The Team

The same person, every visit. Here’s who.

Six of us in one Lakewood clinic: physical therapists, assistants and support staff. The person who evaluates you is the person who treats you.

Our Team

Everyone you might see, in order.

Portrait of Dr. Carlos Pineda III, Co-Founder, Physical Therapist at The PT People

Dr. Carlos Pineda III

  • PT, DPT
  • GCS

Co-Founder. Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist and Therapeutic Pain Specialist, currently in fellowship for pain science.

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Portrait of Dr. Sohila Khalili, Physical Therapist at The PT People

Dr. Sohila Khalili

  • PT, DPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy on our Long Beach clinical team.

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Portrait of Richelle Matienzo, Physical Therapy Assistant at The PT People

Richelle Matienzo

  • PTA

Physical therapy assistant, working your plan alongside your therapist.

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Portrait of Jaclyn S. Flores, Physical Therapy Assistant at The PT People

Jaclyn S. Flores

  • PTA

Physical therapy assistant, working your plan alongside your therapist.

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Portrait of Mila Bellen, Rehab Tech at The PT People

Mila Bellen

  • Rehab Tech

Rehab technician, keeping the floor and your session running.

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Who you’ll actually see

A lot of people land here after a place that passed them room to room. New face every week. Nobody who could say what was actually wrong.

That is not how this works. One licensed physical therapist runs your evaluation, writes your plan, and stays with you through all four phases: Pain, Prime, Perform, Prevent.

Six of us, one building in Lakewood. Here is everyone.

You’re the one everyone else leans on

You keep the calendar. You drive to everyone else’s appointments. Yours is the one that keeps getting moved.

That is not weakness. It is why you are still walking around with this.

Nobody regrets starting too early. Plenty of people wish they hadn’t waited. Talk to a specialist, or contact us if you would rather ask a question first.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back during business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • (562) 512-3320 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
  • No doctor’s referral needed to start

We call back during business hours, Monday to Friday

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So we know who to look for when you walk in.

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Care this good, this close.