Treating shoulder pain can be a complex and overwhelming experience - Rotator cuff related shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, rotator cuff tears, tendinopathy, osteoarthritis, nerve involvement and more.... there are a lot of potential causes of each patients shoulder pain, and you need to quickly diagnose and treat each one effectively, so your patients' pain improves and they can get back to the activities they need to do and want to do.
Jo worked as a Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in the Liverpool Upper Limb Unit for 28 years and has been teaching her shoulder course for over 25 years. During her career she has travelled all over the UK, Europe and the rest of the world to work with and observe some of the World's leading shoulder experts.
Her involvement in original research, study at Masters level and vast experience of treating patients with shoulder problems has enabled her to develop a simple, evidence-informed approach to rehabilitation of the shoulder that is immediately applicable in practice.
The course is constantly updated to reflect emerging evidence and how it impacts practice but essentially reflects the approach Jo uses every day in her clinical practice to the benefit of patients. The course is designed to be honest, fun and interactive and includes plenty of treatment tips and real-life examples to ensure the course content is immediately transferable into practice.
Learning Objectives
- Review the challenges posed by the current evidence regarding assessment and management of patients with shoulder pain.
- To demonstrate a simple structured approach to assessment to inform immediately where to start with treatment.
- To examine the role and relevance of the kinetic chain in shoulder pain and the potential to facilitate rehabilitation.
- To explore simple treatment approaches based on the current evidence to successfully manage patients with common shoulder conditions within a biopsychosocial framework.
- To explore collaborative exercise selection, dosage, movement -based and strength based interventions – when and why?
- To examine factors impacting pain sensitivity and tissue health and how this informs management.
- To discuss factors that influence outcome and enhance exercise adherence and explore strategies to address them.
- To consider the importance of communication and language on patient’s pain experience
| Day 1: |
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| 09:00 |
Setting the scene – the current state of play?
Why do we think the shoulder is so complicated? Making sense of the evidence. |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
The Rotator Cuff & the Scapula: Partners in Crime?
Assessment that informs treatment |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| 13:15 |
The Kinetic Chain and Dynamic Slings
Putting the shoulder in context: Integrating the chain for the gain |
| 14:15 |
Is it Torn & Does It Matter?
Subjective clues, decision making and what it means to treatment |
| 15:00 |
Break |
| 15:15 |
The Stiff Shoulder: Frozen or not?
Differential diagnosis- can we? It’s not just frozen shoulder- other causes of stiffness and what to do
about them. |
| 16:30 |
Finish |
| Day 2: |
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| 09:00 |
The Irritable shoulder – where to start?
Acute causes of shoulder pain- diagnostic challenges. |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:45 |
The Irritable shoulder continued: How does pathology influence treatment?
Treatment and putting patients back in the driving seat. |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
| 13:45 |
Shoulder Pain: Fit for function! Can’t go wrong trying to get strong? Debates, controversies and exercise progression.
Including:
The Unstable Shoulder: Is it any different?
Classification, challenges, and key ingredients. |
| 15:00 |
Break |
| 15:15 |
Communication is your superpower: Use it wisely.
The good and bad of communication: Avoiding nocebic effects and setting patients up to
succeed. |
| 16:30 |
Finish |
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