Are you ready to revolutionize your approach to managing shoulder instability and confidently guide athletes back to the field?

This dynamic two-day course is designed to provide you with a fresh perspective on shoulder instability and equip you with advanced treatment strategies that deliver real results. We’ll delve into the complexities of shoulder instability, from the initial acute episode to a safe and successful return to play.

Day 1: Master the fundamentals of assessing and managing shoulder instability. You’ll learn advanced clinical assessment techniques, develop tailored management strategies for each stage of recovery, and discover specific protocols for key rotator cuff muscles and scapular control. Through hands-on practical sessions and engaging case studies, you’ll gain the confidence to implement these strategies immediately.

Day 2: Dedicated exclusively to return to sport decision-making, this day will transform your approach to athlete rehabilitation. You’ll master the use of physical performance tests and clinical assessments, understand the crucial role of psychological testing in identifying and addressing fear of reinjury, and learn how to use shared decision-making to empower your athletes in their recovery journey. Discover how to identify and address cortical changes, coordination issues, and reaction time deficits that can hinder return to play.

Throughout this intensive course, you will:

• Develop individualized treatment strategies that address the unique needs of each patient and athlete.
• Integrate psychological strategies into your treatment plans to optimize recovery and address fear avoidance.
• Provide comprehensive, holistic care that considers the physical and psychological well-being of your athletes and patients.

This course utilizes a powerful combination of practical experiences, hands-on clinical testing, and in-depth case studies to solidify your understanding of shoulder instability assessment and treatment, from the acute stage all the way through return to play.

Presented in a fun and engaging style by Margie, this course is packed with practical tips and actionable tools you can start using in the clinic the very next day! Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with Margie and elevate your shoulder expertise.

Goals for Day One: Shoulder Instability

1. To be able to undertake a thorough and comprehensive assessment of a patient with shoulder instability.
2. Clinicians will be able to differentiate directions of instability and identify key clinical signs of shoulder instability
3. To design a progressive rehabilitation plan for patients with shoulder instability, targeting subscapularis and infraspinatus / teres minor and differentiate from the scapula
4. Use co-contraction protocols to address shoulder instability in more than two directions

Goals for Day One: Return to Sport

1. To identify sports specific demands and tailor return to sport testing for athletes from different sports
2. Assess an athlete’s readiness to meet sport-specific shoulder requirements.
3. Utilize psychological assessment tools to evaluate an athlete’s fear of reinjury & implement strategies to address kinesiophobia in athletes returning to sport.
4. Synthesize physical, psychological, and sport-specific factors in return to sport decision-making using case examples

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Agenda

Day 1 – Managing shoulder instability: from an acute episode through to return to play

9:am Clinical assessment of the unstable shoulder: 1 – review assessment processes / special tests

9:30 – Diagnosis of instability – Assessment of the unstable athlete (60 minutes)

10:30 Morning Tea

11:00 – Managing instability

11:30 – theoretical – Acute, Subacute, Advanced –

Sub-Acute management -Subscapularis protocols

12:00 – 1:00 – LUNCH

1:00 Subacute management – Infraspinatus protocols

2:15 – scapula assessment and treatment options with progressions

3:00 – short break

3:15 – co contraction protocol

3:30 – Case summary

4:00 pm finish

DAY 2 – Return to Sport Testing

9:am Introduction

Time or Criteria, models that guide return to play,

Sports Specific Constructs constructs to examine

10:00 – Physical Performance Tests

11:30 – when to use what test?

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:00 – Fear of reinjury – strategies for clinicians

2:00 – Cortical Changes, Coordination and reaction time

3:00 – Clinical Decision Making – pulling it all together

Case studies

4:00 finish