MPI is a nonprofit organization established in 1981 by Dr. Faye and Dr. Petersen to promote education and research within the chiropractic profession.

This purpose is achieved through MPI's cutting edge postgraduate educational seminars, and MPI Publishing which has published several textbooks and charts for chiropractic doctors and students.

MPI cosponsors, with chiropractic colleges, many educational seminars on a worldwide basis each year. The majority of these are held in the United States and Canada. MPI's textbooks are required reading in many of the chiropractic colleges.

Motion palpation is a diagnostic technique used by the doctor of chiropractic to locate joint dysfunction within the spinal column and extremities. This technique was brought to the United States in 1981 and quickly gained acceptance as a standard diagnostic tool for the chiropractic profession. Motion palpation is now taught in chiropractic colleges throughout the world.