Beginning January 1, 2024, the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association moved to an approved provider structure for all CATA approved continuing education courses.
As a CATA member, any course provided by one of the below approved providers is considered CATA Approved (unless specifically noted). You can confidently take a course from one of our approved providers and know you are receiving 0.4 CEUs per contact hour. Click on any of the providers names to view the courses they offer.
Approved and Recognized!
All CATA Approved Providers are issued a badge to showcase on their websites and promotional materials, helping members quickly identify trusted continuing education opportunities. When exploring a course, keep an eye out for the CATA Approved Provider badge. If you don’t see one, we recommend checking the Approved Provider list on our website to verify their approval.
As a course provider, you gain umbrella approval for all of your courses to earn CATA CEUs. Only one application is required that covers all your courses on an ongoing basis with no need to submit individual applications nor renew your application annually. To apply to be an approved provider click here.
A+ Massage Academy
We offer the full massage certification course to be able to write insurance receipts as a massage therapist in Quebec only, as well as cupping therapy, deep tissue massage class, cellulite treatment & lymphatic drainage, hot stone massage and several workshops that help AT broaden their manual therapy tools.
Absolute Athletic Therapy
At Absolute Athletic Therapy we focus on delivering high quality health care to the community. We are passionate about helping develop therapists to carry out this mission. Our focus is on refining skills and effective communication for successful outcomes.
Active Release Techniques
The Active Release Techniques® treatment system is specifically engineered to locate and 
treat soft-tissue dysfunction through hands-on, manual protocols specific to individual soft-tissue structures. ART treatment utilizes palpation to accurately recognize alterations in tissue texture, tension, movement, and function, allowing for identification of and treatment at the sources of dysfunction.
ART seminars provide a hybrid learning model with online modules and in-person training. Included with registration is access to our learning management system, the ARTMan app, and a physical manual, which provides a thorough review of gross anatomy, the ART Diagnostic Algorithm, treatment methodology, and protocol instructions. Curriculum materials are designed to prepare attendees for in-person training where they will practice ART protocols on instructors and receive immediate feedback.
Advanced Movement Therapist
The courses offered in the AMT system streamline the learning process by providing a framework for clinicians to approach orthopedic conditions and movement impairments. By organizing existing clinical tools and teaching a new perspective, the AMT system allows clinicians to efficiently attain the knowledge and skills necessary so they can confidently provide the exact treatment their clients need, maximizing their impact and success!
Anne Hartley Agency
Anne Hartley offers hands-on manual therapy courses and has over 40 workshops (one and 
two-day courses). She has provided courses for several years in Therapeutic Modalities (ultrasound, neuromuscular stimulation, transcutaneous nerve stimulation, and laser), Assessment and Treatment of the Fascial Chains (Upper and Lower Quadrant), Visceral Courses (levels 1, 2,3 ), Temporomandibular Joint Assessment and Treatment, Introduction to Cranial Sacral Therapy, Lyme’s disease, Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (Concussions), Myofascial Trigger Points, Neuromeningeal Mobilizations, Cranial Nerve Mobilizations, Upper and Lower Quadrant Assessment and Treatment, Differential Diagnosis and more.
One and two-day workshops and upcoming courses can be found online at annehartleyagency.com.
Athlete Plus Education
Athlete Plus Education promotes evidence-informed clinical practice to improve the standard of care delivered to athletes. However, we are mindful that not every sports medicine & healthcare professional is interested in research heavy courses. As such, we have developed a course structure that combines the best available research with clinical application.
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ARMS was the world’s first league-wide records management system, built by practitioners for practitioners. We collect, analyse and visualise your athlete data – working with leagues, sports organizations and teams to breathe new life into how data is used to protect athletes’ health and enhance their performance. Our team has unrivalled expertise across some of the biggest leagues and teams in the world. As practitioners, we understand your requirements and work closely with you to build a tailor-made system that will adapt to your individual needs over time.
Athletic Therapy Job Network 2nd Virtual Sports Therapy Conference
Join us online for a day filled with insightful sessions and informative topics in the sports/performance therapy field! Our conference brings together experts in the field of athletic therapy, physiotherapy and strength and conditioning to share their knowledge and experience. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out in the industry, there's something for everyone at this event. Don't miss this chance to learn from the best and connect with like-minded individuals. Register now and take your skills to the next level!
Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network (AT-PBRN)
The Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network (AT-PBRN) provides a variety of FREE CATA-approved CEUs for athletic trainers and athletic therapists. These courses cover a range of contemporary topics related to athletic training/therapy practice and are designed to be completed anywhere and at any time. Cost and travel are often the biggest barriers to completing CEUs. That is why the AT-PBRN is committed to helping athletic trainers and athletic therapists earn meaningful CEUs that are always cost-free! New courses are added regularly throughout the year so be sure to check back often!
