Over 25 years of practice
Clinical Expertise
Dr. Koh's clinical background is in orthopedic rehabilitation and sports medicine, with a particular interest in manual therapy and in specialty conditions that call for a broader set of skills.
Background
Training built over a career
Dr. Koh trained at UCLA and USC, worked as a staff physical therapist at UCLA Medical Center, and completed an orthopedic residency before founding his own practice. Since then he has kept adding to his training, much of it in hands-on techniques.
This page describes his individual experience. For the full list of services offered by the clinic, see physical therapy services at KOH Physical Therapy Lab (opens in a new tab).
Sports & Orthopedic Rehabilitation
The core of Dr. Koh's practice. He completed an Orthopedic Residency Program with Kaiser Permanente and has worked with athletes from high school through Olympic and professional competition, as well as with people recovering from surgery and everyday orthopedic injuries.
Manual Therapy
Soft tissue mobilization, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization and joint mobilization. He is certified in Fascial Manipulation, is a certified Graston Technique provider, and draws on treatment approaches from several countries that fall within the scope of physical therapy practice.
Specialty & Complex Conditions
Board certification as a Geriatric Clinical Specialist, experience in cardiac and neurological rehabilitation, and work in pelvic health give him a wide frame of reference when a presentation has more than one contributing cause.
Movement & Strength Conditioning
A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA, a certified Russian Kettlebell Instructor and a USA Weightlifting certified coach. He applies exercise science both in rehabilitation and in preparing athletes to perform.
Advanced Clinical Training
Continued study is a constant in his career, including training in spinal fascial stretching, myofascial stretching and fascial normalization techniques, and certification in Functional Movement Screening and Blood Flow Restriction exercise.
Treatment techniques
Techniques and certifications
These are methods Dr. Koh is trained or certified in. Which of them is appropriate depends on the person, the diagnosis and the stage of recovery, so not every technique is used with every patient.
- Fascial Manipulation
- Certified
- Graston Technique
- Certified provider
- Active Release Techniques
- Certified
- Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization
- Clinical focus; course author and instructor
- Joint Mobilization
- Clinical focus; course author and instructor
- Soft Tissue Mobilization
- Clinical focus
- Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
- Pelvic health care for men and women, applying fascial and soft tissue techniques to the pelvic floor
- Functional Movement Screening
- Certified
- Blood Flow Restriction Exercise
- Certified
- Strength and Conditioning
- CSCS, National Strength and Conditioning Association
- Kettlebell Training
- Certified Russian Kettlebell Instructor (RKC)
- Olympic Weightlifting
- USA Weightlifting certified coach
Specialty conditions
Beyond routine orthopedic care
Dr. Koh's experience includes geriatric rehabilitation, for which he holds national board certification, cardiac and neurological rehabilitation, and pelvic health for men and women, where his fascial and soft tissue training is applied to pelvic floor care.
The clinic maintains the current list of specialty treatments and the conditions they are used for.
Schedule Physical Therapy with Dr. Koh
Appointments are made through KOH Physical Therapy Lab. Concierge care is available for patients who want a self-pay arrangement with Dr. Koh.