Adam Meakins - The Painful Shoulder

This course aims to give all attending the confidence that doing the simple

things really well is both effective and evidence based. It also attempts to show

how many of the over complicated and confusing methods of assessment and

treatments are just not necessary or needed.

This course does NOT promise any miracle cures or quick fixes, rather it focuses

on a simple, honest, and practical approach that gives those attending lots of

ideas that can be used immediately with all who have painful shoulders.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Simplify the assessment, management, and treatment of the most commonly encountered shoulder problems.

• Examine how to best assess and diagnose painful shoulders.

• Expose the common myths and misconceptions around shoulder anatomy, biomechanics, assessments, and pathology.

• Evaluate how to best assess shoulder movement, strength, endurance, power, proprioception, and its kinetic chain.

• Practice all levels of shoulder rehab exercises and how to progress and/or regress rehab intensity as required.