Orthopedic care for South Pasadena. Direct PPO access, same-week appointments.

South Pasadena is a small city with a big standard of care. Our patients here are professional families (doctors and nurses at Huntington Hospital, Caltech researchers, JPL engineers, attorneys, and small-business owners) who expect their orthopedic care to match the quality of the rest of their medical team. They've usually done their homework before they call, they want a real diagnosis on the first visit, and they don't want to be bounced between offices waiting on referrals.

Our Glendale office is about four miles west of South Pasadena, typically an 8-to-12 minute drive from Mission Street, the Marengo corridor, the Huntington Hospital edge, or the Arroyo side of town. The CA-110 north to the CA-134 west is the usual route; surface streets through Highland Park work just as well off-peak. Same building as our Glendale neighborhood patients, same team, same coordinated care, just a short hop for you.

The injuries we see most from South Pasadena reflect the lifestyle: runner's knee, IT-band syndrome, and stress reactions from miles on the Arroyo Seco trails, hip impingement and labral tears from cyclists climbing into Angeles Crest, golfer's elbow, low-back pain, and shoulder impingement from regular play at Brookside and Annandale, rotator cuff issues in masters tennis and pickleball players, and a steady stream of family weekend-warrior injuries: kids in club soccer, parents on hiking weekends, grandparents who still want to play. Our sports-medicine surgeons, spine team, and pain-management physicians see all of it weekly and can usually give you answers the same day.

Most South Pasadena patients we see carry PPO plans, and PPO patients can book any LAOSS specialist directly, no referral needed. We're in-network with Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Health Net, United Healthcare, First Health PPO, Tricare, and Triwest/CCN (VA), among others.

If you're on an HMO through Huntington Health, Kaiser, or one of the IPA-managed groups in the San Gabriel Valley, you'll need a referral from your primary care physician (PCP) first. Once we have it, the rest of the process is the same. Our front desk can verify your specific IPA contract before you commit to the visit.

We also accept Medicare and workers' compensation claims. Out-of-network and self-pay patients are welcome too. See our insurance page for the full carrier list or self-pay rates for transparent pricing.