The goal of a PPE is to:

• All Physical Exams you will be provided with an exam gown or shorts. Undergarments should be left on. If you arrive in your own shorts and loose-fitting shirt, this may suffice and is up to Dr. Sun’s discretion.
• Maximize your safe participation and longevity in your preferred Sport.
• Identify any medical problems that could present a life-threatening risk during moments of exertion (cardiac etc.).
• Identify medical conditions that would require a treatment plan before or after participating in your sport (diabetes, insulin dependence, hypertension).
• Identify any previous musculoskeletal injuries, evaluate the extent of rehabilitiation or necessity thereof.
• Identify and treat any conditions that might interfere with optimal performance or present a potentially dangerous obstacle (asthma, bronchospasm induced during exercise).
• Remove any unnecessary restrictions on participation, if needed.

Timing is truly everything in life. Lack of planning can often lead to unwanted consequences.

• Make an appointment 4-6 weeks before your season starts.
• Advance planning can allow time to treat any medical issues and/or rehabilitiate some musculoskeletal injuries in time for you to participate and receive clearance.
• Annually is usually required and recommended by Sports and Health Professionals.

• Routine lab testing is not a requirement in the PPE Guidelines.
• It is always up to the discretion of the Physician to determine if any further testing is recommended or required for clearance based upon the PPE exam findings.

• Immediately following the visit, Doctor Sun will fill out the forms for you to leave with – in hand.
• No returning later for pick-up necessary at this office.

• You can expect a humble, small, modest, clean, no-frills office.  There is no administrative staff, nor medical assistants as Dr. Sun performs all her own work. Pictures are on the ‘How It Works‘ page.
• As you can imagine, the cost to provide a brick-and-mortar location is expensive, then couple that with providing medical services, the equipment and regulations required – it sometimes can be out of reach.
• If you have an in-clinic appointment, there will never be a waiting room full of people. Appointments are separated by a substantial amount of time.  When you arrive,  the time and clinic is blocked only for you.
• Dr. Sun was able to create two physically separate suites within what was once fully occupied by a computer shop. Now the suite in the back is the computer repair shop (Suite D2) , and her medical office occupies (Suite D1). We went through ~8 months of work to make this happen with the City of LA and San Pedro.

• Dr. Sun’s practice philosophy and goal is to provide the best care for you while making the experience pleasant and not a chore.
• Why does going to the Doctor have to be so dreaded?  If you think about it – it’s typically the arduous, impersonal, maze-like process that virtually everyone tries to avoid.
• This is a low volume, Doctor run office.
• Simple and straightforward.
• Make a choice to have a good experience, because every experience you have in life – matters.
• Also, I have been an avid athlete my entire ife. Talk to someone who gets it.