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Pain Medicine

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At the Cedars‑Sinai Pain Center, we understand the challenges you face if you have acute, chronic or cancer-related pain. Our pain specialists offer a full range of outpatient evaluation and treatment options to understand, manage and reduce your pain.

  • Specialized Pain Care

    Our team members have a wide range of training and experience in addressing the causes of pain.

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  • Our Renowned Expertise

    You’ll work with leading doctors, dentists and psychologists who focus exclusively on diagnosing and treating pain.

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  • Convenient Care

    Our locations in Los Angeles mean you’ll have the access you need to our personalized pain medicine options.

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Behavioral Medicine Pain Services

As part of our process, you’ll meet with one of our clinical psychologists. This evaluation will be used to help diagnose the problem, determine a customized treatment plan and help doctors make referrals to the appropriate specialists. Our behavioral professionals are committed to giving you a measure of control over your condition whether you suffer from short‑term or long-term pain. You and your family will be offered training to help you reduce and cope with pain, lower your medication dependency and reduce or eliminate negative side effects from procedures and surgeries.

The Latest From Cedars‑Sinai Pain Medicine

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Spine Pain? We’ve Got Your Back

While the exact cause of back pain can be elusive, our experts have many tools and treatments to address pain and restore movement—usually without surgery.

Teeth Grinding: Causes, Treatments and Consequences

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Everybody Hurts

The medical field has a long history of dismissing women's pain, despite actual differences between how the sexes interpret it. The roots of these sex...

Treating Back Pain Without Surgery

About 80% of people will experience back pain at some point in their life. It’s a leading cause of missed workdays and work limitations. Finding...

Pain Medicine Research

Our researchers are dedicated to advancing the field of pain medicine through research and education. Our researchers evaluate new medications, treatments and technologies that may revolutionize the care we can provide patients.

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Bench to Bedside Breakthroughs

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A Seat at the Table: Providing the Voice of the Patient

Tom Norris has served for a decade as a patient advisor for chronic pain clinical trials.

Brennan Spiegel, MD, Named Gourrich Chair in Digital Health Ethics

Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS, director of Health Services Research and founding director of the Master’s Degree Program in Health Delivery Science at Cedars-Sinai, has been...

Virtual Reality and the Brain‑Body Connection

Cedars-Sinai investigators reveal how virtual reality works for nonopioid pain management.

Virtual Reality Offers Real Pain Relief

After using VR, patients reported a 24% drop in pain. "We believe virtual reality hijacks the senses, but in a good way," says Cedars-Sinai's Dr....

Innovative Training. Elevated Teaching.

Cedars‑Sinai offers comprehensive training to our residents and fellows in all aspects of pain medicine. Our goal is to prepare future providers for careers in pain medicine and anesthesiology.

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Call the Pain Medicine care team directly at 310‑423-9600,
Monday‑Friday, 8 am-5 pm PT.

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