LA Pain and Wellness Institute provides a Interdisciplinary approach to improving maximum function to the injured worker or chronic pain sufferer.   Functional Restorative Program are a medically directed, interdisciplinary pain management approach geared specifically to patients with chronic disabling occupational musculoskeletal disorders. Our program emphasizes the importance of physical and psychological function over complete elimination of pain. Our Functional Restoration Program at LA Pain involves ongoing medical care or supervision, incorporates components of exercise progression with disability management and psychosocial intervention. We utilize specific physical therapeutic interventions, and other services that are functionally based  and attempt to teach each patient how to lessen their chronic pain behaviors.  At LA Pain and Wellness Institute our staff provides an integrated approach to health and wellness along with our team/staff nutritional counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy. The level of care is determined by a complete evaluation by all program team members. Our interdisciplinary pain treatment program has as its core staff, a board certified physician in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and also in Pain Management/Pain Medicine; a Physician Assistant; a clinical psychologist and a biofeedback clinician; a physical therapist; acupuncturists and a functionally based chiropractioner. Treatment is not suggested for longer than 2 weeks without evidence of demonstrated efficacy as documented by subjective and objective gains.