Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Everyday Shoulder Course 2018

Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Everyday Shoulder Course is organized by Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and will be held on Oct 27, 2018 at Australian Physiotherapy Association, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The target audience for this medical event is Physiotherapists looking for tools to simplify the management of this challenging area. Any practitioner who sees worn, torn, repaired, frozen or stiff shoulders will leave with increased evaluation and management skills.

Course Description:

This course takes a patho-mechanical and kinesiological approach to shoulder evaluation and management, starting with scapular position and movement and progressing to glenohumeral function and dysfunction. Understanding how to identify and correct movement pathology has application to all types of shoulder injury, overuse and surgical adventures, especially those with multiple pathologies and chronicity – the typical shoulder in everyday practice. Subscapularis dysfunction, adhesive capsulitis, functional rehab and some taping will be covered as well as scapular retraining and soft tissue mobilisation

Course Objectives:

• Evaluation skills for multi-pathology shoulders
• Key tests for scapula dysfunction and glenohumeral joing pathomechanics exercises for shoulder rehabilitation
Manual therapy techniques to normalise movement of scapula and glenohumeral joint
• Increased repertoire of therapeutic exercises for shoulder rehabilitation

Course Aim:

To instil a practical and confident model for evaluating and management shoulder conditions based on passive and active movement control of the scapula and shoulder region.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.