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Welcome to the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course with Jo Gibson!
For Physiotherapists & health professionals looking to transform from getting mixed results or struggling with shoulder pain to becoming your clinic's "go-to" shoulder specialist in 12 weeks
Join 5,000+ therapists worldwide getting better patient outcomes
Treating shoulder pain can be a complex and overwhelming experience
Rotator cuff related shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, rotator cuff tears, tendinopathy, osteoarthritis, nerve involvement and more.... there are a lot of potential causes of each patients shoulder pain, and you need to quickly diagnose and treat each one effectively, so your patients' pain improves and they can get back to the activities they need to do and want to do.
With the Shoulder Steps to Success online course, you'll be guided step-by-step through how to:
- Assess patients easily to get an accurate diagnosis and understanding of their pain.
- Combine targeted manual therapy with specific exercises to improve shoulder pain and movement.
- Use exercises and exercise progressions that lead to full recovery.
- Incorporate the kinetic chain into rehab for better pain and performance outcomes.
- Expertly treat various shoulder pathologies, including frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis, and rotator cuff tears.
Successful treatment sessions
Imagine how satisfying your treatment sessions would be if you had the tools and knowledge to consistently guide your shoulder pain patients on the path to recovery. You'd be able to provide the relief they need and feel amazing about your work as a therapist.
That's where the Shoulder Steps to Success online course comes in!
You'll become an expert in treating shoulder pain, confident in your ability to assess, diagnose, and create effective rehab programs that immediately improve your patients' pain.
This comprehensive online course, featuring 12 core training modules and 5 bonus modules, will teach you everything you need to know to effectively assess, diagnose, and treat shoulder pain in your patients. We've created this course to be both informative, practical and enjoyable, so you can master the skills you need while having a great time learning.
What's included in the course?
This engaging online course includes:
- On-demand learning
- Demonstration videos of all assessment tests, exercises & treatment techniques
- Live Q&A's
- Walk-throughs of actual patient case studies
- Assessment templates you can use in your next clinic session
- Downloadable course handouts, MP3s, and more
All available as soon as you register!
Watch this short video to find out what's in the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course.... and how it can help you
So, why wait?
Transform your approach to shoulder pain.
Join the thousands of "Shoulder geeks" worldwide registered on the Shoulder Steps to Success online course who now confidently assess and treat all types of shoulder pain.
Your patients will thank you, and you'll enjoy the fulfilling and rewarding experience of successfully rehabilitating shoulder pain.
2025 Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
Who is this course for?
The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course is designed for Physiotherapists and health professionals looking to accurately diagnose shoulder pain and provide outstanding, targeted rehab that helps patients recover and overcome their pain.
Whether you're a new graduate or an experienced clinician, this is the perfect course for you.
If you're a new graduate clinician, the course will help you build all the foundational skills you need for successful shoulder assessment and treatment, so you fully understand shoulder pain. You'll know the questions to ask patients, which tests to perform and how to target your treatment to your patients needs in a simple, understandable way.
If you're an experienced clinician, you'll update your knowledge and skills with the latest evidence, understand which assessment tests give you the information you need, and know how to successfully treat all types of complex shoulder pain, instability, stiffness and more as you become the "go to" person for shoulder pain in your clinic.
Register now to get immediate access to the course and improve your shoulder pain treatment results and confidence.
What sort of patients will the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course help you with?
You’ll be fully equipped to assess and treat all of these types of shoulder pain patients and more:
- Rotator cuff related shoulder pain, subacromial pain & rotator cuff tendinopathy, including patients with a painful arc and those previously thought of as “impingement”.
- Stiff shoulders, including frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis, post-fracture and cuff tear arthropathy.
- Persistent shoulder pain patients that haven’t responded to previous treatment or who have hit a plateau.
- Rotator cuff tears managed non-surgically, including acute or degenerative, small through to massive tears of supraspinatus, teres minor, infraspinatus and subscapularis.
- Post rotator cuff surgical rehab, including post-op stiffness and failed rotator cuff repairs.
- SLAP tears.
- Instability, including multidirectional instability (MDI), atraumatic instability and overhead athletes with instability.
- Acute, irritable, non-traumatic shoulders that are painful with movement into any direction or at rest.
- Gym goers with niggley shoulder pain.
- Anterior shoulder pain related to the long head of biceps tendon.
- Patients who have very little access to equipment.
- Workers that perform overhead activities as part of their daily duties.
- Tennis players & athletes with shoulder pain.
- Patients that have been diagnosed with “acute bursitis”.
- Cervical driven shoulder pain, including those with pain into the shoulder, trapezius and scapula.
- Nerve injuries in the shoulder.
- Acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) pain with reaching across the body and into end of range shoulder elevation.
What do course enrollees have to say about the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course?
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"I used to feel like a had a 50:50 potential to change someone’s symptoms with my treatment/management plan. I felt like I never had a clear, systematic process. I would often utilise the same treatment techniques or strengthening programs without significant progress and often couldn’t find good treatments and exercises to assist with reducing pain and outcomes.
Now I feel more confident having a systematic approach to my assessment/treatment and don’t feel like I’m guessing and hoping for the best.
The objective assessment and symptom modification tests, as well as utilising the kinetic chain have been so simple and easy to follow.
