ART Recertification
Providers must renew their ART Certification each year to remain certified and take advantage of the many benefits of certification. This also allows ART to ensure that each ART Certified Provider can provide safe and effective ART treatment, thereby protecting consumers, the ART brand, and all ART Certified Providers. To recertify in a seminar, you must have previously successfully completed the seminar. For Advanced Full Body or Advanced Full Body Online, you must have successfully completed all Level 1 seminars. For Advanced Full Body Level 2, you must have successfully completed all Level 2 seminars and Nerve.
All of your ART Certification(s) automatically renew upon successfully completing any ART Seminar.
Advanced Full Body
The ART Advanced Full Body Seminar is a one-day review of the most commonly used Level 1 protocols. Attendees review upper extremity, lower extremity, and spinal soft-tissue structures while practicing 75 key manual protocols. Techniques help treat conditions like frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel, plantar fasciitis, headaches, and chronic back pain.
Note: Attendees must complete all ART Level 1 seminars (Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, and Spine) prior to participation.
Advanced Full Body Level 2
The ART Advanced Full Body Level 2 Seminar reviews how to evaluate and treat disorders using the ART Diagnostic Algorithm and 49 key Level 2 protocols. The techniques reviewed in this eight-hour seminar are used to treat tennis elbow, runner's knee, shin splints, headaches, TMD, and more.
Note: Participants must complete all ART Level 2 seminars (Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, and Spine) before attending.
Advanced Full Body Online
This seminar is a live, online, four-hour recertification seminar and features case studies and a review of the most commonly used protocols. This live seminar is also an opportunity for attendees to ask questions of the instructor during the case studies and protocol review.
Note: Attendees must complete all ART Level 1 seminars (Upper Extremity, Lower Extremity, and Spine) prior to participation. The online recertification option is available to providers every other calendar year.
Seminar Overview
The ART Advanced Full Body (AFB) and Advanced Full Body Level 2 (AFB2) Seminars are a one-day review of the most commonly used ART protocols. Previous completion of all ART Level 1 seminars is a prerequisite for AFB, and previous completion of all ART Level 2 seminars is a prerequisite for AFB2. Over the course of the eight-hour seminar, attendees review the muscles and soft-tissue structures of the upper and lower extremities, and the muscles and soft-tissue structures surrounding the spinal column. Attendees will review how to evaluate and appropriately treat the disorders using the ART Diagnostic Algorithm and 75 of the most commonly used and clinically relevant Level 1 manual protocols for AFB, and 49 Level 2 manual protocols for AFB2.
ART Advanced Full Body Online provides instruction and training covering a variety of commonly used and newly released ART treatment protocols. Refresh your clinical skills in palpation and evaluation during this live online seminar. Full Body Level 1 certification is a prerequisite. ART Advanced Full Body Online provides evidence-based instruction of the necessary knowledge and skills to detect and treat soft-tissue dysfunction throughout the human body. Throughout the seminar, attendees review basic human anatomy, physiology, and pathology, which provide the basis for instruction on appropriate use and execution of manual protocols. Attendees will also learn how to evaluate and treat soft-tissue dysfunctions and pathologies using the ART Diagnostic Algorithm.
Learning Objectives
- Interpret Single-loop Negative Feedback and how it pertains to ART treatment.
- Recite the four basic components of ART treatment protocols.
- Palpate anatomical soft-tissue structures within the upper extremity, spine, and lower extremity, using appropriate tension, depth, and motion to properly perform the treatment protocol.
- Summarize the cellular response to ART treatment on soft-tissue structures.
- Recite the physiological methodology of ART's Diagnostic Algorithm.
AFB2 Additional Learning Objectives
- Paraphrase relative motion and how it pertains to ART treatment.
- Differentiate between two muscles that are side-by-side in the human body when asked to perform palpation and an ART treatment protocol.
AFB Online Learning Objectives
- Summarize the physiological methodology of ART's Diagnostic Algorithm.
- Recall anatomy of soft-tissue structures to properly identify, palpate, and treat all necessary anatomical structures utilizing ART treatment protocols.
- Recognize common symptom patterns of lower extremity, spine, and upper extremity neuromuscular injuries and disorders.
- Recall how to correctly move a muscle from its shortened to elongated position.
- Recall how to assess soft-tissue neuromuscular injuries and disorders utilizing differential palpation and ART's Diagnostic Algorithm.
Delivery Format and Method of Instruction
ART provides a hybrid learning model with online modules and in-person training. Attendees are expected to complete online preparatory materials consisting of a review of gross anatomy, explanations of the ART Diagnostic Algorithm, treatment methodology, protocol instructions, and a pre-credentialing exam. During the in-person portion of the seminar, attendees work alongside instructors and other attendees to practice palpation and treatment protocols. After completing the online modules and 7.5 hours of in-person training, attendees will demonstrate their skills through a practical exam to determine if they meet minimum requirements to use ART treatment in a clinical setting.
ART Advanced Full Body Online provides instruction and training covering a variety of commonly used and newly released treatment protocols during a live, online seminar. Throughout the seminar, attendees review basic human anatomy, physiology, and pathology, which provide the basis for instruction on appropriate use and execution of manual protocols. Attendees will also learn how to evaluate and treat soft-tissue dysfunctions and pathologies using the ART Diagnostic Algorithm. Seminar attendees are required to answer five questions which are required to complete the seminar. Attendees are also required to complete a ten-question test within two days post-seminar and achieve a 70% mark to successfully pass the seminar. As soon as attendees receive confirmation of certification, they can begin helping patients feel better faster, with the Gold Standard in Soft-Tissue Care®, and benefit from the accompanying increase in visits and referrals.
Preparing for your Seminar
ART seminars require an intermediate-to-expert understanding of musculoskeletal anatomy. We suggest that providers register at least four to six weeks in advance to allow time for self-study of the seminar curriculum materials. In addition, we highly recommend that student attendees complete at least one semester of gross anatomy prior to attending a seminar.
You can set yourself up for success by refreshing or advancing your understanding of musculoskeletal anatomy, including origin, insertion, action, and nerve innervation before your seminar. In addition to seminar curriculum materials, Thieme's Atlas of Anatomy is useful as a reference and study guide for all ART seminars.
Seminar Overview
AFB and AFB2 $699
AFB Online: $599
Registration Types
Recertification: For registrants who have previously taken this seminar.
CEU Information
ART's Advanced Full Body Level 1 and Advanced Full Body Level 2 seminars are eligible for 7.5 Contact Hours. ART's Advanced Full Body Online seminars are eligible for 3.5 Contact Hours.
It is the responsibility of any potential registrant and/or attendee to ensure approval of any continuing education course and understand their specific state/board guidelines. Please check the CEU information on the specific seminar page you are interested in attending to see which states have board preapproval for CE credits. If you do not see your state, province, or discipline listed on your seminar page, please contact ART at info@activerelease.com. so we may determine whether approval is possible.
Attendees must achieve a score of at least 70% on both the written pre-credentialing exam and the in-person practical exam at the Advanced Full Body Level 1 and 2 seminars and must be present for the full instructional portion to successfully complete the seminar and earn ART certification.
Attendees must achieve a score of at least 90% on the written pre-credentialing exam for the Advanced Full Body Online seminar and must be present for the full instructional portion to successfully complete the seminar and earn ART certification.