Activator Methods International is a Phoenix-based company that conducts chiropractic research and provides post-graduate educational seminars and chiropractic products to chiropractors. Activator Methods equips doctors to help provide patient care. Technique seminars are constantly given throughout the world to instruct and certify doctors as basic or advanced proficiency rated Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique doctors. With the proficiency rating, doctors automatically become part of Activator Method's worldwide referral service. Evolved from more than 35 years of empirical study and 15 years of clinical research, the Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique uses some of the latest advances in orthopedic, neurological and chiropractic examinations to seek joint dysfunction in the spinal column and extremities for improved patient care. AMCT uses the Activator Adjusting Instrument to give consistent low-force, high-speed chiropractic adjustments. More than 35,000 doctors have been trained in AMCT and nearly 2,100 doctors are proficiency rated, making AMCT one of the most widely used techniques throughout the world.