Your Health Care Team
Theresa M. Tarcha, D.C.
Dr. Tarcha is a graduate of the University of
Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in Medical
Technology, and a graduate of the Los Angeles
College of Chiropractic with a doctorate degree in
Chiropractic Medicine. She graduated from
chiropractic college in 1986 and is the clinic
director of Anza Pain Treatment Center in Torrance.
Dr. Tarcha is a past president of the California
Chiropractic Association, Los Angeles Chapter, and
served on the CCA Board of Directors for South Bay
region.
Our mission:
We understand that an injury can bring significant
hardships into your life. Our goal is to restore
your functional potential and facilitate a speedy
return to your regular lifestyle.
We are able to facilitate the successful recovery
for most of our patients with conservative care. For
the small percentage of our patients who require
surgical treatment, we utilize modern evidence-based
techniques while striving to provide the best chance
for success with the most minimal surgical
invasiveness possible.
We firmly believe that it is our duty to provide all
the appropriate information to the patient, but it
is up to the patient to make the final decision on
the treatment options. As such, we encourage our
patients to ask as many questions as they can in
order to mutually decide on a treatment plan which
would work best in helping them optimize their
recovery.
We pride ourselves on being always available and
easily accessible for our patients. Our practice specializes in treating pain
and educating our patients in how to live more
healthy lives, naturally, without drugs or surgery.
We also specialize in women's health, and work
closely with several OB/GYN's in Torrance and
Redondo Beach. Chiropractic care during pregnancy is
a safe way to relieve back pain and neck pain.
Here at Anza Pain Treatment Center, we
utilize state of the art non-invasive methods and
modalities. Our goal is to find the cause of the
pain and correct the problem using the safest and
most effective methods. We try to avoid having the
patients take harmful drugs.
About the Dr. Gitelman:
Alex Gitelman, M.D. specializes in the surgical and
non-surgical treatment of spinal disorders, sports
medicine, and general orthopaedics. His clinical
interests lie in microsurgical and minimally
invasive techniques.
Dr. Gitelman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and
attended State University of New York at Bighampton.
He graduated Summa Cum Laude, earning a Bachelor of
Science degree in Biochemistry.
After college, Dr. Gitelman went on to earn his
Medical Degree from State University of New York at
Downstate Brooklyn. During his training, he became
very involved with research in orthopaedic surgery,
focusing on surgical treatment of scoliosis.
Dr. Gitelman completed very extensive and demanding
orthopaedic residency at Stony Brook Medical Center,
NY, which he chose due to its excellent training in
spine, sports, joint replacement, and trauma
orthopaedics. While at Stony Brook, he developed a
passion for spinal surgery and management of spinal
related disorders. As a resident, he continued to be
involved in research and published multiple
scientific articles.
Dr. Gitelman completed further subspecialty training
in spine surgery at UCLA. His main foci of
concentration were disorders of the cervical,
thoracic, and lumbar spine, as well as spine trauma,
spinal deformities, and tumors. At UCLA, Dr.
Gitelman also continued his research, publishing and
presenting multiple orthopaedic and spine surgery
studies.
Mark R. Pulera, M.D. Dr. Pulera
is a graduate of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He
completed a Neurology Residency and Stroke
Fellowship at UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Pulera
has expertise in treating a variety of painful
conditions including back pain, neck pain,
fibromyalgia, neuropathy, headache, spinal stenosis,
herniated discs, and multiple sclerosis. He utilizes
a multi-modal approach to the treatment of pain,
avoiding harmful drugs when possible, and using
state of the art, non-surgical treatment methods. Our pain treatment
center has
convenient late evening appointments, most insurance is accepted.
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