Robert Cohen, M.A., P.T.
Experienced Educator, Mentor, Speaker, and Clinician
Robert Cohen, M.A., P.T.
I began my professional education at American University, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 1981with a degree in Physical Education. I then earned a Masters of Arts in Exercise Physiology from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1987 and in 1992 graduated with honors from the University of Maryland Baltimore with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy.
Upon graduation from AU, I spent a decade in the adult fitness field performing exercise prescription, supervision, and wellness counseling. I was recognized as a certified fitness instructor by the American College of Sports Medicine. This training led me toward the manual therapy path as I think a primary purpose of manual therapy is to restore aberrant physiology. In 1996 I opened a solo manual therapy practice, which I ran for 30 years.
To enhance my manual therapy skills I have attended over 100 post-graduate courses, most of which were from an old-school osteopathic perspective. I remain an avid reader of the current scientific literature to keep abreast of changing trends and the latest research findings. After recently retiring from my clinical practice, I plan to spend more time writing, teaching, and mentoring other manual therapists with an emphasis on how manual therapy integrates with the ever-changing fields of fascia, biotensegrity, physiology, and mechanobiology.
Currently, I lead individual and small group mentorship programs, an in-person manual therapy study group and a virtual Biotensegrity Interest Group for Manual Therapy. I also teach manual therapy continuing education courses through the BayGrass Institute, which I founded in 2017, along with a colleague, Jon Laking, M.A., P.T. Through interactive and hands-on sessions, these courses focus on how a deeper understanding of the many areas of manual therapy can optimize treatment success.
