Course number: 1304031

Dates
Friday, February 22 (no evening program) and Saturday, February 23, 2013
 

Course topics

• Subacromial impingement syndrome:  A musculoskeletal condition or a clinical illusion?
• The role of imaging.
• Shoulder assessment: The dilemma of diagnosis and a new model for the assessment of the shoulder
• (The Shoulder Symptom Modification Procedure- SSMP).
• Treatment techniques (exercise and manual therapy) following the SSMP; Techniques for managing shoulder pain; Taping techniques for the shoulder
• Rotator cuff tendinopathy: A new model for the assessment and management of the continuum of rotator cuff tendinopathy. From tendon underload to the management of massive inoperable full thickness tears.
• Shoulder instability; Evidence based management.
• Case presentations.

Educational goal
After this course the participant is familiar with the Shoulder Symptom Modification Procedure, a well structured physiotherapeutic diagnostic and treatment strategy, based on the latest scientific insights, and can apply this procedure in the analysis and treatment of patients with complaints about their shoulder.

Target group
Physiotherapists and manual therapists who followed post-graduate education about the shoulder

Teaching method
Lectures, cases, demonstrations, and training of practical skills

Lecturer
Jeremy Lewis, PhD, Consultant Physiotherapist at St George’s Hospital in London, UK.
Jeremy Lewis is also the Research Lead for the Therapy Department at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, and Visiting Professor of Physical Therapy at the University of Haifa. His main research interest is the rotator cuff and he’s currently involved in clinical, laboratory and cadaver research in this field. He also has a Master of Science in Manipulative Physiotherapy, and Postgraduate Diplomas in Sports Physiotherapy, and in Biomechanics. He has also completed MSc modules in injection therapy for soft tissues and joints. Since 1992, Jeremy has taught and lectured internationally in the UK, Ireland, USA, Europe, the Middle East, South Africa, and the Cayman Islands.

Course location
Hotel & Congrescentrum Papendal, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Costs
Euro 475,- including coffee, tea, lunches and course materials

Number of participants
Minimum: 24, maximum: 32

Certificate
At the end of the masterclass a certificate is handed out to the participants who attended the full masterclass.

Relevant links
• Registration form NPi courses
• Route description to Hotel & Congrescentrum Papendal