I feel very confident now, and the course has completely changed the outcome of my patients. I am so grateful for this content. This course has completely changed the way I view shoulder conditions and given my patients amazing outcomes. I think everyone should register now!"
ZOEY READDY
Physiotherapist
Perth, Australia
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"Before the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course my assessments were a mess of special tests which I now know are largely meaningless. I lacked ideas for rehab exercises beyond isometric rotator cuff strength and maybe theroband resisted abduction.
The course has completely altered my approach and no longer spend ages with multiple tests. The improvement tests in the course were a revolution for me.
I'm now hugely more confident with both assessment and treatment of shoulder pain, and usually get very good results.
Don't hesitate! The course is very informative in both theory and practical content. I loved it and gained a massive amount of confidence from it."
HELEN GREENSMITH
Physiotherapist
UK
"As a new grad before taking the course, I was stuck on trying to diagnose a specific structural deficit, but then also giving everybody pretty much the same exercises.
The simple clinical reasoning framework Jo teaches is SO powerful at changing people’s movement experience in session. I'm now less concerned about structural diagnosis, and have a way better capability to screen those specific pathologies that do need diagnosing.
I also have a way better foundational understanding of how the rotator cuff works, which guides everything I do! Excellent course!"
MARY CARSTENS
Physiotherapist
Canada
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"Before doing the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course, there were so many aspects to shoulder pain that it seemed overwhelming, and I used to use more of a blanket treatment for most shoulder pain patients.
The course with Jo is broken down into easily digestible bits which makes it easy to remember & implement.
I now feel much more confident in accurately diagnosing shoulder pain, communicating this to the patient and knowing how to treat and prescribe rehab exercises.
My treatment is now more targeted depending on the shoulder injury rather than a blanket shoulder treatment that I did before. Do it. Now!"
JENNIFER RICHARDSON
Osteopath
Australia
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"The shoulder felt like a complicated joint before doing the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course. I would say that I was not able to put an accurate diagnosis on the pathology I was facing, therefore not proposing adequate rehab.
The videos of the exercises, quality of the information provided, backed up by recent research has really helped me and is easily applicable in clinic.
My ability to take care of shoulder patients changed completely, I feel way more confident.
I did the course again a few months afterwards and found even more helpful info that I wasn’t able to understand the first time. Go for it, your patients deserve it."
CHARLIE RASSEK
Student Physio
Switzerland
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“The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course is terrific, one of the best courses I've ever attended. It's very practical, has helped with diagnosis in my role as a GP, and has completely changed my treatment of shoulder pain and how I train my trainee colleagues. The nerve module in the course helped me identify a patient injury that I would not have picked up previously - an axillary nerve post forced internal rotation pull, despite no dislocation on Xray. Thank you!”.
JOHN KELLY
GP
Australia
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"Before the course, figuring out the best and most efficent assessment and subsequent intervention plan from my assessment was a real challenge.
In the course Jo provided plenty of evidence to support the often complex presentation of shoulder pathologies, in an easy to understand and practically applicable manner that I was able to instantly use in my clinical practice.
I have noticed a tremendous improvement in my ability to diagnose and designed tailored interventions for all patients who present to me with shoulder pain.
I am no longer confused by the variety of presentations I see and find it much easier explaining shoulder and its subsequent prognosis to patients.
This is easily the best shoulder course I’ve done, both practically and online.
Jo is an excellent presenter and really has an expert grasp on all things shoulders. I cannot recommend this course enough."
DENZIL JEWELL
Physio
New Zealand
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"Knowing what to strengthen and why used to be a real challenge for me.
The step by step nature of the approach to shoulder care + the simple exercises have made me 10x more confident (I was confident before but now feeling like a champ!)
100% recommended."
MARIO WADIE
Physio
Canada
"The course is a fantastic resource, full of practical information that has broadened my knowledge, assessment and treatment skills of the shoulder."
SERENA MURPHY
Physio
Launceston, Australia
Ticket Selection
- 12 months access to the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson in 12 months (value $997.00/year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $4776.00, saving you $4079.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8264.00, saving you $7267.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8954.00, saving you $7457.00
Which is the most popular ticket?
The Lifetime ticket is the most popular option, providing Lifetime access to watch the course as many times as you like, all course updates to stay up date, ongoing access to ask questions about your shoulder pain patients, and much more.
Get the Shoulder rehab essentials bonus kit now!
Unlock your closing bonus when you register today!
When you register for the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course today, you’ll receive not only the full course but also a powerful Closing bonus package designed exclusively for Physiotherapists and Physical Therapists who want to accelerate their rehab results with shoulder pain.
These practical, clinic-ready tools will save you time, boost your confidence, and help you deliver even better results for your shoulder pain patients.
🎁 Bonus 1: Exercise options & progressions handouts
Struggling to recall which exercise or progression is best for each patient? These handouts remove the guesswork by giving you:
- Clear images and descriptions for every exercise
- Step-by-step progressions tailored for shoulder pain rehab
- Practical alternatives for different patient needs
Use them as your quick-reference guide during busy clinic days to keep your patients progressing smoothly and safely.
🎁 Bonus 2: Exercise selection algorithm
Choosing the right exercise at the right time is the secret to great rehab outcomes. With this algorithm, you’ll:
- Quickly identify the most effective exercise for every shoulder pain patient
- Match exercises to patient presentation and stage of rehab
- Avoid wasted time, trial-and-error, and stalled progress
It’s like having a decision-making assistant in your clinic—helping you apply evidence-based choices with confidence.