Atlantic Provinces Athletic Therapists Association (APATA)
The Atlantic Provinces Athletic Therapists’ Association is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing and promoting the delivery of the highest quality of care to active individuals. The APATA, along with its national body the Canadian Athletic Therapists’ Association (CATA) ensures that all its’ members are currently in good standing and have up to date continuing education in the area of Athletic Therapy.
Brookbush Institute
3 Certifications, 180+ approved courses, 500+ videos, and so much more. Every course you take counts toward continuing education credits, and our 3rd party approved and college-credit worthy certifications: 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. And the best part is it's all included in an affordable monthly membership (cancel anytime) with no additional fees.
Burr Athletic Therapy
Burr Athletic Therapy offers continuing education courses tailored for Certified Athletic Therapists seeking to advance their knowledge and clinical practice. Developed and delivered by an experienced Athletic Therapist, these courses focus on practical, evidence-informed approaches in areas such as myofascial cupping and women’s health. The goal is to provide high-quality education that helps Athletic Therapists expand their treatment toolkit and better support the athletes and clients they work with. Burr Athletic Therapy is dedicated to helping Athletic Therapists grow professionally and confidently in their practice.
Canadian Basketball Perforamance Network
The Canadian Basketball Performance Conference is a fully virtual event designed for emerging medical professionals (e.g. ATs and PTs), strength and conditioning coaches, recent graduates, and college students passionate about athlete development. Led by top experts in sport and human performance, the conference delivers evidence-based insights, practical strategies, and the latest trends in training, rehabilitation, and athlete care. Attendees will gain actionable knowledge they can apply immediately in their work with athletes while connecting with peers and contributors shaping the future of basketball performance in Canada.
Core Exercise Solutions
Core Exercise Solutions offers continuing education courses for Health and Fitness Professionals. Our research-based courses take you beyond the classroom, with real-world assessments, exercises, and applications. Join thousands of students and jump start your knowledge to better help and support your clients!
Em Holibody
Emile Hadida from Em Holibody has created The Holibody Way courses that have been specifically curated as a method that bridges science, emotions, the subconscious, energy and healing. They are the perfect pairing to your practice, taking your existing modality and, using a combination of breathwork, nervous system regulation, mindful centering and various exercises, allow you to take your craft to the next level to become the best therapist you can be.
Endocannabinoid Science & Athletics: Integrating Science, Medicine and Performance
Developed by Mary Jane Athletics in collaboration with Natural Learning Enterprises, this
workshop titled Endocannabinoid Science & Athletics: Integrating Science, Medicine and Performance is designed for sports clinicians, athletic trainers, and sports medicine professionals and explores the scientific, clinical, legal, and ethical aspects of cannabis and cannabinoids as they relate to sports medicine. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based practice, critical appraisal of current research, and the application of cannabinoid science in injury management and athlete wellness. Course instructors are academics, currently funded by a National Football League (NFL-NFLPA) Pain Management Committee (PMC) research grant to perform clinical trials exploring cannabinoid use for in pain, concussion and opioid sparing in elite contact sport athletes.
Expand Resource for Learning
Expand Resource for Learning offers dynamic, accessible professional development courses tailored for allied health professionals. Our programs cover a range of topics such as Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS), focusing on clinical best practices, practical skills and evidence-informed knowledge.
Fascia Training Institute
Fascia Training Institute is a world-class fascia-focused rehabilitation leader specializing in concussion recovery, chronic pain resolution, and athletic performance enhancement. With over 30 years of experience treating elite athletes in the NFL, NHL, MLB, and Olympians, our evidence-based techniques empower therapists to address injuries at their root cause. Our cutting-edge courses provide athletic therapists the skills to accelerate recovery, improve movement efficiency, and deliver lasting pain relief.
Human Kinetics
Human Kinetics is the world leader in physical activity information and training materials including textbooks, instructor support materials, journals online courses, video, and digital products. All courses marked with the "CATA" tag are approved for the value listed.
Innovative Medical Supplies & Innovative Therapy Solutions
Innovative Medical Supplies and Innovative Therapy Solutions offers Athletic Therapists the tools they need for a successful practice. As the new, exclusive distributor and educator in Canada for Dynamic Tape Global, we look forward to passing on the theory and application of this unique biomechanical tape."
International Alliance of Healthcare Educators
The International Alliance of Healthcare Educators (IAHE) is a global coalition of accomplished, world renowned healthcare practitioners dedicated to bringing forth the most innovative natural health therapies to like-minded practitioners and their patients. Through its commitment to excellence in training and organization, IAHE strives to produce the highest caliber continuing education seminars and certification programs in CranioSacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Neural Manipulation, and Manual Articular Approach.
