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Course Name: Orthopedic Related Shoulder Injuries With Additional Focus on Rotator Cuff: An Evidence-Based Course Focusing on Examination and Treatment
Presenter: Rob Manske, DPT, MEd, ATC, SCS, CSCS
Price: $130.00
Number of Contact Hours/CCU’s:  15
Target Audience: PT’s, PTA’s, OT’s, OTA’s
Included: One Link to Access the Entire Set of Videos, A Course Manual (e-mailed), Sign-in Sheet, Evaluation and Summary Sheet

Course Description:

This fifteen hour course is designed to prove clinical application to anatomy, examination, evaluationand treatment techniques for patients with shoulder pathology. A variety of pathologies, evaluation methods including special tests and treatment strategies will be covered.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion the participant will be able to demonstrate and have an understanding of:

Explain the medical interventions utilized in the management of pathological conditions of the shoulder commonly seen by physical therapists.
Justify and relate the latest special testing procedures of specific pathologies of the shoulder.
Design and justify appropriate rehabilitation programs for different shoulder pathologies.
Recognize and evaluate common shoulder injuries
Discuss therapeutic exercise and compare and contrast techniques for various shoulder pathologies.
Implement and utilize functional outcome measurement tools for the shoulder.
Uses a clinical decision – making process to establish a differential diagnosis, synthesized from data obtained by the PT examination.
Develop evidence based rehabilitation programs for specific pathologies that are based on current scientific literature.
Organize symptoms into clusters, syndromes or categories in order to be placed in appropriate treatment regimes.
Review various functional tests described in scientific literature used to determine your patient’s functional return to activities.
Comprehend functional anatomy of the shoulder.
Integrate current exercise technology into the rehabilitation process for shoulder injuries

 

Topics:

Introduction to course, Anatomy and Biomechanics, Rotator Cuff Impingment (Conservative) Evidence-based Clinical Examination, Rotator Cuff Tears (Surgical) – Evidence-based Clinical Examination, Shoulder Instability – Conservative and Surgical, Instabilities – Evidence-based Clinical Examination, Scapular Special Testing – Evidence-based Clinical Examination
Adhesive Capsulitis and Frozen Shoulder, Labral Tears (SLAP Lesions), TOS and Supracapsular Nerve, Optimal Scapular Exercises, Manual Therapy for the Shoulder

Presenter: Robert Manske, DPT, MEd, ATC, SCS, CSCS

Robert C. Manske is an Associate Professor in the Doctoral Physical Therapy Program at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas.  Rob graduated from WSU in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education, a Master of Physical Therapy degree in 1994, and further earned a Master of Education degree in Physical Education in 2000. He received his DPT from Massachusetts General Institute of Health Professions in 2006.  Rob has been an APTA Board Certified Sports Physical Therapist since 2002.  Rob is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and a certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) through the National Athletic Trainers Association. In addition to his full time faculty appointment, Rob works at a Via Christi Sports and Orthopedic Rehabilitation facility; spending approximately 15 hours per week treating a variety of knee and  shoulder conditions