Dr. Tekmyster is double board-certified in physical medicine, rehabilitation, and sports medicine. As a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, his focus remains on decreasing pain and working with his patients to allow them to resume their activities. Dr. Tekmyster is a physician consultant for the Los Angeles Kings professional hockey team and USC Trojans Athletic Medicine and team physician for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard teams. His specialties include advanced interventional spine care, regenerative treatments, and sports medicine. He is at the forefront of spine research, interested in regenerative therapeutics to treat chronic lower back pain. In the time he has been a part of Keck Medicine of USC, he has brought in new technologies to treat chronic lower back pain and spinal stenosis. He discusses his professional and recreational life, explains common spinal issues, and describes new and ongoing treatments/procedures related to the same.