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The Institute of Physical Art offers continuing education courses in Functional Manual Therapy Movement Reeducation for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants and Occupational Therapists

11/14/2025

✨ Celebrating Excellence ✨
Ian McVay, PTA, CAFMT, CKTP, MFDc, CLT for achieving his Certified Assistant in Functional Manual Therapy™ (CAFMT) certification in 2023.

The CAFMT certification is for physical therapist assistants, modeled after the IPA’s advanced mastery pathway. This credential represents a significant professional milestone, requiring physical therapist assistants to demonstrate advanced clinical competency through rigorous written, practical, and oral examinations. This certification reflects not only a high level of technical skill and clinical reasoning but also a deep commitment to advancing patient care through the Functional Manual Therapy® approach.

Ian shared - “Achieving CAFMT has been a significant boost to my confidence in treating patients. I have found that by thinking in terms of the 3 pillars of Functional Manual Therapy, mechanical capacity, neuromuscular function, and motor control, I am able to help a patient in less time resolve their symptoms and improve their function where they may have struggled in the past.”

His words reflect what this certification truly represents—growth, confidence, and clinical excellence. Ian’s dedication to refining his skills and elevating patient outcomes is an inspiration and a testament to the strength of the IPA community.

🎉Congratulations, Ian, on this outstanding achievement.💫

11/14/2025

🎉 It’s Back — IPA’s 2nd Annual Black Friday Specials! 🎉

Start planning to save BIG on your 2026 IPA courses! We have two amazing ways to save starting midnight, November 28 — and you won’t want to miss them.

This is your once-a-year chance to save big on IPA courses and invest in your professional growth before 2026 begins. 📈

All our 2026 courses will be posted by November 20th but we already have many courses posted now so start your IPA wish list now!🤩📋

✨IPA Course Vouchers
Grab course vouchers at three fixed price points — the larger the voucher, the bigger the bonus!
💡 Use them toward any IPA course in 2026, or gift them to your friends & colleagues

✨30% Off 2026 Course Registrations
Register for any 2026 IPA course during the sale and get a full 30% off the regular course price — that’s even more savings than the voucher bonus!

Don’t miss your chance to kick off 2026 with incredible savings and even more learning! 💰🧠

These deals end November 30th at 11:59pm 💸

11/11/2025

Happy Veterans Day!

Today we celebrate and honor all who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. Your courage, dedication, and commitment inspire us every day. ❤️🤍💙
To our veterans within the IPA community and beyond — thank you for your service and for the strength, resilience, and compassion you bring to your patients, colleagues, and communities.

We’re proud to stand with you today and every day. 🙌

11/07/2025

🌙💤 IPA On-Demand Course: Sleep Health & Recovery®
Sleep is a major piece of the recovery puzzle 🧩
As a physical therapist, do you feel your current knowledge and skills are sufficient to screen sleep disorders and promote sleep health? Reset your brain + body wellness through deeper understanding of sleep with our on-demand course.

OD-SHR: Sleep Health & Recovery is available to all healthcare professionals (including PTs/PTAs) and gives you 10 contact hours of continuing education.

In this course you’ll:
🔹Understand the science of sleep and its impact on overall function

🔹Screen for sleep disorders and correlate sleep physiology to performance

🔹Learn best-practice interventions + healthy sleep habits for your patients

🔹Explore how pillows & mattresses tie into efficient sleep posture

🗓 Complete the course at your own pace — you have 6 weeks from registration to finish. 💵 Tuition is $350
Whether you’re working with athletes, chronic pain, or general wellness clients, OD-SHR gives you tools to integrate sleep health into your PT practice.
👉 Learn more and register on our website

https://instituteofphysicalart.com/scheduled-courses/on-demand-courses/ -shr-sleep-health-and-recoverystrong

11/05/2025

💥Poor Sleep vs Exercise — Who Wins in Recovery After Injury?
🧠 A recent study (Klyne et al., Brain, Behavior & Immunity – Health, 2024) highlights a crucial interplay between sleep and aerobic exercise in whether pain resolves or persists after injury. This study was performed on rats, but has many implications in how the mammalian system responds to poor sleep and exercise after injury.

