Chronic Pain & Inflammation

Advanced Pain Medical Group in Los Angeles treats chronic pain and inflammation, from headaches to arthritis, throughout Southern California.

Neck Pain

Advanced Pain Medical Group offers non-surgical neck pain treatment in Los Angeles and Southern California for conditions including herniated discs, whiplash, muscle strain, and spinal stenosis.

Bursitis Treatment

If you are dealing with painful inflammation from bursitis in Los Angeles, Kern, or Ventura County, schedule a consultation at Advanced Pain Medical Group today.

Arthritis Pain

Advanced Pain Medical Group in Los Angeles provides arthritis pain treatment for aching, swelling, and painful joints. Our treatment strategies are individualized to be successful.

Hip Pain

Hip pain can limit movement and comfort. Advanced Pain Medical Group provides personalized care to help manage hip pain across Los Angeles, CA, and Southern California.

Headache & Migraine Pain

Advanced Pain Medical Group offers a variety of treatments for headache and migraine pain, with eight locations located throughout Los Angeles, Kern, and Ventura counties. Continuous pain can be debilitating, and OTC solutions don’t always

Back Pain

Back pain is one of the most common — and most frustrating — conditions we treat at Advanced Pain Medical Group in Los Angeles. It can affect every part of your life, from how well

Muscle Pain

If you’re suffering from chronic muscle pain in West Hills, CA, Advanced Pain Medical Group may be able to help you find lasting relief. Our advanced diagnostic methods focus on identifying and targeting the root

Facet Joint Syndrome (Arthritis)

Facet Joints help stabilize the spine and limit excessive motion. If they deteriorate, they become swollen and stiff, which causes Vertebral Bones to rub directly against each other. Depending on where the spine is damaged

Degenerative Disc Disease

Degenerative disc disease can be a severe and painful condition. If you’re in the Los Angeles, Kern, or Ventura County areas and dealing with this issue, there is help available. It all starts with understanding

Scoliosis

Scoliosis can cause back pain, stiffness, and muscle imbalance. Advanced Pain Medical Group provides non-surgical care for scoliosis-related pain across Los Angeles, Kern, and Ventura counties.

Kyphosis

Kyphosis, an unnatural forward curving of the spine, results from collapsed vertebrae. This causes the back to appear hunched. Reasons for the condition may be bad posture, physical damage, or diseases such as Osteoporosis, Scheuermann’s

Meet The Team

Our Doctors

Advanced Pain Medical Group was founded by Dr. Paul B. Johnson and Dr. Vimal S. Lala. As anesthesiologists and pain medicine physicians, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Lala were fellowship trained at the premier pain medicine program in the country, UCLA.

Our physicians are highly regarded specialists with extensive experience, having collectively performed tens of thousands of interventional pain procedures that have meaningfully improved lives. As a physician-owned practice with over 18 years of continuous operation, APMG is known for clinical excellence, consistency, and trusted patient outcomes, treating the whole body by relieving both acute and chronic pain.

Dr. Paul B. Johnson

Dr. Paul B. Johnson

Doctor of Medicine in Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine

Undergraduate Studies in Biology at The University of Nevada

Dr. Vimal S. Lala

Dr. Vimal S. Lala

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, University of New England

Master of Public Health, Loma Linda University

B.S. in Biology, University of California

Dr. Eric Martinez

Dr. Eric Martinez

Residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York, NY

Locations

Get expert care in West Hills, or at one of our locations in Southern California.

Treatments

Non-surgical treatment for spine, joint, and injury-related pain.

Contact Us

We are happy to answer all of your questions, & we love to hear from you.

Appointments

We are accepting new patients & referrals.