Exercise for rotator cuff tendinopathy with Dr Chris Littlewood

Treatment for shoulder pain incorporates exercises in the form of strengthening, control, loading or stretches. What are the most effective exercises and types of exercise for long term shoulder pain or rotator cuff tendinopathy? How can we improve the effectiveness of our exercise program?

In this free webinar with Dr Chris Littlewood, you will discover:

• Does exercise work for shoulder pain?
• What are the limitations of our exercises for shoulder pain?
• How does exercise work for rotator cuff tendinopathy?
• How can we incorporate our exercise into a biopsychosocial model?
• How can we improve the results of our exercise program?
• What role does language and outcome expectation have on our treatment results?
• What are common fears and beliefs in shoulder pain patients?
• How can you address patient fears and beliefs?
• How can you help your patient develop "Mastery" of their exercise program?
• Which exercises can you include?
• Which self-monitoring tools can help your patients during their recovery?
• Other factors that may influence patient recovery and outcomes
• How you can help patients address other factors that may limit their treatment outcomes

Part 1 covers:

• Introduction
• The burden of shoulder pain
• Course of shoulder pain
• Types of shoulder pain
• Rotator cuff tendinopathy
• "Does it work?"

Part 2 covers:

• Comparative effectiveness of exercise for rotator cuff tendinopathy
• How does it work?
• Summary so far

Part 3 covers:

• One consideration...
• Can we do better?
• Why are expectations important?
• Outcome expectation & language
• Impact on the scrutiny process

Part 4 covers:

• Outcome expectation & language
• Outcome expectation & research
• Outcome expectation
• Second of three simple ideas
• Self-efficacy expectation

Part 5 covers:

• Recommendations
• Establish baseline/develop mastery
• Third of three simple ideas
• Self-monitoring

Part 6 covers:

• Learning from elsewhere...
• The importance of self-monitoring within a self-management paradigm
• Thinking more broadly
• Multi-dimensional nature of rotator cuff tendinopathy

Part 7 covers:

• Implications for physiotherapy
• Nice guidance
• Overweight/obesity
• Summary
• Final thought