The Complex Shoulder “A focus on Instability Assessment & Treatment”
Date: Sept 8th London & 9th Bristol 2012
Tutor: Rhian Witham
Location: UCLH London & Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Price: London £110 Bristol £90
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This is a highly specialised course developed by Rhian Witham who heads the shoulder physiotherapy team for North Bristol NHS and works as an ESP for a specialist shoulder surgeon. She has a masters in manipulation and is a member of BESS. She also teaches on the highly successful Shoulder Assessment & Treatment day course "Pulling it all together"
This course reflects her personal experience in assessing and treating both basic and complex pathology, backed up by useful reseach which has informed her practice and focuses on the specialist area of shoulder Instability.
If you treat shoulder's on a regular basis this course is a must and will help your differential diagnosis, understanding of when to refer on and how to treat highly complex unstable shoulders that require conservative management.
Course Aims:
To establish a good understanding of stability and instability of the shoulder
To understand the current classification system for shoulder instability
To understand the assessment of the unstable shoulder – subjective and objective
To understand the role of the Orthopaedic Shoulder Surgeon in shoulder instability
To establish a problem solving approach to rehabilitation of the unstable shoulder.
Timetable
Registration 8:30 till 9:00am
Interactive discussion session 9.00 – 10.00am
What is GHJ stability?
How does the GHJ achieve stability?
What is GHJ instability?
Teaching Session 10.00– 10.30am
Classification system GHJ instability
Coffee 10:30am
Interactive Practical Session 11.00 – 12.30pm
Assessment of GHJ instability - subjective and objective. Including documentation and outcome measures
Interactive Practical Session 12.30 – 13.00pm
Imaging in GHJ instability
Lunch 13.00 – 13.45
Teaching Session 13.45 – 14.45pm
Orthopaedic Surgery in Shoulder Instability
Interactive Practical Session 14.45 – 16.30pm
Rehabilitation – treatment strategies and ideas
Post operative Rehabilitation Guidelines
Questions & close 16.30 – 17.00pm
Course notes, attendance certificate and CPD reflection paperwork will all be included on the day.
