Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: Post operative Management and Rehab Course
Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: Post operative Management and Rehab Course is organized by PT Seminars.
Course Description:
This webinar will address the management of a patient with a massive rotator cuff tear, including the post-operative massive cuff repair as well as the inoperable massive cuff tear. Course participants will learn the most current literature surrounding the controversy about when and how much movement should be initiated in this challenging post-operative rehab, and have a detailed review of the science behind tendon healing. They will receive post-operative rehabilitation guidelines that are developed with consideration of the basic science of healing as well as sound clinical research. Additionally, participants will learn a novel method for improving function and reducing pain in a patient who has an irreparable massive rotator cuff tear. Case presentations will be delivered to illustrate clinical pearls.
This online certificate course for Physical Therapists, PTA’s, Occupational Therapists & COTA’s, is a learning module taught by on-demand streaming video. At the end of the course, there will be a quiz. Upon successful completion of the quiz, a certificate confirming completion of Massive Rotator Cuff Tears: Post operative Management and Rehab Course, will be issued.
Course Objectives:
• Describe the structure of normal tendon, the healing phases following tendon repair, and the strength of the healing tendon repair at each phase of recovery
• Identify factors that effect rehabilitation strategies and expected outcome following tendon repair
• Utilize knowledge of tendon healing science to develop safe and appropriate rehabilitation practices following tendon repair
• Describe conditions for and implications of the inoperable rotator cuff tear.
• Develop rehab strategies for optimizing function in the shoulder with a massive inoperable rotator cuff tear based on evidence in the literature as well as sound biomechanical principles of exercise progression.