Clinical Takeaway for PTs:
👉Sleep disturbance may amplify central sensitization and delay recovery.
👉Aerobic exercise may mitigate some of the harmful effects of poor sleep and help prevent some of the pain chronicity that is correlated with poor sleep.
👉Reinforces the value of combining graded exercise with sleep hygiene strategies in managing persistent pain.
Ignoring sleep may mean missing a major piece of the recovery puzzle 🧩The path from injury to recovery runs through both movement and sleep. Let’s make sleep a vital sign in rehab. 🙌

🔍 Key Findings:
🔹Poor sleep kept pain sensitivity high — suggesting it can drive the transition from acute to chronic pain.
🔹Exercise restored normal pain sensitivity — even when sleep was disrupted. It also boosted protective biomarkers (estradiol, & white blood cells), supporting tissue healing and pain reduction.
🔹BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) rose with poor sleep but stayed normal with exercise, linking it to pain sensitization.

💤Bring sleep science into your clinical toolkit
Check out IPA’s On-Demand Course: Sleep Health and Recovery with Trudy Messer, PT, OCS, RYT, CKTP, CFMT
This evidence-informed course will help you:
✅ Understand the science of sleep and its impact on healing and performance
✅ Identify and screen for sleep disorders in your patients
✅ Apply treatment interventions and practical sleep hygiene strategies
✅ Discuss how pillows, mattresses, and positioning affect recovery
🌐 This course is open to all health care professionals and their patients

👉 Register now on our website!
https://instituteofphysicalart.com/scheduled-courses/on-demand-courses/ -shr-sleep-health-and-recoverystrong

Wanna read the article? - Read the article here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266635462300128X?via%3Dihub

11/04/2025

🎃 Halloween Fun with the IPA Community! 👻
We loved seeing the creativity (and a little spooky spirit 👀) from our CFMTs and IPA community this Halloween! From clever costumes to full-on transformations, you all brought the fun this year! 🕸️🧡
Check out some of our favorite looks!
We hope everyone had a safe, laughter-filled, and candy-fueled Halloween! 🍬✨
Thank you to & for sending us your amazing photos!

10/29/2025

🙌 What an inspiring weekend!✨
Here are a few great moments from FMUE this past weekend.
We 💗 seeing participants grow in their clinical reasoning, and integrate upper-body mobilization into whole-body movement. Thank you 🙏to everyone who attended and brought their energy, curiosity, and commitment to improving outcomes for every patient.
📣Also a huge shout out to Orthopaedic and Spine Care Physical Therapy ( Physical Therapy, in Huntington Beach, for hosting this course, and to the amazing Johnson for teaching!

If you don’t know…our FMUE course gives clinicians an advanced, fully-integrated FMT approach to assessing and treating the upper extremity — from the shoulder girdle down to the hand — using PNF patterns, soft-tissue & joint mobilization, and total-body integration. Check out our website for the full description of the course.

There’s still time to sign up for the last FMUE of 2025!
📆Nov 14–16, 2025 in Westminster, CO with Gregg -register on our website https://instituteofphysicalart.com/scheduled-courses/fmue-functional-mobilization-upper-extremities/

Can’t make it? Don’t worry – 2026 courses are just around the corner. 🎉

Leave us a comment below of where or what courses you’d like to sign up for next year!

10/27/2025

✨📚 Book Recommendation📚✨
Gregg Johnson, founder of Functional Manual Therapy®, recommends The End of Alzheimer's as it is an important read on the value of lifestyle.

🧠 The End of Alzheimer’s by Dr. Dale Bredesen is a game-changer in the fight against cognitive decline. Backed by science, Bredesen introduces the ReCODE protocol, a comprehensive, personalized approach that emphasizes lifestyle interventions—nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress management, and detoxification.
For physical therapists, this book reinforces the critical role we play in preventing and reversing cognitive decline through movement, metabolic health, and functional support. It’s a must-read for those integrating neuroplasticity and whole-person care into practice.

