Certification in Spinal
Manipulative Therapy
4 courses | 60 hours
FSBPT, ProCert, BOC & APTA approved


The Worldwide Leader in Spinal Manipulation & Dry Needling Education.
What is an Osteopractor?
An Osteopractor is a physical therapist or medical doctor that has completed an evidence-based post-graduate training program in the use of spinal and extremity high-velocity low-amplitude thrust manipulation, dry needling, instrument-assisted manual therapies, and differential diagnostics for the management of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Osteopractic Physical Therapy is an approach to care, a sub-specialty within physical therapy, and more accurately describes the kind of physical therapy services offered (rather than simply “physical therapy”) so the public, potential patients, and colleagues alike, can identify the appropriate practitioner of choice for the condition in question. When you break a bone, you look for an orthopedist, not just a general medical doctor….
Become an Osteopractic Physical Therapist by learning spinal manipulation, extremity manipulation, dry needling, instrument-assisted soft-tissue mobilization, and differential diagnostics from the experts! The American Academy of Manipulative Therapy is dedicated to teaching physical therapists, osteopaths and medical doctors the science and art of thrust manipulation and dry needling.
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