Effective Examination of the Overhead Athlete’s Shoulder Complex

The shoulder has tremendous mobility across four joint structures. This increased mobility can compromise the stability of the scapulohumeral complex. Rehabilitation of the shoulder requires a delicate balance between improving soft tissue mobility and neuromuscular control. However, elimination of an athlete’s pain does not mean a long-term successful outcome. A good, sound orthopedic evaluation examines the patient as a “whole” versus as a “joint” or “tissue” diagnosis and will allow the athletic trainer the ability to address present and potential predisposing factors. This exciting, interactive one-day seminar is designed to inspire attendees to understand first “what is inside the box, before you can think outside of it” by utilizing critical thinking skills. The athletic trainer who can properly examine the shoulder by first breaking down the subjective and objective portion of the exam, and then specifically identify what is really important to rehabilitate, will be the athletic trainer who succeeds in meeting the needs of all the parties involved in the athlete’s participation. This highly interactive course will take the participant step-by-step, utilizing case studies of very common, complex shoulder problems. Attendees will leave this seminar with more tools to evaluate, assess and treat difficult shoulder problems in less time and with less expense to the patient.

What You Will Learn

  • Use interactive documentation tools and therapeutic treatment parameters to objectively measure and motivate the athlete through the rehab process
  • Identify how to effectively position athletes to maximize the benefits of therapeutic exercises, procedures and modalities
  • Identify creative therapeutic exercises and techniques that consider all functional planes of movement and incorporate the evidenced-based kinetic link model on how you elevate your arm overhead for sports
  • Demonstrate how to examine the shoulder and interpret exam findings to guide and direct intervention

Course Content

  • Evaluation Principles
  • Pathomechanics / Functional Anatomy
  • Core and Trunk Implications
  • Biomechanics of Arm Elevation
  • Interventions
  • Common and Uncommon (“Zebras”) Shoulder Dysfunctions / Pathologies

 

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