Patients not progressing with traditional rehabilitation?
Want to level up your rehab skills for complex shoulders?
Join our NZ clinical experts Dr Angela Cadogan and Dr Jacqui Clark (Specialist Physiotherapists) in this 2-Day Practical Course and master assessment and rehabilitation for complex shoulder conditions. All principles from this course can also be applied to other complex musculoskeletal conditions.
About the course
Dr Angela Cadogan (MSK Shoulder Specialist) and Dr Jacqui Clark (Pain Specialist) team up to share their years of experience to help you master the skills to effectively assess and rehabilitate factors that can affect progress with traditional rehabilitation including persistent pain, poor motor control, sensory deficits and neurodevelopmental factors. Become the ‘go to’ therapist for complex shoulder presentations!
Who is the course for?
Any registered physiotherapist who sees people with complex shoulder presentations wanting to extend their assessment and rehabilitation skills. (May not be suitable for students or new graduates).
Course content:
The course consists of:
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Online learning: The Complex Shoulder (approx. 2 hours)
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2-Day Practical Course: Rehabilitation of the Complex Shoulder.
Online Learning │ The Complex Shoulder
In the 2-hour, self-paced online course you will learn about normal function of the shoulder and factors that contribute to complex presentations such as recurrent shoulder instability, scapula dyskinesis and persistent shoulder girdle pain. Topics include:
- The complex shoulder (20 mins)
- Nociplastic pain (15 mins)
- Normal glenohumeral and scapula function (25 mins)
- Atraumatic shoulder instability (20 mins)
- Motor control (25 mins)
(Access for 1 year after the course)
Practical Course │ Rehabilitation of the Complex Shoulder
A 2-day practical course covering the assessment and rehabilitation of the complex shoulder. Printed manual provided (not guaranteed for registrations <1 week before course date).
Day 1: Master Assessment of the Complex Shoulder
- Assess motor control of the glenohumeral joint (rotator cuff) and scapulothoracic region.
- Identify and address sensorimotor deficits, including tactility, proprioception, and sensory discrimination
- Understand nociplastic pain: diagnostic criteria and management principles.
- Dive into neurodevelopmental factors such as learning difficulties and retained primitive reflexes.
Day 2: Master Rehabilitation of the Complex Shoulder
Apply your assessment skills from Day 1 to learn a systematic approach to rehabilitation for complex shoulder conditions using video examples of real patient cases:
- Learn how posture and alignment influence motor control.
- Motor control retraining techniques and progressions.
- Discover cortical enhancement techniques for symptom modification.
- Learn new sensory retraining techniques and tactile interventions to improve proprioception.
- New skills to rehabilitate normal muscle function that is affected by neurodevelopmental factors such as primitive reflex remnants.
- Work through clinical case studies to help you bring it all together to get you confident in rehabilitating complex shoulder conditions.
Presented by: Dr Angela Cadogan and Dr Jacqui Clark
Course Dates: See section below for course dates and locations.
Cost: $795 NZD* (Payment options available)
Payment options:
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Full payment: click "Buy" button at top of page
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Payment plan: Contact us for option of $250 deposit and balance due 2 weeks before course date.
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Invoice: for hospital or employer-paid registration, contact us for invoice option.
*Includes 1 year access to online course and 2-day practical course taught by two international experts.
Terms and Conditions
- Course is run subject to minimum numbers (full refund given if course is cancelled).
- A printed manual cannot be guaranteed for registrations less than 1 week before course date.
- Please read our full cancellation policy carefully. We recommend you take out insurance for travel and accommodation and in case of covid or other disruption.