Wellness Coaches Trust our movement system

FMS learning paths combine education, certification, and implementation so you can confidently assess movement and deliver better outcomes.

Recommended

Curriculum

Below you'll find a recommended selection of course that can benefit you as a Wellness Coach. Aside from these recommendations you'll have full access to the over 35 courses we offer online.

Recommended Courses

Time 4 hour(s)
Cert
Functional Wellness
Functional Wellness

Functional Wellness is a comprehensive course that teaches movement professionals, clinicians, coaches, and trainers how to systematically screen an individual’s holistic well-being, enabling them to reduce risks, address dysfunctions, and enhance readiness for mental and physical growth.

Time 3 hour(s)
Cert
Quick Screen: Movement Readiness Screen
Quick Screen: Movement Readiness Screen

This course provides a simple, systematic approach to screening fundamental movement patterns for readiness, guiding safe, informed decision-making across fitness, performance, and clinical settings.

Time 1 hour(s)
FMS Corrective Strategies: Hip Hinge Patterns
FMS Corrective Strategies: Hip Hinge Patterns

This course offers a practical overview of the hip hinge pattern, addressing assessment and screening for pain and dysfunctions while clarifying misconceptions that can influence corrective exercise choices.

Time 1 hour(s)
FMS Corrective Strategies: Upper Body Patterns
FMS Corrective Strategies: Upper Body Patterns

This course offers a practical overview of upper body patterns, emphasizing asymmetries in mobility and stability, and highlighting the significance of shoulder girdle stability, tissue mobility, and breath sequence in facilitating functional shoulder movement through various spine postures.

Time 1 hour(s)
FMS Corrective Strategies: Rotation Patterns
FMS Corrective Strategies: Rotation Patterns

This course provides a practical overview of rotation patterns, focusing on asymmetries in mobility and stability, and offering the functional exercise background necessary to raise awareness of and correct these dysfunctions at the appropriate postural level.

Time 1 hour(s)
FMS Corrective Strategies: Balance Patterns
FMS Corrective Strategies: Balance Patterns

This course provides an overview of single-leg patterns, focusing on FMS assessments and screens to identify pain, movement dysfunctions, and asymmetries, while also discussing how to differentiate between mobility and stability issues.

Supplemental Courses

Time 5 hour(s)
Cert
Functional Movement Screen Level 1
Functional Movement Screen Level 1

The FMS Level 1 course highlights the essential role of movement screening in understanding how movement patterns influence our health and fitness, in everyday life and workouts.

Time 7 hour(s)
Cert
Functional Movement Screen Level 2
Functional Movement Screen Level 2

FMS Level 2 offers a strategic framework for achieving progressive movement outcomes tailored to each client’s needs, enabling customized exercise selection while effectively addressing obstacles that may impede their progress.

Time 1 hour(s)
Movement Masterclass: Mobility
Movement Masterclass: Mobility

This course spans movement professions and the Functional Movement Systems (SFMA, FMS, MCS) to focus on functional mobility and why its consideration is important early in the process of movement correction.

Time 1 hour(s)
Movement Masterclass: Stability
Movement Masterclass: Stability

This course explores stability problems and their solutions by detailing the vital interplay between local tissue quality, muscle performance, and global movement patterns. 

Time 1 hour(s)
Introduction to Indian Clubs
Introduction to Indian Clubs

This course focuses on the benefits offered by Indian club swinging, especially the connection of the upper body and lower body through symmetry, posture, balance, and fluid arcs of motion.

Time 1 hour(s)
Kettlebell Training for Longevity
Kettlebell Training for Longevity

This course will teach how to use kettlebells to safely build strength, improve function, and support independence in aging adults.

Time 2 hour(s)
Screening & Assessing Breathing: A Multidimensional Approach
Screening & Assessing Breathing: A Multidimensional Approach

This course equips fitness and rehabilitation providers with foundational knowledge on functional and dysfunctional breathing, assessment tools, and exercise strategies to enhance breathing patterns effectively.

Time 1 hour(s)
Cert
YBT Online
YBT Online

The Y Balance Test introduces a well-researched tool for measuring and quantifying motor control and functional symmetry, enhancing decision-making in both rehabilitation and fitness environments.