🎁 Bonus 3: Rehab progression algorithm
What if your patient’s shoulder pain, improves really well, flares up, or doesn’t progress as expected? How can you know exactly what to change in their rehab program?
This exclusive flow chart gives you:
- A structured progression path for every stage of rehab
- A quick reference to adapt and adjust exercises on the spot
- Guidance to confidently move patients toward improved range, strength, and function
Whether you need to scale back after a setback or ramp up to hit performance goals, this tool keeps you on track.
How these resources will help you
Great rehab is about more than remembering principles—it’s about applying the right exercise, at the right time, in the right way.
With these exclusive bonuses, you’ll have:
✔️ The clarity to choose the best exercises for each patient
✔️ The confidence to adjust and progress rehab programs on the spot
✔️ Rehab programs that will deliver faster, better outcomes for your patients
Here’s what you’ll learn to improve your shoulder results
The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course has 12 core training modules and 5 bonus modules designed to give you exactly what you need to successfully assess and treat all types of shoulder pain, without all the unnecessary tests and exercises you don't.
All course materials - including streaming videos, downloadable course handouts, MP3’s (with Lifetime and Lifetime Plus registration), case studies and more - are available right now in an online course dashboard.
Module 1: Simple and effective steps to success - Building foundations
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Ticket Selection
- 12 months access to the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson in 12 months (value $997.00/year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $4776.00, saving you $4079.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8264.00, saving you $7267.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8954.00, saving you $7457.00
Presenters
Jo Gibson
Jo Gibson MCSP MSc
Jo Gibson is a Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist who has specialised in rehabilitation of the Shoulder since 1995 and works at the Liverpool Upper Limb Unit and in private practice. She is a Consultant to several elite sports teams regarding shoulder rehabilitation. Jo is an Associate Lecturer at Liverpool University, has published in Peer-reviewed journals, has written several book chapters and co-authored National guidelines for the treatment of common shoulder pathologies. She is Co-Editor of the Educational Section of the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow. Jo's research interests include communication, complex instability and accelerated rehabilitation. Jo teaches all over the world and is passionate about empowering clinicians and helping translate the evidence base into meaningful practice that optimises management of our patient with shoulder pain.
Liverpool, UKHi! My name is Jo Gibson
I'm a Upper Limb Rehab Specialist Physio working in Liverpool (UK), specialising in the treatment of shoulder pain.
I love treating shoulder pain, staying up to date with all of the latest shoulder pain research and consider myself a Shoulder Geek!
Using the latest research and 25 years of clinical experience as a Clinical Specialist Physio in the Liverpool Upper Limb Unit, I've developed a unique approach to shoulder pain assessment and treatment that I use everyday in my clinical practice with patients ranging from elite athletes through to office workers, young athletes through to grandparents.
I love sharing this approach and helping therapists learn to enjoy treating shoulder pain successfully.
I dreaded treating shoulder pain.....
Which is a HUGE change from when I started out in the NHS, when I dreaded treating shoulder pain.
I found shoulder pain so complicated, and every article or book I read, or course I went on seemed to make it even more complicated!
I would watch my patients move hoping to see all the other things the experts told me I should see about the scapula and kinematics.
I would go through my gambit of special tests, Hawkins-Kennedy, impingement tests, ACJ and SLAP tests, rotator cuff tests – so many tests! And then try and work out a diagnosis or a structure at fault.
It was confusing and I felt rubbish!
I seemed to collect loads of information and got more and more confused and when I look back I am sure I confused my patients too!
I remember as a new Band 6 physio in my first ever musculoskeletal outpatients placement – it seemed that everyone around me was more confident, more experienced and just better than me at treating patients with shoulder pain.
I had patients who just didn’t progress or even worse the exercises I gave them made their pain worse.
I had patients who were on treatment for what felt like forever – I would try every exercise or technique that I knew and still they would come back every week saying it’s the same. I would go on courses convinced that if only I knew some other techniques or a different approach to exercise everything would be okay.
A simple approach to shoulder pain is much more effective!
I discovered the simple things that make a huge difference.
A simple assessment that lets you know
- exactly what is causing your patients shoulder pain and
- how to treat it
without having to perform a lot of tests that just confuse you and your patient.
A simple approach to rehab - your assessment helps identify the most effective exercises for your patient, that your patient can use to start improving their pain immediately.
How did I go from dreading shoulder pain to teaching courses?
How did I go from dreading treating shoulder pain and feeling like I was failing, to developing a passion for helping people with shoulder pain, becoming a Upper Limb Rehab Specialist Physio and teaching shoulder courses?
Over the past 25 years, I've treated tens of thousands of shoulder pain patients and figured out what works for almost every shoulder pain patient you can think of.
- If you'd like to make your shoulder pain assessment easy, we'll teach you how to do that
- If you want to successfully treat shoulder pain from overload, stiff shoulders, frozen shoulders, torn or irritable shoulders, we'll teach you how to do that as well
The shoulder assessment and treatment framework you'll find inside this course have helped thousands of therapists around the world to get great results with shoulder pain, faster than ever before.
