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NATA-BOC Approved Continuing Education for Athletic Trainers (ATC)

Now, you can get all of the NATA-BOC-approved "category A credits" you need to renew your license, an advanced credential, and expand your practice with one membership (100s of 5-star reviews ). Every course you take counts toward continuing education hours, and our 3rd party approved and college-credit worthy : Integrated Manual Therapist (IMT) , Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) , and Human Movement Specialist (HMS) . All courses can be completed on desktop or mobile and include video, illustrations, audio, and text to ensure you have the format you prefer, wherever you are.

$5000+ value included with membership.
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3 Certifications $3000+
180+ Courses$1200+
500+ Videos$500+
500+ Articles$200+
Live Webinars$100+
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The Brookbush Institute offers 180+ online continuing education courses (500+ contact hours) developed from comprehensive systematic research reviews in pursuit of an evidence-based, systematic, integrated, patient-centered, and outcome-driven approach. We did not build this company to promote techniques that "work." We have spent more than a decade developing a system of integrating systematic research reviews, comparing outcomes in practice, and integrating colleague feedback to ensure we are only educating on the most effective techniques. It is our mission to optimize the delivery of education for our colleagues and continue the development of a model that results in unparalleled outcomes.

All 180+ online continuing education courses (500+ contact hours) have been approved for category-A credits by the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) - Board of Certification (BOC). And, if you also hold a CPT, LMT, DC, OT, or PT license, courses will also satisfy your CE needs. Our content is updated continuously, to ensure optimal delivery, the inclusion of all available research, and add to our growing library of courses. Every course can be completed on desktop or mobile and includes multiple formats (live webinar, recorded videos, text and illustration, audio-voice over, practice exams, credit-worthy final exams, and certificates).

Why the Brookbush Institute

  • Unparalleled Accuracy of Information: The Brookbush Institute is the only comprehensively evidence-based education platform in the industry. We know that our colleagues want to be better, help more, and deliver unparalleled results, so they need the most accurate information available. The most accurate information can only be achieved with a systematic approach to developing evidence-based courses. That is why every course we offer is built from a systematic review of all available peer-reviewed and published research, with a focus on improving practical application. With the Brookbush Institute, you never have to decide which "expert opinion" you "believe" when two or more courses contradict (which is all too common on other platforms). Although science slowly evolves over time, and our conclusions may be refined, you can be assured that the content we provide is the most well-supported conclusion that could be developed at the time of publication, based on research and outcomes, not expert opinion.
  • Designed to be the Education Platform All of Wish Existed: All Brookbush Institute certifications are offered with an innovative system of modular courses, iterative testing, and credits (no summative final exam). Our courses include video, illustrations, audio, and text to ensure the learner has the format that they prefer wherever they are. Listen to courses in the car, watch close-captioned videos during breaks at work, or study the text and take notes at home. We are also incredibly passionate about making it comfortable to study from your phone so that you can sneak in study time at any time. Our goal is to develop the most accessible, flexible, and convenient education platform ever.
  • Affordability and Access are Part of our Mission: We are the only education provider in the industry to include our certifications in a true monthly (or yearly) membership plan. This reduces the initial cost of certification to just 3 - 5% of comparable certifications, and you can cancel anytime.

What our members are saying

Important to my learning style

I have almost completed my CPT certification and am half-way through the Human Movement certification to inform my massage practice. The different modalities of reading, watching audiovisual materials, and attending live or recorded webinars have been important to my learning style and for review.

Jacqueline Davis
Jacqueline Davis

Non-biased & practical

I have taken both the Human Movement Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer certificate programs and have found the value in understanding the how and ways the body moves and functions and from evidence, non-biased, outcome, conceptual, theoretical, and practical approach to helping my clients/patients look better, feel better, and move better.

Core Therapy
Core Therapy

Stellar coursework

Over the last years I've returned time and again to Brookbush Institute for stellar coursework as I've worked toward a Human Movement Specialist certification. (I'm currently ACE CPT, and in training with Anatomy Trains for Structural Integration Manual Therapy.) Every Brookbush Institute module is fantastic and each one includes detailed informational videos, written descriptions of how to-do, and, more importantly, why to-do!

Lisa Knighton
Lisa Knighton

Well-documented scientific content

I am getting my Master's degree in Kinesiology, and I would like to say that I have benefited greatly from the rich, comprehensive, well-documented scientific content of Brookbush Institute that links theory to practical applications. Proudly I've got my CPT certificate, and I am on my way to get my HMS certificate.

Ahmed Salem
Ahmed Salem

Users can transition seamlessly

Having courses count towards different certifications makes it so users can transition seamlessly from one certification to another. In my case, going from earning the BI CPT to earning the BI HMS was an easy decision and I am proud to have earned both certifications. I have also had the pleasure of going to a Live HMS workshop that was well taught by Instructor Boettcher and that was excellent to see how the methods and techniques are implemented.

