The Pasadena Rehabilitation Institute is dedicated to providing comprehensive multidisciplinary pain management. Professionals work together to provide the highest quality care available to those suffering with chronic pain.

Physical therapy is the art and science of the assessment of, interventions for, and prevention of impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities related to movement, function, and health. This is achieved in a variety of ways depending on the context of the need.

Chronic pain is a multi-faceted syndrome affecting a person's way of life, whereas, the pain controls the person and lifestyle, behavior and functioning, as well as, the people around him/her.

Biofeedback & Relaxation Training has been shown to significantly improve patients' ability to manage their chronic pain and insomnia (National Institute of Health, 1995). This type of behavioral medicine uses a physiological monitor and relaxation techniques to increase a patient's control over basic physiology (breathing, heart rate, temperature, skin resistance, etc.), thus helping them to decrease pain.

The center for Neuromodulation was founded by Dr. Clayton Varga, a nationally recognized leader in the field for 20yrs. The center focuses on the use of implanted nuerostimulators and medication infusion pumps to decrease and manage chronic pain when all lesser methods have failed.

ITB Therapy is a treatment that delivers a special form of the drug baclofen, Lioresal Intrathecal, directly to the fluid around the spinal cord. In clinical literature, people have reported that ITB Therapy has helped them to be more independent, allowing them to feed or dress themselves, sit more comfortably, or transfer more easily. In addition, caregivers reported that care is easier with ITB Therapy.

Electromyography (EMG) is a test that is used to record the electrical activity of muscles. An EMG is a graphic record of the study, and can also be referred to as a myogram. When muscles are active, they produce an electrical current. This current is usually proportional to the level of the muscle activity.

Acupuncture is perhaps the most ancient form of medicine practiced in the world today, having originated in China over 5,000 years ago. Despite its historic origins, it is only since the early 1970s that this healing art has come to the attention of the American public and the scientific community. The practice of Acupuncture is now centered on the question of how Acupuncture works, not if it works.

Chiropractic (from Greek chiro- χειρο- "hand-" + praktikós πρακτικός "concerned with action") is a complementary and alternative medicine health care profession concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, and the effects of these disorders on the functions of the nervous system and general health.

Anti-Aging Medicine

Physical therapy can be performed in an aquatic environment for several reasons. When the body is immersed in water, a certain level of buoyancy is achieved which provides the body additional support and comfort. In addition, it relieves physical stress on the joints, increases flexibility, and provides resistance for strengthening purposes.

Oriental Medicine also referred to as Chinese Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine or Chinese Herbal Medicine has a history going back to the 3rd Century BC.

Physical Medicine involves the treatment of aches and pains and other disabling conditions.