The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course will give you access to all the assessment tests, exercises, exercise progressions and manual therapy techniques that I use every day to successfully treat all types of shoulder pain, so you can use them immediately with your patients, and become the most successful therapist with shoulder pain in your clinic or area!
FAQ's: Your questions about the course answered
How do I know this course actually works? And actually why has Jo got anything important to say?
Well, the first thing in terms of does this course actually work, well, we've had thousands of physiotherapists from around the world who've taken the course and report immediate improvements in patient outcomes, confidence, and clinical reasoning.
Now, of course, we've got lots of testimonials that you can have a look at, but my whole aim with this course and with David, we've looked at how we can empower clinicians to increase their confidence with all things that to do with shoulder pain and instability, but also importantly to reflect the fact that we all learn differently.
We all need different things to help consolidate key content.
Now the course is evidence-informed. So I'm always reading the evidence, looking at things that challenge our practice, and also importantly things that can enhance our practice. So what are the key nuggets that we can take away and immediately take to translate into our practice?
And that's what this course does. This is an approach to treatment that I used in my 28 years as a clinical specialist in the NHS system, and I've continued to use since and whether or not I have somebody with a simple mechanical shoulder pain or somebody with a long-term complex presentation, I use the same clinical reasoning framework and it allows me to be confident in where I'm going to start with my treatment with that patient, but also importantly to know that sometimes I'm not the right person.
I might need to refer on for an imaging or a surgical opinion.
And I suppose that comes back to me. Who am I and why should you trust me in terms of my approach? Well, essentially I've been treating, I've got 38 years of clinical experience and 30 of those working as a specialist with patients with shoulder problems.
I've been hugely lucky to be involved in research, and I actually have a role as an honorary research fellow at Liverpool Hope University. It's really important for me to keep things credible. I have done my own research in the past, but I'm regularly involved in Delphi consensus documents and informing practice and trying to be an opinion leader in terms of making sure we do the best for our patients and as clinicians, far from being disempowered by the evidence, we're actually empowered in all the ways that we can enhance what we do and get the best results for people in a realistic way.
Now, when I started my job as clinical specialist, I found the evidence overwhelming. It was a time when we still had huge reliance on special tests.
We were confident in structural diagnosis. So you can imagine the journey that I've been on.
Confused? Uncertain?
So I know how it feels to feel uncertain. I know how it feels to feel confused by the evidence and actually what I wanted to do is share with you what I've learned over the years, is that actually we've probably massively overcomplicated in terms of what we can do to help patients with shoulder pathology.
And so if you like, this shortcuts my 30 years of helping patients with shoulder pain and instability with, of course, always informed by the evidence, but considering the specific individualised needs of each patient that comes in front of you.
But also considering you as a clinician and your experiences, and of course, how you might have been taught, how you make sense of that and how it kind of is framed, if you like, by the emerging evidence base.
So guys, I want to share with you an approach to practice that I use every day in my clinic. I want you to be confident and enthused every time you see a patient with shoulder pain on your list.
People sometimes ask, how is this content relevant to me?
"I'm too experienced!",
"I'm not experienced enough!"
All sorts of queries that people might have as to helping decide whether this is the right course for them.
Well, the great news is whatever your level of knowledge, this course takes you through a clinical reasoning framework that enables you to navigate less clear presentations, and important to tailor treatments to the individual.
It's really nice when somebody comes into this clinic, it's straightforward. We can change their pain. We get them on track and we all see patients that maybe just need some reassurance and advice on where to go.
But it's really important to have a clinical reasoning framework that enables you at either end of that spectrum to feel confident in how we're going to get these patients back on track.
Now people sometimes worry that the course is all about theory, but I'm a clinician at heart.
I've been very lucky to be involved in research, but clinical practice and helping my patients is what gives me a real buzz.
So this course importantly is all about translating theories into the practice.
So we give you the principles and the theory and research underpinning the approaches that we're advocating.
However, every module has practical takeaways that you can immediately apply into your practice.
We simplify complexity by giving you a really clear step-by-step approach, and so you'll get confident assessing, diagnosing, and treating any shoulder pain presentation with a clear structure, and importantly, feeling confident.
We're there for you, as I say, in terms of the question and answer sessions and our Facebook community. So loads of ways and ensuring that you get the max out of the course.
"I'm really busy. How am I going to fit this into my life?"
This is the beauty of an online course and that you can keep going back again and again and do it at your own pace. When I first met David, I was a bit sceptical about online courses, because to be honest, I was a real fan of face-to-face courses and really valued that kind of interaction.
Actually, when I look at the evidence about how much I'm likely to retain on a face-to-face course, the huge advantage of an online course is I can keep going back again and again and cement those principles.
And, importantly, because we have our Facebook group and our question-and-answer sessions, we don't miss out on the value of that interaction.
So the key advantage is bottom line is if you are really busy, you can pace your learning in a way that suits you. It's entirely online and on demand allowing you to progress through at a pace that suits your schedule.
It's a modular structure, and you can just dive into the modules that are most relevant for the particular patient you're thinking about.
Additionally, we offer downloadable MP3 audio files. So if you want to listen on the move or when you're out for your walk or doing your exercise, that's another way of making it time efficient too.
And of course, with lifetime access options, you can revisit the content whenever you need a refresher or encounter a relevant clinical case.