Time 2 hour(s)
Cert
Fundamental Capacity Screen
Fundamental Capacity Screen

The FCS is an innovative approach to fitness testing designed to guide your clients and athletes toward the most efficient pathway to optimal performance.

Time 1 hour(s)
Lecture Series: The ABCs of Movement - The Strategy Behind Corrective Flows
Lecture Series: The ABCs of Movement - The Strategy Behind Corrective Flows

This lecture discusses the plasticity of the neurological system, its feedback and how we can use its desired sequence of actions to quickly change movement, focusing on awareness, breathing and control.

Time 1 hour(s)
Lecture Series: Enhance your Outcomes and Business through Movement Screening
Lecture Series: Enhance your Outcomes and Business through Movement Screening

This lecture highlights the significance of movement screening, enabling us to develop more efficient and effective programs tailored to each individual's unique needs and goals.

Time 2 hour(s)
Lecture Series: Where to Focus - Movement or Performance?
Lecture Series: Where to Focus - Movement or Performance?

This lecture offers unique ways of testing the fundamentals of power, strength, and speed and discusses how to then determine what is the best course of action to improve them.

Time 1 hour(s)
Lecture Series: The Body-Sport Connection
Lecture Series: The Body-Sport Connection

This lecture examines the role of movement screening in identifying common physical limitations in rotary athletes and discusses how these limitations can impact sport mechanics.

Time 1 hour(s)
Lecture Series: Movement Systems Work Together: Appreciate Risk and Readiness
Lecture Series: Movement Systems Work Together: Appreciate Risk and Readiness

This lecture discusses using movement to identify appropriate decisions to help your clients be prepared and be proactive towards musculoskeletal health, to culture readiness and minimize risk.

Time 1 hour(s)
Lecture Series: Training the Rotary Athlete from Cradle to Grave
Lecture Series: Training the Rotary Athlete from Cradle to Grave

This lecture explores essential considerations for training youth athletes, emphasizing a global approach to developing athleticism through fundamental movement skills and honoring the developmental process.

Time 1 hour(s)
Secrets of Primitive Patterns
Secrets of Primitive Patterns

This course explores the developmental sequence and its application in exercise prescription for diverse populations, highlighting a simple screening process to identify core stability and motor control dysfunctions, along with corrective strategies for professionals to effectively address these issues.

Time 1 hour(s)
Secrets of the Hip and Knee
Secrets of the Hip and Knee

This course reviews the key issues causing hip and knee dysfunctions and presents a systematic approach to screen for mobility and stability, applying corrective strategies to facilitate a return to effective exercise progressions.

Time 1 hour(s)
Secrets of the Shoulder
Secrets of the Shoulder

This course focuses on the often-overlooked components of breath, posture, grip, and joint position to enhance shoulder function, screen for issues, and progress from correcting dysfunctions to strengthening the shoulder.

Time 1 hour(s)
Kettlebells from the Ground Up
Kettlebells from the Ground Up

This instructional DVD provides detailed step-by-step breakdowns of the Kettlebell Get Up, guiding viewers through the essential movements and techniques for mastering this fundamental exercise.

Time 1 hour(s)
Kettlebells from the Center
Kettlebells from the Center

This instructional DVD covers essential exercise techniques using kettlebells, providing clear guidance to help viewers master key movements for effective training.

Time 1 hour(s)
Kettlebells from the Ground Up 2
Kettlebells from the Ground Up 2

This instructional DVD dives into the Get-Up to tackle movement restrictions and enhance strength, featuring unique techniques for improving hip, shoulder, and thoracic spine mobility while refining stability like never before.

Time 1 hour(s)
Exercise Tubing Program
Exercise Tubing Program

This course covers both basic and advanced functional strategies for correcting dysfunctional movement patterns with the Gray Cook band, teaching how to enhance movement through mobility and static and dynamic motor control techniques.

Time 1 hour(s)
Gray Cook Cable Bar
Gray Cook Cable Bar

This course explores basic strategies for incorporating the Cable Bar into training programs, guiding you through simple progressions to enhance efficiency and core performance using a cable exercise system.

Time 3 hour(s)
The FMS Approach
The FMS Approach

Gain insight into the core philosophies and foundational principles of Functional Movement Systems, while exploring our approach to screening, testing, and assessment.