Dr. Wolgin is an orthopaedic surgeon with specialty training in both spinal and foot and ankle problems.

Our office provides evaluation services for neck, back, and extremity pain with options for both non-surgical and surgical treatment options,
and also interventional pain management (injections).

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Non-Surgical Treatments:

Medications/Physical Therapy/Fitness:
Realizing that, like for any friend or family member, our goal is to feel better as soon as possible, in the manner that is the least invasive possible, we have an initial focus on non-operative care.
Medications can relieve symptoms.  Physical therapy emphasizes strengthening body core and postural muscles. Other pain relief modalities (manipulation, ultrasound, e-stim) are often also effective in relieving symptoms.

Pain Relief:

Aside from medications, various injections and procedures are available to help our patients manage their pain including epidural injections, facet blocks, selective nerve root blocks, radiofrequency ablation (burning the involved pain sensing nerves), and discography.
However, for patients looking for management with pain medications, physicians who prescribe pain medications are currently being targeted by government authorities:  click here.

Surgery:

Options focus on minimal tissue disruption and quicker recovery as can occur with minimally invasive techniques, with approaches to the spine from the front (anterior), the side (lateral), or from the back (posterior).

In many cases, the surgery can be done in OrthoCare, our ambulatory surgery center.

HOWEVER, we live in a new world where insurance controls the care, not doctors.

In my experience with the trend getting worse over the last several years, patient care decisions are increasingly made by for-profit insurance companies, and not so much by doctors.
The only way for patients to be empowered is to know what they're facing.

I have been working on a page where I show examples of the challenges I face these days trying to get care approved for patients (click below):

The insurance company is actually your doctor.

About me:

Abbreviated CV available here:

EDUCATION/TRAINING:
Undergraduate degree: BS, Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1982.

Medical School: School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1986.

Internship: Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 1987.

Residency, Orthopaedic Surgery, Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, 1992.

FELLOWSHIPS (extra focused training):
Foot/ankle: University of TX Southwestern, Dallas, TX, 1993.

Spinal Disorders:  Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2003.

Note: The information contained on this website is general medical information. This information is not meant to be medical advice regarding any specific symptoms or medical conditions. Medical care is very individualized, and if you have any questions or concerns about your medical condition, please contact a physician immediately. No statement on this website is intended to diagnose or recommend specific medical care for an individual patient situation.