But also importantly, you can give me ideas of anything I can add to help support your learning, and you've got access to me through that Facebook group. And our question and answer sessions.
So lots of practical tools and strategies to help you streamline your clinical assessments and treatment, which again, are ultimately going to save you time
We actually get people who said they've "Done an online course before, but it actually didn't help them much".
That's why we've created this course differently.
It's clinically rich, it's focused on real cases, and it gives you a framework that you'll use for years.
A lot of people who come on my course or complete the Shoulder Steps to Success online course tell me that actually they've adapted that framework on other parts of the body.
So there really are some key principles in terms of how we set patients up to success, some underpinning principles in terms of our treatment approach that you can really use in every aspect of your practice.
And of course another thing sometimes people worry about is they're not tech savvy. They're worried about access. They worry about logging in. But guys, it's really easy to access from any device with simple login and support if needed. No downloads, no complicated software.
Just log in and you're good to go and it'll track your progress and importantly, you get that good old CPD certificate on completion of the course.
Some people tell us they just don't like online education.
Now of course there's been a huge shift to online since COVID, and it's really changed the kind of landscape of education provision.
Let me share a secret with you.....
When I was first approached by David to put this course together as a collaboration, I was a little bit skeptical.
I loved my face of face teaching and I loved going on courses myself, and, having that opportunity to be with other people, but also importantly to be able to ask the tutor questions and I was really worried how we were going to translate that into a course in this online format.
However, I very quickly realised that the amount of content that we can deliver in an online course is far greater than we can in a 2-day face-to-face. I also realised that given that in face-of-face courses, however much we try and manipulate learning style, retention rates can be as low as 30%.
That's quite scary.
The opportunity to have a course that people can revisit and watch the content as many times as they want to, to really consolidate some of the principles was a really attractive option.
And what I've also realised is it's given us a huge scope, not only in terms of what we can include, but also the fact that we can keep developing the course and updating it to make sure it remains reflective of the evidence.
So if you sign up for our lifetime membership, you can get access to all those updates and as practice evolves, any new ideas that might enhance your practice.
So we're very responsive to our community.
And the great thing is, as I say, with all of this, we can enhance the learning value with bonuses, resources, shared decision making aids that you can take into your clinics, lots of different things.
And it's really important to say, this is not a passive sit back, watch and learn course.
It's clinically focused, it's interactive with our question and answer sessions and our Facebook community, and it's designed to keep you engaged with practical applications at every step of the course.
I'm a real clinician at heart and I really want you to see how we can use research to inform our practice and helps align it with our patients' expectations and beliefs, but also importantly the things that we hold in terms of value.
So I really think for me, I've been converted.
As I say, it's been a real privilege to work with Clinical Edge team and actually have the opportunity to bring my course to so many more people and then get the feedback of what a difference it's made to their practice.
Why is the course expensive?
If we think about what we'd spend on a two day course, it's quite similar.
The fact is within this course, because it's online, we're able to include a whole lot more. So really this course includes 20 hours of CPD, comprehensive modules and resources offering, I think really good value for professional development.
And the key thing is it's reflecting what other learners have said they want to help continue their shoulder expertise journey.
There are different access options. You can choose between 12-month access or lifetime access plans to suit your budget and your learning preference.
And if you do the 12-month, you've always got the option to upgrade, if you decide you want to keep access and importantly have access to all our updates because we're always looking at keeping content representative of the evidence.
The other thing is this is all about your professional advancement, so the skills you acquire may qualify you for advanced roles and contribute to your career progression.
But also to be the go-to shoulder person. And remember, these are long-term benefits. Investing in your education now is gonna really support your confidence, your competence, and potentially career opportunities later down the line.
Cost is also an issue that can seem prohibitive for some people when they're considering signing up for the course.
In this format not only can we include far more content than we can in a two day course but it also enables us to include infographics, summary sheets, resources and bonuses to help consolidate your learning and translate it into practice effectively.
Now, of course, when you sign up for a course like this it's absolutely an investment.
It's an investment in you and your patients.
You are going to gain a complete clinical reasoning framework that will underpin your assessment, immediately inform to start where to start with your treatment with lots of practical examples, exercises, decision making tools and clinicians regularly tell us, very humbling, that it's the best shoulder course that they've done, which is fabulous for me to hear. But I'm not sitting on my laurels.
The course is constantly updated in reflections of the evidence to make sure it keeps representative of the literature. But also we have this awesome opportunity with our Facebook community and our quarterly question and answers sessions, enable us to help answer your questions and challenges as you progress through the course.
So you're not just left to it, you've got access to us too so that we can really ensure you optimise and get the maximum amount of the course.
Now, of course, there's lots of free content out there on social media and YouTube, and we like to populate that to keep people enthused and engaged about all things to do with the shoulder.
However, in a course like this, we can go into so much more detail, we can look at the challenges that you face in your clinic and in this course gives you a real structured system that you can rely on, whether it's a simple or complex presentation in your clinic.
Now, if you don't believe me, we've got all sorts of fabulous testimonials from people that have completed the course, but my key aim with David is to empower you to look forward to every patient with shoulder pain or instability that you see in the clinic. So I think it represents great value, sheerly due to the amount of content and how it's going to improve your practice.
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Will we have a sale on the course?
