Mastering The Shoulder – Shoulder Foundations & Frustrations

Shoulder PT offers a unique format of lectures, practical time and cases to offer current teachings derived from specialty MSK practice.

Over 50 different shoulder disorders exist in the MSK field, with many seen commonly in clinical physiotherapy practice. Shoulder PT instruction is taught by Cameron Bennett, a well known expert in the field of shoulder disorders with over 20 years of sole clinical practice in developing better solutions for shoulder pain.

• A complete system for clinical shoulder diagnosis, including severity classifications and interpretation of radiology
• Specific protocols for all severities of rotator cuff tears – non-surgical and surgical
• Specific protocols for adhesive capsulitis, covering all severities, with integration of injection work, manual therapy and exercise strategies
• A full update on changes in current practice and special tests of the shoulder

THE CLINICIAN’S SERIES & SPECIALTY SERIES

Shoulder PT offers essential training for private practice physiotherapists, senior clinicians, teaching staff and extended scope practitioners.

The Clinician’s Series:

• • Level 1 – Shoulder Foundations & Frustrations
  • Level 2 – The Unstable Shoulder
  • Level 3 – The Athletic Shoulder

The Specialty Series:

• • Level 4 – The Complex Shoulder
  • Level 5 – The Upper Quadrant

This is a unique opportunity to work through a series of levels to reach an advanced level of proficiency in solving shoulder disorders, taught by Cameron Bennett.

FEEDBACK FROM PAST COURSES:

• • ‘Lots of information covered that can be used tomorrow in clinic ! Will definitely change the way I assess and treat shoulders’ – Erin K., Calgary
  • ‘Clinically relevant with actual protocols provided for conditions.’ – Janelle J., Calgary
  • ‘The course provided practical knowledge that will change how I assess and treat shoulder pathologies.’ – Rachel W. PT, Calgary
  • ‘Sheds new light on common disorders. First protocol I have seen for an exercise and education based program for adhesive capsulitis.’ – David R. PT, Calgary
  • ‘Clear, simple guidelines to approach various different shoulder pathologies (I love the specificity!)’ – Kendra H. PT, Edmonton

Course Fee: $1,295 (Early Bird)

Instructor: Cameron Bennett, MSK PT, MPhty (MSK), BPhty, BSc (Pharm.)

For a full course description and registration, view the course page.

Register at: www.ShoulderPT.ca

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Examination Skills

• • Update your knowledge of current shoulder anatomy and important variants, pathology and important x-rays for the shoulder joint
  • Improve your workflow – learn rapid  and comprehensive assessment skills for shoulder disorders
  • Understand how to perform the recommended special tests and be able to explain the use and importance  of combining special tests

Diagnostic Accuracy

• • Understand the nuances of special tests, combining negative and positive tests and what it means for the diagnosis
  • Communicate effectively with specialists and surgeons for injection requests and surgical recommendations
  • Appreciate the diversity of over 50 shoulder disorders and ways to differentiate MSK conditions

Managing Cuff Tears & Maximizing Repairs

• • Understand the difference between US / MRI  findings and functional grading  of cuff tears for effective non-surgical rehabilitation
  • Appreciate the use of injection work including orthobiologics & prolotherapy
  • Understand the thresholds for surgical repair and pre-operative patient expectations
  • Learn when to refer for surgical assessment and clinical insights for successful outcomes
  • Be able to demonstrate the principles of post surgical recovery up to the 12 month rehabilitation goal
  • Identify characteristics of surgical complications and revision surgeries

Adhesive Capsulitis – The 8 week program

• • Describe the different capsular pathologies and disorders that mimic capsular signs
  • Recognize the stages of capsulitis through serial examination and movement trends
  • Recall the correct uses of imaging and co-morbidities that reduce movement progress
  • Understand the principles of recovery and necessary progressions of treatment
  • Appreciate the selective use and timing of soft tissue release techniques

Shoulder PT offers advanced professional education for physiotherapists and sport physicians driven by extensive clinical testing, multiD collaboration and specialty MSK practice.

Mastering the Shoulder™ Series offers detailed clinical information, straight forward guidelines, and adds another 10 years of clinical testing to the teaching program.

The Clinician’s Series has been designed for every private practice physio, senior clinician, post grad teacher and extended scope practitioner.

For those clinicians wanting to offer more specialty shoulder practice to their work, the Specialty Series offers advanced coursework for complex conditions and chronic upper quadrant pain problems.

The courses are built on more than 20 years of specialty shoulder practice, multidisciplinary management and in house protocols used everyday.