👉 Help your patients move better and think better. In the clinic we have found that by reintegrating and reconnecting the entire body through PNF based interventions, we have patients report back that their cognition improves. Patients have reported decreased ADHD symptoms, improvements in dementia cognition, greater ability to focus in class and social situations, and overall just improved clarity of thought. Physical therapy is not the entirety of the solution, but it is an important component that can dramatically help many individuals! Remember to reintegrate the system with PNF and CoreFirst® interventions!

10/24/2025

🎉October is National Physical Therapy Month!
This month, we celebrate the incredible impact of the physical therapy profession — the clinicians, educators, and advocates who restore movement, reduce pain, and help people live healthier, more active lives every day.🫶

💪 Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants play a vital role in improving the health and well-being of our communities — empowering patients to move better, feel better, and live better.🕺

Let’s take a moment to honor the work we do, the patients we serve, and the power of movement that drives our profession forward.

10/22/2025

🔥 Elevate Your Upper Extremity Skill-Set with FMUE! 🔥
If you’re ready to transform how you treat shoulders, elbows, wrists and hands, join Gregg Johnson for FMUE — a dynamic 2.5-day in-person course designed to build on your foundational manual therapy skills and take you to the next level.
In this course you’ll:
🔹 Master integrated assessment and treatment of the shoulder girdle, glenohumeral joint, elbow, wrist & hand.
🔹 Practice advanced Functional Mobilization™ techniques — coupling active/resisted movement (PNF) with soft tissue & joint mobilization to restore mechanical, neuromuscular & motor-control function.
🔹 Develop strategies that support Complete Body Integration (CBI) — ensuring your upper extremity interventions consider total-body dynamics, not just regional treatment.
📅 Upcoming sessions:
Oct 24–26, 2025 — Huntington Beach, CA

Nov 14–16, 2025 — Westminster, CO
(And more in 2026!)

Whether you treat the athlete, the post-surgical patient, or the complex chronic case, FMUE gives you the tools to confidently address upper extremity dysfunction in the context of whole-body movement.
👉 Register now on our website

10/20/2025

🚀 Ready for a fresh start—or a serious upgrade—in your PT career?

The IPA Job Postings page is your one-stop hub for opportunities that align with your passion for Functional Manual Therapy®.
These aren’t just any openings. These are handpicked positions from clinics across the U.S. (and occasionally internationally 🌎) that are specifically seeking clinicians dedicated to advancing their craft through FMT.

✨ Right now:
9 job openings are live! Opportunities include IPA Physio clinics offering Residency and FMT Fellowship training

Whether you’re a newly certified therapist or a seasoned CFMT ready for your next chapter, this could be your moment to grow.

👉 Explore current openings at https://instituteofphysicalart.com/job-postings/
Your next step could be your best one yet.

10/18/2025

📚 Clinical Insight for PTs
A recent case-control study compared women with and without primary dysmenorrhea (PD) and found significant reductions in flexibility of the lumbar extensors, trunk flexors, hamstrings, quadriceps, and hip adductors in the PD group

Loss of flexibility in Primary …

🔎 Why this matters:
Loss of flexibility in these lumbopelvic and lower trunk structures may contribute to altered biomechanics, increased tension in surrounding soft tissues, and reduced uterine blood flow — all factors potentially linked to pain in PD.
IPA courses have presented the concepts for decades that treating the mobility of lower abdominal visceral and reproductive organs can dramatically reduce the symptoms of dysmenorrhea and also help those struggling with infertility.

💡 Clinical takeaway for PTs:

🔷Educate patients that we can help with dysmenorrhea and extremely painful periods are not normal and there is hope!

🔷Treat limited mobility with Functional Mobilization! These interventions have clinically helped to reduce dysmenorrhea symptoms in patients for decades. We teach these concepts in CBI, VFM, and FMLT courses!

🔷Utilize 3-dimensional movement patterns to mobilize the trunk and hip musculature identified in this research project, but also don’t ignore the mobility of the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding soft tissues.

🔷Recognize that persistent “tightness” in these regions may not be incidental, but rather associated with dysmenorrhea.

This research provides important preliminary evidence for the role of musculoskeletal assessment in women’s health — and a reminder that menstrual pain can have meaningful impacts on movement and flexibility.

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43449 Elk Run
Steamboat Springs, CO
80487

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+19708709521

Website

http://www.instituteofphysicalart.com/

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