This online and in-person course is part of a four course series to allow Physiotherapists to develop confidence in the foundations of Orthopaedic assessment and treatment of Upper Extremity pain using the Goal Oriented Classification approach.
Online- 12 part learning resource reviewed prior to the in-person course:
- The Goal Oriented Classification- Introduction to how to classify patients with Upper Extremity pain into categories which identify the goal needed to help with their symptoms and the interventions used to accomplish this goal
- Clinical Reasoning: how to organize your assessment so that you can effectively screen patients with Upper Extremity pain for safety and also figure out what category the patient fits
- Outcome measures: What EBP tools will help you measure initial function and assess for risk for patients with Upper Extremity
- Patient Assessment: How to identify key features in the patient story that help you categorize patients with Upper Extremity pain.
- Assessment of the Shoulder: Use EBP assessment tools, Specific tests to rule in and Sensitive tests to rule out pathology to help you appropriately categorize a patients with Shoulder pain
- Assessment of the Elbow: Use EBP assessment tools, Specific tests to rule in and Sensitive tests to rule out pathology to help you appropriately categorize a patients with Elbow pain
- Assessment of the Wrist/Hand: Use EBP assessment tools, Specific tests to rule in and Sensitive tests to rule out pathology to help you appropriately categorize a patients with Wrist/Hand pain
- Manual Therapy: What is the purpose of manual therapy and how does it help patients with Upper Extremity pain.
- Interventions for the Shoulder: Learn interventions for the Shoulder supported by research that help you make with-in session changes to your patient’s Shoulder pain
- Interventions for the Elbow/Wrist/Hand: Learn interventions for the upper limb supported by research that help you make with-in session changes to your patients lower arm pain
- Tendon-Load management: Learn about tendinopathy and how to management muscle/tendon related pathology and incorporate heavy slow loading for optimal rehabilitation.
- Motor Control: Define motor control and how it is different from just strengthening. Use a neurophysiological approach to ROM and functional rehabilitation.
This will be a 8 hour on-line learn resource that you can complete at home, on your own time prior to the start of the in-person course.
The 1-day in-person learning program will be an intensive session learning the psycho-motor skills necessary to effectively assess and treat patients with Upper Extremity pain. You will learn the valid and reliable assessment techniques to help you effectively screen patients for serious pathology and pain that is referred to the Upper Extremity area. You will learn the techniques to effectively rule in and rule out problems in the Upper Extremity region so that you can effectively classify your patient in the Goal Orient Category that leads to the most effective evidenced-based treatment.Â
You then will learn how to apply the most the most effective evidenced-based treatment techniques for the Goal Orient Category that patients can fit into: Pain Control, Mobility, Strength Deficit, Motor Control and Functional Rehabilitation. Learn a systematic approach to assessing and treating people with Upper Extremity pain that allows you to confidently create an individualized treatment plan so that you can work to the top of scope and help your patients Monday morning!
