, targeted movement, joint mobilization, strength and flexibility work, and honest guidance on sleep and recovery.

The method is graded activity. Not push through it. Not rest forever. Small, deliberate increases your nervous system accepts, so your world gets bigger instead of smaller. Dr. Carlos Pineda III, co-founder of The PT People, is a Therapeutic Pain Specialist and is currently in a fellowship in pain science.

Licensed physical therapist explaining modern pain science to a patient in the Lakewood clinic Graded activity, never push through it

What It Helps

When the tissue is not the whole story.

Back, neck, joint and injury-related pain that has hung around longer than it should have.

Chronic Pain Fibromyalgia Back Pain & Sciatica Headaches Pain the scan never explained

What A Session Looks Like

Thirty to sixty minutes, three moves.

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We map the pain and what sets it off.

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You learn why it keeps firing.

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We add movement your system accepts.

Why It Works

What changes when pain finally makes sense.

You stop bracing for the next movement.

Flare-ups stop deciding your week.

You know what is safe to do again.

Your world gets bigger, not smaller.

Pairs Well With

Pain science does not work alone.

Physical Therapy Cause-first evaluation and hands-on care, one-on-one every visit. Manual Therapy Hands-on joint and soft tissue work to give movement back.

Questions, Answered

Pain science, in plain English.

Nobody can answer that honestly before evaluating you. As a general guideline, 2–3 visits a week for 4–6 weeks gets the most out of a plan, and sessions run 30–60 minutes. That is a guideline, never a guarantee. What you leave the first visit with is a plan that has an endpoint, so you always know where you are in it.

Often, yes. We accept 14 insurance plans plus all PPOs, and we are specialists at working with Medicare. Coverage still depends on your individual plan, so we verify your exact benefits before your first session. No surprises on the bill.

Usually not. California Direct Access lets you be evaluated and treated by a licensed physical therapist without a physician sign-off for up to 45 days or 12 visits, whichever comes first. Some plans still ask for one. Call us at (562) 512-3320 and we will tell you exactly where you stand.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back during business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
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  • No doctor’s referral needed to start

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