Xavier Guzman
Xavier Guzman

Most valuable certificate

The H.M.S. is the most valuable certificate I have earned and was a fraction of the the cost of my others. Define the best bang for your buck!

Haseem Mclean
Haseem Mclean
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Popular Courses

Shoulder Joint Anatomy (Glenohumeral Joint)

Shoulder Joint Anatomy (Glenohumeral Joint)

Integrated functional anatomy of the shoulder joint – Bones, joints, palpation, ligaments, nerves, joint anatomy, joint actions, arthrokinematics, muscles, fascia, and range of motion of the shoulder. Highlighting the behaviors in postural dysfunction, shoulder pain, shoulder impingement, rotator cuff injuries, upper cross syndrome, and common interventions for the glenohumeral/shoulder joint.

3 Credits
Trigger Point Assessment (and Palpation)

Trigger Point Assessment (and Palpation)

Reliability and validity of assessment, palpation, referral pain, and locating trigger points (knots). Assessment and efficacy of manual release/massage and trigger point release techniques on common overactive muscles like the trapezius, rhomboids, pectoralis minor, rotator cuff, pectoralis major, post delt, back muscles (paraspinal), quadratus lumborum (QL), quadriceps, and calves (gastrocnemius and soleus).

1 Credit
Lesson 20: More on the Human Movement Systems

Lesson 20: More on the Human Movement Systems

The study of human movement science includes the relationships between the skeletal, fascial, nervous, and muscular systems. This course covers more detail regarding arthrokinematic motions (slide/glide, roll/spin, pivot), the fascial system, the function of the nervous system/mechanoreceptors (Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini endings, Golgi tendon organ, and muscles spindle fibers), and the "rules of muscles" (function).

1 Credit
Joint Mobilization: Ankle and Tibiofibular Joints

Joint Mobilization: Ankle and Tibiofibular Joints

Joint mobilizations for the ankle and tibiofibular joint. Types of mobilizations, self-administered mobilizations, and interventions for lower extremity dysfunction (LED) and ankle dysfunction. Optimal intervention for feet flatten, feet turn out, knee bow in, knee bow out, anterior pelvic tilt, excessive forward lean, and asymmetrical weight shift. The risk of adverse events, validity, efficacy, screening, and reliability of ankle and tibia/fibula mobs.

2 Credits

Accreditations and Approvals

Brookbush Institute is accredited or approved by the following organizations.

Board Of Certification

Board Of Certification

This logo certifies that this course is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. for continuing education for Certified Athletic Trainers (ATC). Note: 1 course hour is worth 1.0 continuing education hours.

The Brookbush Institute is recognized as an approved provider (# P10038 ) by the National Athletic Trainers Association's - Board of Certification (NATA-BOC). The Brookbush Institute offers more than 160 NATA-BOC approved online courses, worth more than 400 continuing education hours. That's more than enough credits to keep your certification current for life!. Note, as of 2022, the NATA-BOC discontinued the mandate forcing ATCs to complete "EBP Credits". The credits offered by the Brookbush Institute are sufficient to fulfill all of ATC continuing education requirements.

Board of Certification

  • 1 Credit = 1.0 Continuing Education Hour
American Council of Education

American Council of Education

The Brookbush Institute’s Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) Certification is one of only 2 personal training certifications to have completed comprehensive, systematic review, by a panel of 3rd party, subject matter experts (peer-review), and who’s course material has been matched to college curriculum and worthy of 3 college credits.

Approved by the American Council of Education and Nationally Registered:

See all of our accreditations

Integrated Manual Therapist

This certification is worth 60 credits and is broken down into the following modules:

Certified Personal Trainer

50 Credits

Human Movement Specialist

60 Credits

Integrated Manual Therapist

80 Credits

9 credits

Joint Anatomy

10 credits

Introduction To Manual Therapy

4 credits

Overhead Squat Assessment

4 credits

Movement Assessment

4 credits

Special Tests

10 credits

Static Manual Release

8 credits

Joint Mobilization

2 credits

Local Vibration

2 credits

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM)

1 credits

Research: Movement and Corrective Exercise

10 credits

Electives

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Research Summary Statement: The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) available that compare pain neuroscience education (PNE) to other interventions imply that PNE is unlikely to be more effective than biomedical education, and is unlikely to result in additional benefit when added to supervised manual therapy, exercise, and/or the combination of other effective interventions. Further, the addition of manual therapy and exercise to PNE reliably results in significant improvement in patient outcomes, implying that PNE alone cannot be considered an optimal treatment approach. The addition of PNE to a home exercise program may enhance patient outcomes (perhaps due to enhanced effort and compliance during exercise). Last, PNE does reliably improve Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) scores; however, the validity of this finding and/or correlation with other recovery outcome measures is questionable. 

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