Orthopedic care for Marina del Rey. PPO direct access. Same-week scheduling.

Marina del Rey is one of LA's most active waterfront communities: a dense cluster of condos, boat slips, and tech and entertainment professionals who train year-round. Whether you're rowing out of California Yacht Club, paddleboarding along Mother's Beach, sailing the main channel, cycling the Marvin Braude path past Ballona Creek, running the boardwalk into Venice, or stacking gym sessions between Zoom calls, orthopedic problems don't usually wait politely until your next regatta or ride.

LAOSS Wilshire is the practical access point for Marina del Rey patients who want board-certified orthopedic and sports-medicine specialists without an HMO gatekeeper. We're about 12 miles north via Lincoln Boulevard and the PCH, roughly a 20 to 30 minute drive depending on traffic, with on-site parking when you arrive. Cedars-Sinai and the major Westside academic centers are closer geographically, but our Wilshire team is set up for the kind of patients the Marina sends us: working professionals who want a same-week appointment, a clear diagnosis, and a path back to training.

We see the same waterfront and Westside injury patterns over and over: rowing and paddle shoulder, rotator cuff and labral pain from sailing trim work, wrist and elbow tendinopathy from racquet sports at the courts on Admiralty Way, road rash and AC-joint injuries from cycling crashes on the bike path, plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinopathy from beach running, and the classic carpal tunnel and neck stack from long hours at a screen between sessions. The job is to figure out exactly what's torn, irritated, or wearing down, and to fix it with the least-invasive option that actually works.

Marina del Rey is dense PPO territory, and that works in your favor here. If you carry Anthem Blue Cross PPO, Aetna PPO, Cigna PPO, United Healthcare PPO, Health Net PPO, or Blue Shield PPO, you can book any LAOSS specialist directly, no PCP referral, no waiting on a medical group to authorize the visit.

HMO patients (Kaiser, Health Net HMO, IPA-routed plans) still need a referral from their primary care physician before being seen. If you're not sure what kind of plan you have, call (323) 271-4173 with your card handy and our front desk will figure it out before you book.

Workers' compensation claims are accepted across all eight LAOSS offices; we coordinate directly with adjusters and case managers. Out-of-network and cash-pay patients are welcome too; our self-pay rates are published, so there are no surprise charges. See /insurance/ for the full carrier directory and /self-pay/ for cash-pay pricing.