Bio for Roxanna Cohen P.T.

Roxanna Cohen, Program Director and Owner of The Pilates Place has been a physical therapist for 18 years and a fitness instructor for over 25 years. Polestar certified as a Pilates Rehab Specialist, Roxanna has been using Pilates as her method of performing physical therapy since 2001. “I love the precision and alignment principles of Pilates that are essential to good movement as well as the assistance that the equipment can provide to people for learning proper movement patterns. This is what movement therapy is all about.”

Roxanna’s clients, interests and skills do not end with the rehab population. Clients include competitive athletes, performing dancers, weekend warriors and everyday people who just want good posture and to counter the effects of everyday life. Her youngest client is 6 years old and her oldest is 86 years young.

Roxanna began ballet at the age of 5 and rode horses through her teen years. She has a minor in dance and began a life long practice of yoga. Roxanna managed health clubs and trained aerobic instructors for 6 years prior to physical therapy training at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. She has cycled in two California Aids rides, competed in triathlons and is currently a member of Air Aligned, an aerial dance performance group.

Roxanna has a personal core value of lifelong learning. Continuing education courses have included physical therapy oriented courses for cyclists and mobilization techniques for the spine using Pilates equipment. She is currently enrolled in the Grass Valley Orthopedic Manual Therapy year long program. Continuing Pilates education has resulted in Roxanna being licensed to teach Fletcher Spine Corrector and Fletcher Towel Work as well as being PMA certified.