Rotator Cuff Dysfunction:
Functional Recovery from Impingement & Surgery
Your Hands-On Guide to Restoring Shoulder Function with Terry Trundle, ATC, LAT, PTA
Do you treat clients with weakness, stiffness, or pain in the shoulder?
Rotator cuff injuries are some of the most difficult to diagnose, and you're expected to know how to help rehabilitate your client's shoulder in a limited number of visits, otherwise, you risk a longer recuperation time and missed treatment goals.
Discover why certain injuries occur at different points in life, and learn cutting-edge treatments that return function to your client - regardless of their age.
Earn Up to 6 CE hours - Only $199.99
"Very well presented! I learned a lot with the lab videos!"
- Catherine T., OTA
What You'll Learn in This Course:
Shoulder "The Open Kinetic Chain Challenge"
- What questions should we be asking about “today’s shoulder”
- Missing link in treating the geriatric shoulder
- Components of functionality
- Phases of rehabilitation based on recent evidence-based applications
- Concepts of the three P’s (Pivotors, Protectors, and Positioners)
- Role of scapula-thoracic stabilization for retraction, repositioning, and protraction preparation
Lab #1: Manual Mobility for the Scapula-Thoracic Articulation
Glenohumeral primary impingement
- Vital three-motion patterns
- Decompression of the painful shoulder
- Manual preparation glides for the glenohumeral joint
- Updates on capsule mobility
- Positional recruitment based on the therapeutic value of intervention
- Non-operative and operative treatment of primary impingement
- Development of the “healthy cuff” with the vital five home exercise programs
Lab #2: Manual Mobility for the Glenohumeral Joint
Operative repairs for the rotator cuff lesions, including the geriatric considerations
- Defining delayed intervention and its role in treatment guidelines
- Scapula control for core stabilization
- How to address shoulder “hike” dysfunction
- Concepts of the “Geriatric Big Three” exercises
- Benefits of closed kinetic chain stabilization
- Outcome studies
Secondary impingement and its rehabilitation to instability
- Why secondary impingement is so difficult to access
- Subjective assessment outweighs objective findings
- Protective exercise guidelines for labrum, SLAP lesions, and capsule instability
Lab #3: Screening of the Painful Shoulder - How Do You Define Shoulder Function?
- History of the problem
- Subjective level of pain
- Clinical screening with special testing
- Discussion of the three components of referral
- Case presentations
- Location of pain
Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants
Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants
Athletic Trainers, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists, Exercise Physiologists, Rehab Managers, Physicians, Physiatrists
What Your Colleagues are Saying
- Sara Dixon
"I feel that I learned how to help someone with shoulder problems in an effective manner my reason for attending the course. Terry Trundle made this topic very interesting and I was able to clearly comprehend the material despite coming in with no recent experience or knowledge in this area."
- Mary Andrews
"Loved this course. It is so practical and I wish I had done a course like this years ago!"
- Tricia Carroll
Meet Your Instructor
Terry Trundle
ATC, LAT, PTA
Owner and Director of Athletic Rehab Institute and Sports Medicine in Atlanta, GA.
Terry Trundle has over 38 years of experience in clinical practice and offers educational programs on functional rehabilitation focusing on the upper and lower kinetic chain. He serves as a rehab consultant for Benchmark Physical Therapy.
Mr. Trundle's research has been featured in numerous journals and publications, and he has received awards and recognitions by the American Physical Therapy Association and Medical College of Georgia as a leader in the field.
He authored a chapter on orthopedic management of the shoulder in Fundamental Orthopedic Management for the Physical Therapist Assistant. He is the co-producer of a four-part video series that includes exercises on the knee and shoulder and passive micro–mobility of the upper and lower kinetic chains.
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