Functional Anatomy for Movement & Injuries Workshop

FAMI Workshop

The Functional Anatomy for Movement and Injuries (FAMI) Workshop is a four-day immersion course in anatomy and injuries for movement professionals. Held in a medical school, the course brings the best of medical education to the movement world, including Gross Anatomy labs and physician-led lectures. Gain hands-on experience with cadaver prosections – see the spinal cord, touch the inside of a shoulder joint, feel a knee replacement, understand the pelvic floor – and get your questions answered by top anatomists and physicians.

The FAMI Workshop is designed to help you master the human body so you can better help your clients. The curriculum takes participants on a head-to-toe journey of the body, focusing on a specific body region and including the following elements each day.

Foundation Lectures

Lead by anatomists, these lectures are held at the beginning of each day and orient the student to the particular musculoskeletal and nervous system anatomy of the day’s body region.

Clinical Perspective Lectures

Lead by orthopedists, neurologists and sports-medicine physicians on our clinical faculty, these sessions shed light on many common injuries affecting the day’s body region: demystifying what happens to the body, why it happens, and how the injury should be treated.

Gross Anatomy Laboratory Sessions

For three hours each day, participants learn anatomy in 3-D in the Gross Anatomy lab. In small groups, participants explore prosections (regions of cadavers that have been meticulously dissected to demonstrate intricate details of anatomy) and engage in discussions lead by anatomy faculty.

Rehab Perspective Lectures

Led by physical therapists, these lectures link knowledge gleaned during the day to movement and client scenarios–offering a beginning exploration into the anatomy behind injury prevention and rehabilitation principles.

Radiology Sessions

These sessions give the fitness professional an overview of radiologic modalities – what they are, how they work and why they are used. Participants also learn how to read images, identifying the normal from the not-so-normal.

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FAMI is by far my most gratifying educational experience. I am grateful to be a part of this team who is as passionate about the art of teaching as they are the science of anatomy.
Carrie McCulloch, MD, FAMI co-founder and faculty

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Upcoming Sessions

FAMI 2024

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See FAMI Online options in the meantime!

Tuition

Before May 1: $1395
After May 1: $1495
Alumni* $700
*applicable to FAMI alumni only

Total teaching hours = 28
Registration fees include tuition and course materials.
• $250 non-refundable deposit required to register; payment in full by May 15th.
• Group rates available. Email us to learn more.

Cancellation Policy
A $250 non-refundable deposit is required upon registration. Registration fees are refundable minus the deposit until May 15th. Due to the advanced planning required for the workshop, the entire registration is non-refundable after May 15th.

Before August 15: $835
After August 15: $955

Total teaching hours = 15.5
Registration fees include tuition and course materials.
• $250 non-refundable deposit required to register; payment in full by September 15th.
• Group rates available. Email us to learn more.

Pre-requisite:
Completion of FAMI Workshop or all 4 Virtual FAMI Fridays

Cancellation Policy
A $250 non-refundable deposit is required upon registration. Registration fees are refundable minus the deposit until September 15th. Due to the advanced planning required for the workshop, the entire registration is non-refundable after September 15th.

FAMI Scholarship
We are often able to offer a full-tuition, need-based scholarship for a first-time FAMI Workshop student. Inspired by a generous gift from a FAMI alum, this scholarship is designated for a movement professional in need of financial assistance who is just beginning his/her career, including an individual who is transitioning from another field of work. The scholarship is usually awarded by the end of May. View application and eligibility requirements. Email us to for more info.

Game changer.
Pilates Methodology, FAMI 2019
It was by far and away the best experience I have had that has both improved my knowledge of the musculoskeletal system and will have a direct impact on my teaching.
Victoria Baker, FAMI 2019
The 4 days were a phenomenal way to really see the body from a different viewpoint, gleaning critical information to further help you develop your eye when planning movement for your clients. From the various lectures (delivered by interesting and relevant doctors and scientists) to the gross anatomy sessions (where the expert dissections reveal the body like never before); you are given the opportunity to delve in and learn the body from numerous experts in the field.
Portia Page, PT, PMA-CPT, Balanced Body Education Program Liaison
The experience in the Gross Laboratory and seeing and feeling the human body in 3D is unparalleled.
FAMI 2010
I wish every instructor in the world could have the chance to take this workshop.
Gerda Ergul, FAMI 2008
I have been a teacher for 12 years and this is by far the best continuing education course I have taken.
Meghann Koppele, FAMI 2013
An incredible experience for fitness professionals of all levels.
John Garey, FAMI 2008
Tremendous integration of science and movement.
Sheila Hatzell, FAMI 2008
It has given me "x-ray vision" as my clients move, seeing far beyond the surface level. I have confidence in my anatomy knowledge as never before.
FAMI 2010

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CECS

Participants can earn CECs from the organizations listed below. If your accrediting organization is not listed, you may petition for CECs. Please contact your respective CEC provider for specific petition requirements; we’re happy to provide any information you should need. Please note: for the virtual FAMI Workshop, you must take all 4 Fridays to be eligible for the corresponding CECs.

Organization + FAMI Credits

American Council on Exercise 2.2

National Academy of Sports Medicine 1.9

STOTT PILATES® .2

Kane School 28

Post-Grad Education

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