Well guys, we don't have sales because we're very conscious that for the people who've already registered, it doesn't seem really fair if suddenly they could have got it cheaper.
But what we do like to incentivise is to give bonuses with every launch.
These bonuses, again, are very much informed by requests and questions and things that we get in ways that enhance the content and your application in clinic.
So as well as developing the course all the time. We're always looking at bonuses that give you kind of immediate benefits from enrolling in the course.
So things that make it really easy to translate into the clinic. And as I say, those bonus materials can include, you know, other presentations that you might see or tools that help you in the clinic, something you can take into clinic with you.
So those bonuses, I think are absolute golden, because they are a response to what people have requested.
We do those instead of doing sales so that people get even better value when they sign up for the course.
Ticket Selection
- 12 months access to the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson in 12 months (value $997.00/year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $4776.00, saving you $4079.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8264.00, saving you $7267.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8954.00, saving you $7457.00
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The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course has massively changed my way of assessing and treating shoulders.
Instead of having to focus on the problem or diagnosis, I look for solutions.
It encourages patients when they can see they have the potential to move their arm with less pain, instead of just confirming their shoulder is sore with provocative tests (that don't tell us anything most of the time).
Everything in the course is easy to follow, understand and apply with patients in clinic instantly.
Also the support in the FB group is amazing, it really helps with those difficult cases.
The course has not only given me more confidence, but gives my patients more confidence in their rehab (and my treatment)..
JACQUELINE VAN EIS
Physio
Tauranga, NZ
"My knowledge and differential diagnosis has really improved, and I've picked up a lot of treatment ideas.
I like that I can do it in my own time, and go back and review the course at any time.
It honestly was one of the most useful courses I have done in 20 years of clinical practice."
LORRAINE ASPLAND
Physio
Worcestershire.
"The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course has given me a faster, more structured assessment, and I love the improvement tests.
There are lots of evidence-based treatment and exercise ideas with clear progressions that have helped me be more targeted with my exercise selection and progression."
ANNETTE DILLON
Physio
Sydney
"The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course is excellent value. It's a great course that has really helped me and changed my practice."
CAROL SCHOBURGH
Physio, MSc
London, UK
"I'm really enjoying the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course, the Q&A's and accessibility to the course material at any time.
I have a much better, up to date knowledge of shoulder assessment and treatment."
CLAIRE LEMASS
Physio, MSc
Dublin, Ireland
"The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course is a great course and it certainly improved my confidence in treating shoulder patients. More importantly, I like how Joe has simplified things and put it all together.
I have had great results with shoulder patients using the treatment suggestions.
I've learned a lot, and the course has helped me to become a better clinician."
PARNASHREE JADHAV
Musculoskeletal Physio
Falcon, Australia
Image: Sally McLaine
“Thanks so much for such a fantastic course, I love everything about it!
I have found the practical assessment, treatment and ideas for exercise really great and so helpful.
The course has given me lot of go-to strategies and helped with realistic expectations for recalcitrant patients.
It's highly informative and user-friendly. Jo’s knowledge base and ability to explain is exceptional.
The case studies, ability to easily refer back to the course, and live Q&A sessions are great. I really love everything in the course!
There is so much wonderful information, it keeps me enthusiastic about shoulders!”.
SALLY MCLAINE
Physiotherapist
Launceston, Australia
I've treated a lot of shoulders successfully with the help of the course!
DARREN HIGGINS
Physio
London, UK
Image: Anita Kerins
"I actually really hated the shoulder and now, after doing the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course I want to become a shoulder specialist and share this wonderful knowledge with others. Thats the impact this course has had on me.
"Jo's Shoulder: Steps to Success online course has so much practical and comprehensive information, it's been transformative in my understanding and enthusiasm for treating shoulders.
I use the course material every single day in my practise either with my patients, or when conducting teaching sessions with physiotherapy colleagues, MDT colleagues and students.
The course is worth every penny. It is so comprehensive, accessible and easily digestible, you come away with such a great understanding of shoulder pain, and the approach really works! 10/10!"
ANITA KERINS
Musculoskeletal Specialist Physio
Galway, Ireland
“I have loved The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course. All the material has been awesome, with the perfect balance of lecture material and practical exercise examples. I have found it very refreshing to come away with specific, yet simple and very effective exercises to implement as objective testing as well adding in to a home exercise program. While I don't come across many of the wobbly or frozen shoulders I have found the material to be fantastic and has given me the confidence and desire to take on any shoulder patient.
I think my favourite module was module 4, using the kinetic chain, which I have found to be very successful so far. I loved all the bonus modules and module 5, setting the system up for success as well.”
LIAM F.
Physiotherapist
Australia
The course has helped me enormously!
I love that I can do it in my own time, and review modues. I haven't yet completed the course due to 2 bouts of COVID and a business move, but started module 10 last week and always feel so inspired by the course. I'll probably go back to the start again once I've completed it, now that I'm putting it into action, as I'm sure it will make even more sense the second time around.
I'm already seeing great results, and love that my clinical reasoning has improved along with my ability to justify and describe treatment plans to patients and insurance companies.
It's definitely the best money I have invested in my CPD!
SUZANNE HUNT
Physio
Surrey
"I rave about the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course and Clinical Edge website to fellow Physios.
The ease of being able to go over exercises and the info at 5-10 minute intervals at work or home is simply brilliant.
