August 16, 2018
Care when you need it: Urgent care and extended hours offerings
By uclahealth
Imagine that it’s 5:30 pm on a weeknight, and when you pick up your daughter from daycare, you realize that she’s lethargic and her cough has gotten much worse. Or it’s a Saturday morning, and you twist your ankle when you’re out for a run and can barely hobble home. We’ve all been there. Sometimes […]
Tags: century city, extended hours, Playa Marina, primary care, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Evaluation & Treatment, The Checkup, UCLA Health Century City, UCLA Health Culvery City, UCLA Health Santa Clarita, UCLA Health Thousand Oaks
June 4, 2018
Psychotherapy services at pain center help patients enjoy better quality of life
By uclahealth
Story highlights Pain psychology uses cognitive behavioral therapy to change pain perceptions. Center offers various therapies to help patients cope with back, neck and joint pain, post-surgical pain and nerve pain. Services help to reduce or eliminate the need for addictive pain medications. If you’re among the approximately 100 million Americans who deal with chronic […]
Tags: back pain, Chronic Pain, cognitive behavioral therapy, Dr. F. Michael Ferrante, joint pain, neck pain, nerve pain, pain perceptions, pain psychology, post-surgical pain, short-term pain, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center