The Premier Gonstead Extremity Certificate Adjusting Seminar 🌎

🙌 Walk in Uncertain. Walk out on Monday Adjusting Extremities with 100% Confidence, and make your training investment back within the first week of returning to your office.

Earn up to 1️⃣ 4️⃣ CE, Master Specific Extremity Adjusting 🙌, and leave with a Plug-and-Play Care-Plan system in just one weekend.

Go beyond Chapter 20 and elevate your extremity care. Built on the Gonstead system, this advanced approach integrates high-level extremity analysis, precise adjusting protocols, and X-ray marking strategies influenced by Dr. Mark Werking—designed to deliver Gonstead-level specificity throughout the entire body.

Never guess again with your extremity care.

Dear Doc and Student,

Most chiropractors stop at Chapter 20 of Gonstead Chiropractic Science and Art.

That’s where extremity care is introduced — but not mastered.

Beyond The Spine was built to change that.

This is not another seminar filled with theory and scattered techniques.
It’s a precision-driven, results-based training designed to help you confidently analyze, list, and adjust extremities using advanced Gonstead principles — while building a stronger, more profitable practice.

Our 2-day intensive is focused on one outcome:

👉 Helping you get better results, faster — with more certainty in every adjustment you deliver

Because at the end of the day, patients don’t care how much you know.
They care about one thing:

Results.

And results create everything else:

  • Better retention

  • More referrals

  • Stronger reputation

  • Increased revenue

Inside this training, we break down extremity care through a structured system built on Gonstead fundamentals and influenced by the clinical contributions of Dr. Mark Werking.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Analyze extremities using the Gonstead criteria — with precision and confidence

  • Take and interpret extremity X-rays with clinical clarity

  • Identify the key biomechanical faults most chiropractors overlook

  • Apply specific adjusting protocols that help patients recover faster

  • Integrate extremity care into your practice in a way that increases case value and patient retention

  • Position yourself as the go-to extremity expert in your community

This is not passive learning.

It’s a hands-on, clinically driven application — so every adjustment you make after this weekend is more precise, more certain, and more effective.

And when your certainty increases, your practice grows.

If you’re ready to elevate your clinical standard, improve patient outcomes, and build a practice known for results—this is where it happens.

Let’s raise the standard, together.

— Dr. Bobby Fano, DC, MS, DGCSS

Level 1: Hands-On Extremity Care Foundations

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X-ray Analysis

    • Digital X-ray Protocols

    • X-ray Analysis and Listings

    • Care Plan Development

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Lower Extremities

    • Ankle/Foot Palpation and Adjusting

    • Bunion Protocol

    • Knee Palpation and Adjusting

    • Case Management

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Upper Extremities

    • Shoulder Palpation and Adjusting

    • Elbow Palpation and Adjusting

    • Wrist Palpation and Adjusting

    • TMJ/Nasal Palpation and Adjusting

    • Case Management

Level 2: Clinical Mastery

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Extremity Conditions Overview

  • Ankle/Foot

    • Bunion

    • Bunionette

    • Anterior Distal Tibia/High Ankle Sprain

    • Turf Toe/Hammer Toe

    The Knee

    • Patella dislocation

    • OsGood Schlatter

    • Bakers Cyst

    Shoulder Complex

    • Backpackers Palsy

    • Swimmers Shoulder

    • A/C Separation

    The Elbow

    • Tennis

    • Golfers

    • Cubital Tunnel Test

    • Radial Tunnel Test

    • Little Leaguers

    • Baseball Elbow

    • Javelin throwers elbow

    Wrist/Hand

    • Carpal Tunnel

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Case Management Protocols

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Prehab/Rehab Protocols

Level 3: Pediatric Extremity Care

UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE IN-PERSON LEVELS 1, 2, & 3 PROGRAM + CERTIFICATION TEST, YOU WILL RECEIVE:

  • A printed certificate of completion for hanging in your office

  • A Gonstead Extremity Certified badge for completing the Gonstead Extremity Certificate Program that can be hosted on your website and office window

  • Turn-key Care Plan system for all your extremity cases

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By Attending Our Three-Module Training Series, You May Earn Up To 14 Approved Hours For Level 1 Training and Up to 36 Hours For the 300-hour Requirement To Take The GCSS Diplomate Test

Additionally, CE credits may be available and is sponsored by Life West Postgraduate Department at an additional fee. Please contact us to see if your state accepts CE credits for attending our seminars.

Achieve Gonstead Extremity Mastery;

Get Certified.

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Dr. Bobby Fano, DC, is the lead instructor for the hands-on portion of the Werking on Extremities Certification program. Dr. Bobby Fano, DC, is a Gonstead Diplomate with the GCSS, holds a Master in Science from Life University Sports Science Institute with a focus on sports injury management, is a former GCSS board member, and was co-organizer of the re-birth of the Gonstead Extravaganza at Life University in 2008. Dr. Fano was certified by Dr. Werking in 2008 and, in 2009, completed the advanced extremity seminar with him at his clinic in Peoria, Illinois. With over 16 years of experience in treating extremity conditions, the Werking on Extremities way, serving over 10,000 patients with 150,000 Gonstead adjustments delivered, seeing 300-400 patients per week for over a decade. Dr. Fano over-delivers with his charisma, knowledge, and vast experience in patient care to help you better yourself and bring more value to your chiropractic skills.

Dr. Bobby Fano, DC, not only has a clinical gift that has led to patients traveling miles to seek his care, but he is also a skilled serial chiropractic entrepreneur. Dr. Bobby Fano, DC, is the Chief Creative Officer of Vertical Chiropractic®, which has multiple licensed locations in California and Florida. Under Dr. Fano’s portfolio of success, he has started six very profitable offices from scratch in five different states in the USA. His understanding of the chiropractic business has made him a sought-after authority in the business of Gonstead chiropractic. During his seminars, he can't help but teach you the business of extremity care.

Level 1, 2, & 3 Instructor

Here’s A Sample of What Our Students Have To Said About The Transformation In Their Own Lives