The course has helped immensely in getting my shoulder patients better. One of my patients saw two different physios before me without any change, now he is improving.
I'm afraid all online learning I take part in does not seem to come up to the standard Jo and Clinical Edge have set.
I'm so pleased I purchased this valuable tool! Thank you!
ANNE MACANN
Physio
Nelson, NZ
I love Jo's enthusiasm for the shoulder, simplicity of the approach, up to date information and the ongoing support we receive.
The course has really simplified the shoulder, condensed my assessment and reduced the amount of tests I need to perform in an objective.
The numerous exercise videos have given me a lot of different exercises to choose from, and a much clearer direction with treatment to know exactly how to select exercises for the best results with each of my patients.".
ANN CHIPA
Physio
Queensland, Australia
“As a clinical specialist physiotherapist working with shoulders I found Jo’s online series extremely enlightening. As always Jo’s delivery and demonstrations provided both clarity and food for thought which has led me to re evaluate my clinical practice. I would heartily recommend it to all therapists no matter what experience”.
IAN HORSLEY
Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist
United Kingdom
“I am nearly at the end of the Shoulder course and I would like to say what a well structured, delivered and clinically relevant course. In an industry saturated with courses it is difficult to find a course of real true value which balances EBP and Clinical needs. This course just did that.
Jo Gibson's delivery is very clear and the structure of the course follows the logic applied in the clinic. Well done. I will recommend it to all my students and colleagues.”
ANNA M.
Sports Therapist
UK
"Thank you for creating such an amazing course. I am excelling in my last placement because of this course and I just want you and Jo to know you are doing amazing things for future physiotherapists!”
TINA H.
Physiotherapy Student
Canada
“Thank you, I am really enjoying the course! I found a spare hour this morning and was able to join Jo! It is of course an excellent way to learn, thank you!”
SARAH B.
Physiotherapist
UK
"The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course has a lot of great content that is broken down into manageable chunks that you can watch at your own pace, and review at any time.
I feel more confident now with assessment, diagnosis and treatment of shoulder patients."
DIANA LEAKE
Osteopath
Berkshire, UK
"The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course has really helped streamline my assessment and treatment of shoulder pain.
The course has really practical straightforward information that's easy to follow and has improved my clinical practice."
GINNY ERICHSEN
Physio
Eimeo, Australia
"I'm enjoying the course immensely! Shoulder pain patients were previously a cohort that I always found the most challenging, and I found the shoulder the most difficult joint in the body.
It has been refreshing, even for an old Physio, to use Jo's course and approach with shoulder pain patients. I especially like the emphasis on the kinetic chain and psycho-social aspects.
I'm able to apply the course content immediately with my patients, and am getting great results that will only get better with time."
TONY FLANAGAN
Physio
Fairfield (Victoria), Australia.
"Thankyou very much for organising such a great course.
The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course has updated my knowledge about shoulder rehab with the latest evidence.
The course is very well organised with the videos, audio downloads, PDF's and frequent Q&A's. Clinical Edge have also been in close contact with participants and have been very helpful.
It has helped me understand different shoulder pathologies and provide exercise programs for each patient."
RAJIV VEEREN
Physio
Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius
"I want to say how much I love your course!
Thankyou for the work you put into this, I think the whole delivery was absolutely fantastic. I loved how each module was thought out in detail. With each video, I'm immersed in, and benefit from the wealth of experience and information Jo has developed since specialising in shoulders since 1996.
LOVE IT!"
ZACHARY POON
Physio
Singapore
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Ticket Selection
- 12 months access to the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson in 12 months (value $997.00/year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $4776.00, saving you $4079.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8264.00, saving you $7267.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8954.00, saving you $7457.00
2025 Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
Not sure if this approach will work for you and your shoulder pain patients?
Wondering if the course is good value for money?
Worried you don't have time to complete the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course?
Ticket Selection
- 12 months access to the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson in 12 months (value $997.00/year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $4776.00, saving you $4079.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8264.00, saving you $7267.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8954.00, saving you $7457.00
Do you have specific questions about the course content?
How can shoulder pain patients be assessed and treated simply and easily?
Shoulder pain assessment can be complex, time-consuming and overwhelming.
You have a vast array of objective assessment tests to choose from for the rotator cuff, long head of biceps tendon, scapula, glenohumeral joint (GHJ), acromioclavicular joint (ACJ) and the C/sp.
If you test all these areas, and get a lot of positive/painful results, what is causing your patients pain?
You need a way to simplify your shoulder assessment, cut down on the tests you need to perform and make diagnosis easy.
In the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course you’ll discover specific questions you can ask your patients to identify the likely diagnosis before you’ve even started your objective assessment. You then only need a few tests in your objective assessment to test and rule in or out your diagnosis so you can then target your treatment.
Way simpler and quicker.
You’ll quickly identify a likely diagnosis for your patient, so you can explain it simply and confidently and your patient feels confident they’re in good hands.
Can we really diagnose the cause of a patients shoulder pain?
Yes, in a lot of cases!
The questions you’ll learn to ask in your patient history, from the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course, will give you 80% of the information you need to make a diagnosis.
You’ll then use your subjective history to choose a few simple objective assessment tests that test your hypothesis, and easily pinpoint the cause of your patients’ pain.
