Paulseth & Associates Physical Therapy

We’d like to welcome to the team Dr. Annie Sonico PT,DPT and Dr. Natalie Vega PT,DPT!! Annie graduated from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2020. Annie grew up in Bozeman, Montana and later traveled to Tacoma Washington to complete her bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from the University of Puget Sound. While at Puget Sound Annie was a member to the Women’s soccer team, driving her passion to work with athlet...es of all ages to reach their goals. She enjoys running, hiking, camping, and all things sports/outdoors. Natalie graduated from Western University of Health Sciences with her Doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2020. Natalie grew up in the San Gabriel Valley and received her B.S. in Kinesiology with a minor in Neuroscience from the University of San Francisco. She enjoys working with a variety of patients from young athletes to geriatrics. In her free time, Natalie enjoys cooking, traveling, working out and watching the Lakers, Dodgers, and Rams.

The muscles of the rotator cuff (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis) help to stabilize the shoulder during movement of the arm. These 4 muscles are often impaired in many of the shoulder issues that our patients deal with. Strengthening and retraining the rotator cuff during physical therapy is essential to recovery.

We, at Paulseth Physical Therapy, want to thank our two residents, Greg Bogie and Jenn Venegas, for their hard work over the last year. Today they officially complete the USC orthopedic residency program. This is a demanding program that they chose to partake in to refine their physical therapy skills. Over the last year, they have immersed themselves in teaching at USC, participating in research projects, receiving mentoring, and treating patients at our clinic. Greg and Jen...n's dedication to their craft this year will make them excellent clinicians and will benefit their future patients. Greg will be joining our friends at Evolution Physical Therapy. We are excited to announce that Jenn will be continuing to practice here with us at Paulseth & Associates Physical Therapy! Congratulations to both of you! See more

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Exercise has a HUGE effect on thousands of molecules in our bloodstream. A recent study conducted by a group out of Stanford University looked quantitatively at how the composition of our blood changes with short bouts of intense exercise. They were able to see precisely how thousands of molecular changes occur that range from energy metabolism, oxidative stress, inflammation, tissue repair, and growth factor responses. They liken these changes to a choreographed dance with d...ifferent molecules rising and falling at various times during the exercise. While these changes only lasted a short time (about 1 hour), it is an exciting finding that will hopefully lead to more research. In the future, it will be interesting to see how regular exercise may have a lasting effect on some of these molecular changes. Also how different types of exercises might affect these changes and how it might alter or reverse course on certain diseases. We already know that exercise has beneficial impact on our health and well-being so it important to just MOVE. Hopefully, future scientific research might help us to better understand what specific benefits we may receive on a cellular level. Contrepois, et al. Molecular choreography of acute exercise. Cell. 2020; 181(5): 1112-1130.