Make Peace with Food™
The Make Peace With Food™ Institute for Behavioral and Subconscious Transformation offers a dual certification program that trains health and wellness professionals to help clients overcome binge eating, emotional eating, and self-sabotaging behaviors through evidence-based tools. Our curriculum integrates nervous system regulation, hormone balance, and hypnotherapy to address the biological, psychological, and social roots of cravings and weight struggles. Graduates earn over 200 hours of training and practice, becoming Certified Make Peace With Food Practitioners (MPWF(C)) and Certified Hypnotherapists (CHt), fully equipped to facilitate profound client transformation.
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The MATA wants to provide relevant resources on a wide range of topics, from taxes to new techniques. We want to provide not only the local membership but the national body of AT's with materials to keep their practice growing and to keep their excitement for the profession going.
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oveSafe
MoveSafe is an organization that provides ergonomics services with the goal of improving health and wellbeing. We are a passionate and talented team of physical and athletic therapists, kinesiologists, and ergonomists who keep our company mission of “Improving People’s Quality of Life” at our core. Our goal is to provide people with the knowledge and tools to identify and resolve risks in their work area, as well as improve personal habits to achieve a healthy life at work and at home.
MSK Academy
If you are looking to enhance your musculoskeletal skills and improve patient outcomes, MSK Academy offers high quality, evidence-informed, adaptable and affordable continuing education. Gain manual and musculoskeletal skills with our in-person courses or gain clinical reasoning skills with our condensed self-directed learning modules. Learn from our expert instructors who are internationally recognized and have over 50 years of combined teaching and clinical expertise. Our goal is for you to deliver optimal MSK care and apply evidence-informed skills in real clinical settings.
Myofascial Release Seminars
The John F. Barnes’ Myofascial Release Approach® is safe, gentle and consistently effective in producing results that last. The therapist will expand their clinical skills to efficiently and effectively maximize patient/client mobility and function. Our seminars are designed to be ‘hands-on’ experiences with ample time to practice and perform the techniques. Attending therapists will partner up with another therapist and will get the chance to perform the techniques taught along with being the recipient/patient. Understanding what the technique is supposed to feel like is an invaluable tool. On-going, in-depth verbal instruction from our instructors regarding hand placement, pressure to be applied, amount of time to hold the technique, and therapist's body mechanics will be taught. Therapists will be well-versed on how to perform a multitude of techniques and can immediately apply in their own clinical setting.
Neu Pilates
Neu Pilates is a one-of-a-kind Online Pilates Certification Training co-taught by a physical therapist. Learn functional Pilates exercises at your own pace alongside anatomy, body mechanics and functional movement patterns.
Niel Asher Education
Niel Asher Education is an accredited provider of CE and CPD courses and micro-learning products for rehabilitation, healthcare, and fitness professionals. We are also passionate advocates for integrative medicine and a wider acceptance of safe, established but less-conventional, treatment modalities.
CATA members receive a 15% discount at checkout when using this link!
Osteo Solution
Since 2015, Ostéo Solution has specialized in providing advanced continuing education programs for manual therapists and movement professionals. The main prerequisite for enrolling in our courses? A genuine passion for one’s profession and an unlimited desire to help others and to keep learning!
At Ostéo-Solution, we value diversity and cooperation through the sharing of knowledge in an inclusive and stimulating environment. We make it a point of honor to place our clients at the heart of our approach, while respecting the professional scopes of practice specific to each profession.
PHATS/SPHEM Hockey Summit
The mission of the PHATS/SPHEM Hockey Summit is to provide educational and problem solving opportunities for athletic trainers and equipment managers at every level of professional hockey. This is done through our educational symposiums, business meetings, and exhibit hall with our many valued vendors and recognition programs for our members.
Pivot Sports Medicine/Pivot Dancer
Pivot Sport Medicine/Pivot Dancer offer clinical courses of interested to clinicians working with sport, performance, dance, and artistic athletes. Our courses are focused on practical clinical skills and offer insight into a behind the scenes experience for clinicians wishing to broaden their skillset for new opportunities. Our courses are meant to give you immediate access to new strengths that you can implement into your clinical practice.
Postural Restoration Institute
The Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI) offers continuing education courses and credentialing programs on postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of polyarticular chains of muscles.
Pro Sports EMS
PSE specializes in collaborating with sports med staffs. Our goal is to assist in “Improving Player Safety through Emergency Action Planning". We do this by reviewing the specific needs of each Sport and Staff. We then provide relevant hands-on training opportunities that focus on potential real-life experiences. PSE's instructors are First Responder Paramedics and Emergency Medicine Physicians who also work on the sports med staffs at the Professional and NCAA level.
