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
Jan 24, 2025 - Jan 26, 2025
Hunter College New York , NY
FM I: Functional Mobilization I
Feb 21, 2025 - Feb 23, 2025
Long Island University Brooklyn , NY
CBI: Complete Body Integration
Feb 28, 2025 - Mar 2, 2025
American Career College Anaheim , CA
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
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
