Continuing Education
Discover Your Potential®
Live It | Observe It | Feel It | Practice It | Impart It
IPA classes challenge & push you to attain the remarkable.
- Enhance Function
- Eliminate Pain
- Change Lives
Residency
Fully Immersive Mentorship
Full-time residency programs located throughout the US! Jump start your career today and train with a master clinician certified in Functional Manual Therapy®.
Our Values:
- In-Person
- Daily Mentorship
- Broad Exposure
Certification
Challenge Your Limits!
Demonstrate your ability to attain remarkable results through both oral practical and written exams.
- Internationally Recognized Master Clinicians
- Total Body Integration Specialists
- Advanced Clinical Reasoning & Manual Skills
Fellowship
Become a Master Clinician
Most advanced level of clinical training for a physical therapist.
- AAOMPT Accredited
- Expert Clinical Mentors
- Advanced Manipulation Training
- Your Patients Your Learning
Functional Manual Therapy®
An advanced, comprehensive system for all patients.
- Functional Mobilization
- Resistance Enhanced Manipulation
- Advanced Training for Neuromuscular Function & Motor Control
Achievement is Everything
Join industry-leading, master clinicians and achieve the remarkable!
44+
Years Educating
26
Unique Course Types
3100+
Courses Taught
50,000+
Professionals Trained
150,000,000 +
Patients Served
Upcoming Popular Courses
CFS: CoreFirst Strategies for Optimum Function
Aug 23, 2024 - Aug 25, 2024
Total Function Physical Therapy Colorado Springs , CO
-
View Details
Friday
Aug 23, 2024 MDT - Aug 23, 2024 MDT
Saturday
Aug 24, 2024 MDT - Aug 24, 2024 MDT
Sunday
Aug 25, 2024 MDT - Aug 25, 2024 MDT
FMLT: Functional Mobilization Lower Trunk
Aug 23, 2024 - Aug 25, 2024
Providence St Vincent Medical Center Portland , OR
-
View Details
Friday
Aug 23, 2024 PDT - Aug 23, 2024 PDT
Saturday
Aug 24, 2024 PDT - Aug 24, 2024 PDT
Sunday
Aug 25, 2024 PDT - Aug 25, 2024 PDT
PNF: Functional Neuromuscular and Motor Control Training
Sep 6, 2024 - Sep 8, 2024
Long Island University Brooklyn , NY
-
View Details
Friday Instruction
Sep 6, 2024 EDT - Sep 6, 2024 EDT
Saturday Instruction
Sep 7, 2024 EDT - Sep 7, 2024 EDT
Sunday Instruction
Sep 8, 2024 EDT - Sep 8, 2024 EDT
Welcome to the world of IPA
The Institute of Physical Art, founded in 1978, built its reputation on challenging mediocrity every step of the way. Pushing the limits to revolutionize the way clinicians serve patients, not just to the standard of care, but beyond the standard of care…. IPA culture redefines norms, and validates that quality surpasses quantity.
The Functional Manual Therapy® (FMT) paradigm empowers clinicians to overcome treatment barriers and discover/provide personalized resolutions for complex patients. Challenging traditional patient care, FMT promotes total body assessment and interventions for each pathology.
Our Values
- Untapped Existing Potential
- Master Clinician Led Classes
- Evidence Enhanced Approach
- Quality over quantity of clinicians trained
- Result oriented education
- Systematic approach to promote pattern recognition
Our Programs
Continuing Education
Comprehensive, clinician led courses provide ample hands on education in lab intensive weekend seminars.
Advanced Clinical Certifications
One of the most sought after certifications in our profession, successfully producing master clinicians year after year. Now accepting applications for 2022.
Residency & Fellowship
Master training through fully immersive mentorship with advanced manual therapists. Become the “go to” clinician in your community.
Loved by businesses and individuals!
Learning the FMT paradigm, strategies, evaluation, and treatment techniques was hands down the most influential and vital part of my physical therapy education. I began taking IPA course work and seeking mentorship early in my career and cannot recommend this enough. No other continuing education program that I have encountered even comes close.
Charlie King
PT, DPT, OCS, CFMT, FFMT, FAAOMPT
I am confident. I am competent. After almost 44 years as a PT, I still enjoy each and every day treating my patients. And, I owe it to the knowledge, skills, and community that comes with being part of the IPA.
Cheryl F. Wardlaw
PT, MMSc, CFMT
What makes the FMT approach so incredibly unique is how it provides a comprehensive framework that allows the manual therapist to make sense of any complex case, but still allows any other methodology or skillset to be used in a complimentary way. IPA courses are like drinking from a firehose, where each hour contains a dozen actionable concepts and tools to use immediately with your patients.
Justin Sullivan
DPT, OCS, CFMT, CSCS
The FMT approach embodies a passion for healing, beyond the natural borders of healthcare. Taking IPA courses and going through the IPA Residency as a young clinician empowered me to make immediate changes in general patients, and have the confidence to take on challenging patients.
Allison Legakis Massopust
DPT, CFMT, CPNFT, OCS
Thought CFMT would be the end goal…. But instead continues to be the solid foundation that is allowing me to keep reaching for the summit.
Angelo S. Urquico
PT, DPT, OCS, CFMT, CAFS, CSCS
Going through the process of becoming a CFMT has given me the ability to treat patients with a wider scope of what impairments need to be addressed within a much faster time frame.
Kaysi Gray
PT, DPT, CFMT, FFMT, FAAOMPT
FMT has revolutionized my practice. It has not only provided me with the skills and knowledge to attract patients that seek not only correction of their dysfunctions, but also the knowledge of how to prevent these dysfunctions from reoccurring. What I love about being a CFMT is that not only do I promote healing, but that I can also provide my patients hope for a future without pain and dysfunction. What a joy!
Mary Shahid
PT, DPT, CFMT