Arturo Palencia, MD NPI: 1104890151

Dr. Arturo Palencia is a Southern California native who began his education by attending and graduating from the Universtiy of California, Riverside with a degree in Biochemistry. He graduated from medical school at the University of California, San Diego in 1992 and, subsequently, completed his Anesthesiology residency at the Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center. Following residency, Dr. Palencia completed his Pain Management fellowship in Beverly Hills with Dr. Hymes before moving to Bakersfield in 1998. He has practiced Pain Management since 1999 and eventually founded Pain Institute of Central California.

Pain Institute of Central California was founded on the belief that pain management should be centered on providing chronic pain patients with high-quality care, while correctly making diagnoses to prevent unnecessary surgeries. Pain management is not a patient's a final option. By discerning the sources of a patient's pain, Dr. Palencia has been able to help many patients understand the origins and causes of their pain. Dr. Palencia uses diagnostic procedures such as sacroiliac joint injections and medial branch blocks, along with radiologic studies and nerve conduction studies, to create a comprehensive picture of patients' problems. He uses a multi-disciplinary approach including medical management, therapeutic injections, lifestyle change, and physical therapy.

For the past 3 ½ years, Dr. Palencia has been focusing more of his attention to Regenerative Medicine. He has trained with many of the world leaders in this exciting new medical field, such as Dr. Joseph Purita and Dr. Rahul Desai. Regenerative Medicine uses the patient’s own body to heal itself without the need of any drugs or chemicals. Dr. Palencia strongly believes that Regenerative Medicine through the use of PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) and Stem cells, has started to revolutionize Pain Management. He has treated patients using Regenerative Medicine with amazing results. Successful treatments include procedures injecting PRP in the knee, hip, shoulder, sacroiliac joint, piriformis muscle, facet joints, TMJ. He has also had wonderful results with both Tennis Elbow and Golfer’s Elbow. Many of the patients he has treated were planning to have surgery for their conditions, but no longer required it. He is constantly studying to improve his craft and can be demanding of his patients. He has been frequently heard saying, “My job is to fix you and hopefully never see you in these walls again”.