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Comprehensive Treatment of the Shoulder

Instructors

Primary InstructorKim Kollwelter, PT, DPT, MSPT, OCS, CIMT, STC, CSCS

Kim Kollwelter, PT, DPT, MSPT, OCS, CIMT, STC, CSCS
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Course Description

Registration ButtonThis course shows the clinician an entirely new and unique way to treat the shoulder girdle complex. It focuses on the concept of hypo-hyper compensation. While symptoms in the shoulder are commonly in the glenohumeral joint, the driver of the symptoms is commonly elsewhere in the shoulder girdle complex. The class incorporates joint mobilization in ways not often shown along with myofascial release, taping techniques and a fresh way to look at muscle re-education and strengthening of the shoulder.

As with all of our manual therapy courses, this seminar will follow a progression of principles and reinforce them throughout the 16 hours, is at least 75% hands-on lab, and will give the clinician hands-on skills they use immediately upon their return to the clinical setting.

 

Course Schedule

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Course Objectives

At the completion of this seminar, the participant will be able to:

  • Understand the rationale for each of the shoulder treatment concepts: joint mobilization, MFR, taping, and muscle re-education
  • Demonstrate proper technique for joint mobilization, MFR, taping, and muscle re-education
  • Understand the shoulder anatomy and its application to the joint mechanics, movement, and dysfunction
  • Demonstrate, through a comprehensive approach, how the shoulder complex treatment progression occurs

Topics Covered

  • Introduction to a comprehensive approach to treatment of the shoulder
  • Overview of anatomy of the shoulder complex and its effect on mobs, MFR, etc
  • Introduction and review of the concepts of functional joint mobilization, MFR, joint taping and muscular re-education
  • Mobilization: S-C joint, A-C joint, scap-thor joint, G-H joint
  • MFR: Crossed-hand techniques, extremity release techniques, cervical-thoracic releases, scar releases
  • Taping: posterior humeral head relocation, MDI stabilization, UT inhibition, LT facilitation, A-C joint stabilization
  • Muscular re-education of the shoulder complex
  • Application to specific clinical situations

Course Outline

Saturday
7:30am Continental Breakfast
8:00am

Lecture: Introduction to a comprehensive approach to treatment of the shoulder
9:00am Lecture: Overview of anatomy of the shoulder complex and its effect on Mobs, MFR, etc.
9:45am Break
10:00am Lecture: Introduction and review of the concepts of functional joint mobilization, MFR, joint taping and muscular re-education
11:00am Lab: Mobilization: S-C joint, Upslips
12:00pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm Lab: Mobilization: A-C joint and scap-thor joint
3:00pm Break
3:15pm Lab: Mobilization: GH Joint, 1st Rib, T-Spine
5:00pm Adjourn
Sunday
7:30am Continental Breakfast
8:00am

Lab: Crossed-hand techniques, extremity release techniques
10:00am Break
10:15am Lab: MFR: Cervical-thoracic releases
12:00pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00pm Lab: Taping: MDI, UT inhibition, LT facilitation, A-C joint stabilization
2:00pm Lecture: Muscular re-education of the shoulder complex
3:15pm Break
3:30pm Lab: Speed mobilizations
4:00pm Lab: Application to specific clinical situations
4:30pm Adjourn

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