Course Description (Day 1)
Have you ever wondered why the same four exercises are supposed to be given to every patient with shoulder dysfunction? Why sometimes they work and sometimes they don’t? When and how do the physicians decide to do surgery for a partial or full thickness tear? This course will provide you with a problem-solving approach for evaluation and treatment of rotator cuff injuries. Anatomy and biomechanics will be reviewed as it relates to rotator cuff injuries and subsequent treatment decisions – surgical and non-surgical. Alternative treatment techniques will be demonstrated that have been proven effective as alternatives or adjuncts to those currently used in the clinic. Patient cases will be discussed both for conservative and post-operative management.

Objectives (Day 1)

• Understand the role of rehabilitation specialist vs. MD in patient care management
• Discuss epidemiology of cuff pathology
• Describe anatomy & biomechanics of rotator cuff pathology
• Describe basic science of tissue healing as it relates to rotator cuff pathology
• Understand indications for surgical intervention
• Discuss strategies for conservative management & post-operative care
• Observe demonstration of alternative treatment techniques

Course Description (Day 2)
Shoulder instability has been a difficult problem to treat in the past and often a career ending injury. Over the past 10 years, surgical techniques and options have changed. These advances have brought about changes to us as the rehabilitation specialist. Shoulder anatomy and biomechanics as it relates to instability will be reviewed. Surgical techniques such as capsular shrinkage will be discussed and a video presented. Rehabilitation guidelines will be presented as a treatment algorithm for determining exercise progression for instability versus rotator cuff tears. Guidelines for assessing whether or not the patient will succeed with conservative management versus appropriate surgical care will be discussed. Alternative treatment techniques that have been effective in treating the patient with shoulder instability will be demonstrated.

Objectives (Day 2)

• Understand the role of rehabilitation versus MD for patient care
• Discuss anatomy and biomechanics of the shoulder with instability
• Discuss clinical presentation of patients with instability
• Describe strategies for conservative versus post-operative management of shoulder instability
• Observe demonstration of alternative treatment techniques

Who Should Attend?
This seminar is ideal for those individuals involved with the care and management of orthopaedic and/or shoulder dysfunction patients. It is ideal for CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS, PTs, PT Assistants, DCs, OTRs & COTAs, and other medical practitioners.

Speaker
Wendy S. Burke, PT, MS, DPT, OCS  received her physical therapy degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984, and Advanced Masters Degree in 2000 from USC. She became Board Certified in Orthopaedics in 1993 after completing the Orthopaedic Fellowship Residency Program at Kaiser Permanente-Los Angeles in 1993.  She recently completed her Post-professional Doctorate from the Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy at USC with her research on Shoulder dysfunction.

In addition, Wendy completed several yearlong manual therapy programs. One by Joe Godges (1992) a second program by Dennis Dempsey and Wayne Diamond that is Maitland based (1993), a yearlong fellowship program in Arthritis presented by Rancho Los Amigos (1986), and the PNF Program at Kaiser Permanente-Vallejo in 1991.  She has assisted Richard Jackson with seminars on the pelvic girdle, lower kinetic chain biomechanics and its relationship to gait, as well as back evaluation. She has been a guest lecturer at University of southern California, Loma Linda University, and the Professional Baseball Trainers Association.

After 12 years as a faculty member at USC Department of Biokinesiology and clinical supervisor of the USC University Hospital Outpatient Department Wendy now has a joint faculty position between the USC Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, and the USC Department of Orthopaedic Surgery as a clinical research project manager..  In addition to private patient care, she works closely with physicians as a team member of the Shoulder Clinic at the USC Department of Orthopaedics, and as a staff for the USC Center for Athletic Medicine.

Wendy is a Member of the APTA, American Society of Shoulder and Elbow Therapists, and is a Certified Kinesiotaping Instructor.

CEUs/Contact Hours
A certificate of attendance will be presented to each participant for 15.0 contact hours. The California Education Connection is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education for CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS. The BOC approved provider number is P2959. California Education Connection is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education. This course is eligible for 1.5 CEUs from the AOTA. The AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. This course will also count toward the PDU requirement for OTRs / COTAs in the State of California.

Registration Deadline
The registration deadline for all courses is three weeks prior to the start of the course. All registrations must be postmarked or received three weeks prior to the course date, if received after the registration deadline, a $25.00 Late Fee will be applied to the registration fee.

How Do We Sign-Up and Qualify for the Free Spot?
In order to qualify for this discount, we must receive all six completed registration forms with the appropriate payment for the five spots. If you want to mail in the completed forms, you must mail all six forms in the same envelope. If you want to fax in the forms, you must fax all six forms at the same time.

Refund & Cancellation Policies
California Education Connection reserves the right to cancel this seminar due to an insufficient number of registrants. Under these circumstances, a full refund in the form of a check will be addressed and mailed to the registered participant. Please note that California Education Connection is not responsible for any hotel, airline or other expenses incurred.

All cancellations by registered participant must be dated and submitted in writing. For cancellations received 14 days or more before the seminar date, the registration fee will be returned less a $50.00 administrative fee. A refund in the form of a check will be mailed to the registered participant.

Within 14 days of the seminar, no refunds will be made. California Education Connection reserves the right to change a course date, location or instructor. If the seminar is either interrupted or cancelled by an act of nature, war, or any issue beyond the control of California Education Connection, no refund will be issued.

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