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Gary Rinzler, MD, Physical Medicine/Rehab, Long Beach, CA

GaryS.RinzlerMD

Physical Medicine/Rehab Long Beach, CA

Neurorehabilitation, Pain Medicine

Multiple Los Angeles affiliations, Rehabilitation Associates Medical Group, Health Atlast (Regenerative and Performance Enhancing Non-Surgical Joint Preservation and Pain Management Procedures, PRP, medication De-prescribing program, transcranial microcurrent training,

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  • Office

    790 E Willow St
    Ste 200
    Long Beach, CA 90806
    Phone+1 530-848-7666
    Fax+1 562-262-2028

Summary

  • Decided solo practice got lonely, so joined a 7 member PMR group in Long Beach, love living in Rancho Palos Verdes and seeing patients of all walks, we each have our subspecialty area, lots of support and fun, we cover a dozen facilities spread out from Tustin to Long Beach, Torrance, Pomona, Seal Beach and adding more each day. After Personal Injury for 4 years, what fun to do Trauma Center ICU consults, back to motor movement disorders, brain injury and spinal cord after care, and still mostly complex pain disorders. Check out www.drrinzler.com or take a look at www.mynewcure.com to see what's cooking. Complex pain is moving away from dependence producing drugs and forcing a pioneer into restorative and "Natural" healing,and discovering electroceuticals instead of pharmaceuticals. The science is solid, the FDA approved it, now I have to convince my colleagues to rethink the dogma that Bhagavan and Guillory gave us. There's thousands or more neurotransmitters, not 6, sorry to complicate thinks. I love these transcranial devices, wouldn't know how to treat addiction medicine, secondary suffering due to chronic pain, if I could I'd devote all my energy to this new landscape, beats hardcore fusions, destabilizing wide decompressions, and sending the message that residual pain is somehow the patient's fault. Fatigue, chronic pain, insomnia, anxiety, depression, PTSD, this should be first line, and slowly we're penetrating the politically to the right of Attila the Hun medical community. Pioneer the future! Find new ways, innovate, rethink and create!!

Education & Training

  • University of Hawaii School of Public Health
    University of Hawaii School of Public HealthM.P.H., International Health, 1988
  • Tufts Medical Center
    Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1984 - 1987
  • University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine
    University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of MedicineClass of 1984
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa
    University of Hawaii at ManoaBachelors, Biology, With Disctinction, 1980

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1990 - 2025
  • HI State Medical License
    HI State Medical License 1995 - 2002
  • LA State Medical License
    LA State Medical License 1988 - 1990
  • American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
  • American Society of Addiction MedicineFellowship

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Kaiser Teaching Award University of California Davis Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2010
  • Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • "Breakthroughs in the Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Injuries in Injured Workers"  
    Gary S. Rinzler, MD, Proceedings of the American Trial Lawyers Association National Conference, 7/1/1999
  • Miami Splice, A letter of opposition to the National Spinal Cord Injury Association-Miami Project Merger  
    Rinzler, G.S., Spinal Network, 1/1/1990
  • Human serum carcinosase: characterization, distinction from cellular carnosinase and activation by cadmium  
    Lenny, J.F.; George, R.P.; Weiss, A.M.; Kucera, C.M.; Chan, P.W.; Rinzler, G.S., Clin-Chim-Acta, 8/18/1982

Abstracts/Posters

  • "Paraspinal Approach Phenol Blocks for Spasticity, A New Safer Technique"
    Gary S. Rinzler, MD, The Journal of the American Paraplegia Society, American Spinal Injury Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, 5/1/1993
  • "Interdisciplinary Approach to Spasticity Management"
    Gary S. Rinzler, MD, National Head Injury Foundation Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 10/1/1991

Lectures

  • "Breakthroughs in the Diagnosis and Management of Soft Tissue Injuries in Injured Workers." 
    San Francisco, CA - 7/1/1999
  • "Coping With Pain and Depression Without Drugs" 
    University of Hawaii - 6/1/1999
  • "Modalities and the use of microcurrent, it's role in neurotransmitter changes for chronic pain patients in the Physical Therapy Setting" 
    1/1/1999
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Other

  • "Pain Management in the Dying Patient: A Report of the Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel on Pain Management." 
    Gary S. Rinzler, MD
    4/1/1997
  • "Worker's Compensation and No Fault Insurance: A Position Paper" (Presented to Governor Cayetano during a physician assembly, in response to recent legislative changes... 
    Gary S. Rinzler, MD
    4/1/1997

Authored Content

  • What we do1/1/2019