R2P Concussion Management
Online self-paced courses. Learn the essentials of how to assess and treat concussion from a leading concussion researcher and physiotherapist based on the most up-to-date evidence. Skills learned can immediately be applied in clinical practice. Certificates provided upon completion of each course.
RAPID NeuroFascial Reset
RAPID NeuroFascial Reset, is a neurologically based, active, therapeutic technique that addresses the central nervous systems role in alleviating tension and restrictions within the body. RAPID is an evidence based manual therapy technique that can be used by all health care professionals to quickly and effectively eliminate pain in their patients. Utilizing a biopsychosocial perspective RAPID addresses the body’s perception of threat and danger. By bringing the brain to safety, most painful conditions and ROM restrictions disappear. Using nociception and movement, RAPID induces a combination of descending inhibition within the nervous system, and a powerful increase in vasodilation. These together offer near immediate and lasting pain reduction in our patients.
ReconditioningHQ
Neuro Reconditioning is a practical, systems-based education designed to help Athletic Therapists improve movement assessment, identify the true drivers of dysfunction, and confidently guide clients along the full return-to-performance continuum. It bridges rehabilitation, performance, and applied neuroscience into a clear, usable framework for real-world practice.
Led by Scott and Jaime Livingston, who bring over 60 years of combined experience across clinical, professional, and Olympic sport environments, Neuro Reconditioning is grounded in decades of applied problem-solving and mentorship.
The Complete Neuro Reconditioning Program delivers an integrated approach to assessment, movement strategy, and clinical decision-making through structured education, live sessions, and applied case work. For those seeking an entry point or supplemental learning, Ninja Moves and Essentials of Neuro Reconditioning provide accessible, practical foundations that translate immediately to daily practice.
Neuro Reconditioning equips Athletic Therapists to think more clearly, assess more effectively, and operate with confidence in the grey area between rehabilitation and performance.
Rehab-U Movement & Performance Therapy
Rehab-U Movement & Performance Therapy offers live and online courses for personal trainers, fitness professionals and therapists who want to learn to build rehab and strength training programs to optimize fundamental movement, build capacity, and maximize performance to get their clients/patients from injured to strong.
Shift Concussion
Shift Concussion Management offers a range of online and live interactive courses geared to Rehabilitation and Medical Professionals on the topic of concussion evaluation and management. Courses range from introductory level to advanced concepts in the field, balancing the latest research with practical clinical applications.
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Soft Tissue Release (STR) is a combination of Myofascial Release, Therapeutic Massage, and Active Assisted Stretching. The technique involves applying precise pressure during a specific stretch performed in multiple planes of movement. The result: fast and permanent reorganization of scar tissue, the targeted muscle(s) return to the proper resting length, muscle imbalances are corrected, associated pain is decreased or eliminated altogether, and muscle performance is improved.
SportICON
Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) is a manual therapy technique that uses the gentle muscle contractions by the patient to relax and lengthen muscles, and normalize joint motion. MET can be used to address acute or chronic injuries, and maintain normal joint range of motion to optimize physical performance
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The Stretch to Win Institute utilizes the science of fascia in their education and training. The body’s fascia is also known as the connective tissue system. FST is distinct from traditional stretching because it decompresses, lengthens, and creates space in the fascia, thereby positively affecting all systems of the body, not just muscles..png)
The Sports MAP Network
Sports Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Education to take your skills to the next level. Ensure you are delivering best practice management for your athletes with our practical CPD / CEU learning options. Online Masterclasses & Live Events!
TMJ Massage Therapies
This is a Continued Professional Development training course designed for manual therapists, body workers and all medical professionals with an interest in successfully treating clients with TMJ Dysfunction. This course blends theory, scientific research and practical elements to teach you the TMJ Massage Therapies treatment protocol – a non-invasive, whole body approach to TMJ Dysfunction. It is geared towards dedicated, results-oriented therapists and all health practitioners seeking to further their practice and knowledge in the field of TMJ dysfunction.
Total Motion Release
The mission of Total Motion Release is to expose clinicians & patients to the power of using the good motions of the body to fix the bad motions. To understand that there is another 87.5% of the body that has been ignored in healthcare. Our Dry Needling Course Aim at Redefining Precision: Discover Our Groundbreaking Needle Insertion & Progression Strategy With A Full Body Mapping Protocol For Added Safety & Faster Results. The way Total Motion Release was introduced bridged the gap between the two techniques. TMR Tots & Teens is facilitated hands on version of TMR for ages birth to 99! Beneficial for patients with limited mobility &/or body awareness. Includes: geriatric, post-op acute care, & adults with developmental delays