In the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course you’ll discover how to quickly and easily identify the cause of your patients shoulder pain, including:
- Rotator cuff tendinopathy
- Stiff shoulders, including how to diagnose frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis, avascular necrosis, posterior dislocation, cuff tear arthropathy and more
- Shoulder instability
- Tears including massive rotator cuff tears
- Acute, irritable shoulder pain, including calcific tendinopathy, Parsonage Turner syndrome and more
- ACJ
- Not a shoulder - when your patients shoulder pain is from the C/sp or nerve injury rather than the shoulder
- Nerve injuries around the shoulder
- And more
You’ll discover with detailed practical demonstration videos and case studies, the simple objective tests that will help you quickly make a diagnosis of your patients shoulder pain, and importantly know how to treat it.
Once I know what’s causing my patients shoulder pain, how can I successfully treat it?
In the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course you’ll discover practical video demonstrations that take you through how to use simple improvement tests (symptom modification) and a unique treatment approach to immediately improve your patients pain and range of movement.
You’ll use your improvement/symptom modification tests to identify the best starting exercises for your patients, that are focused on addressing your patients main concerns and painful movements, e.g. pain when they reach up into the cupboard, hanging clothes on the clothesline, or performing bench or overhead press in their gym routine.
Whatever is most important to your patient - you’ll know how to focus your rehab around helping your patient with THEIR biggest problems so they can achieve their goals.
Your patients will be highly motivated and excited to do their exercises, because their pain immediately improves, and they can see and feel the progress they’re making towards their goals.
You’ll know exactly how and when to progress their exercises, and what to do if your patient has a flare up.
You’ll love the results you’re getting with shoulder pain, and really enjoy treating shoulders!
How do the unique symptom modification/improvement tests in the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course improve my patients pain?
The unique symptom modification/improvement tests in the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course help to make life easier for your patients’ shoulder, give some sensory input, offer a little resistance and potentially distract your patients by moving differently.
These experiences of change are very powerful for your patient.
When your improvement tests reduce the experience of pain and improve function, you can then promote or reinforce your educational messages related to pain, challenge negative beliefs and reduce threat. We can then translate this into function so that your patient can reproduce this themselves and gain confidence.
Your patient will feel confident, and you’ll be confident you’re on the right track with your exercise program, and the next time you see your patient their pain will have improved.
What about manual therapy? Does the approach you’ll learn in the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course include manual therapy?
Manual therapy is often misused, and gets a lot of bad press.
Manual therapy can be helpful in improving patients symptoms and range of movement, however patients often have an improvement in symptoms for a couple of days after manual therapy, and then come back feeling exactly the same.
You want to know how and when to use manual therapy judiciously for a limited number of sessions, and how to make sure improvements in your patients symptoms and ROM are long term.
In the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course you’ll explore practical demonstrations that will take you through how and when to use clinically reasoned manual therapy short-term with your shoulder pain patients.
When your patient has a positive response to manual therapy, you’ll know which exercises to give your patients to ensure their symptoms continue to improve.
You’ll eliminate your manual therapy doubts, as you become confident in the knowledge that you’re providing evidence-based treatment that is helping your patients long term, and placing them in the drivers seat for their recovery.
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Ticket Selection
- 12 months access to the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson in 12 months (value $997.00/year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $4776.00, saving you $4079.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8264.00, saving you $7267.00
- Lifetime access to the entire Shoulder: Steps to Success online course
- 4 live Q&A sessions with Jo Gibson per year (value $997.00 every year)
- Course handout
- Certificate of attendance (upon completion)
- 20 hours continuing professional development
- Bonus module - Powerful post-op shoulder rehab (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Nerve injuries (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Shoulder special tests (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Acute shoulder pain assessment & diagnosis (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Research (value $297.00)
- Bonus module - Infographics (value $297.00)
- Lifetime access to the The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course (value $997.00)
- Lifetime access to all future Shoulder: Steps to Success online course updates (value $997.00)
- Downloadable MP3 audio files of each of the lectures to listen to whenever it suits you (value $497.00)
- A private Facebook group with Jo Gibson & a community of supportive Physio’s (value $997.00)
- 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership (value $690.00)
- Total value $8954.00, saving you $7457.00
Questions about the course
The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course is designed for Physiotherapists, Physical therapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors, Sports Doctors, General Practitioners, Exercise Sports Scientists and trained health professionals with a Health Science degree. The education contained on the site has a certain level of expected knowledge.
You can enjoy the course at whatever pace suits you. You can complete it over the period of a couple of days, or savour it and complete it in 5 or 10 minutes intervals between patients, over coffee (or tea, or any beverage of your choice).
A 12 months access enrolment will provide you with 12 months access to the current version of the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course. If you choose a “Lifetime” or “Lifetime Plus” enrolment, you will have access to the presentations on an ongoing basis, including all future updates.
Lifetime and Lifetime Plus course enrolment provides you with audio downloads of the course presentations. These will be available to download to your Computer, Phone or iPod, to listen to whenever it suits you. When the course is updated, you will be able to download the updated audio files as well.
A 12 months access ticket is best for you if:
You will complete the entire course in 12 months.
Lifetime is our most popular option, and is best for you if:
- You are not sure how long it will take you to complete the course, so lifetime access is perfect for you. You will likely complete it in 12 months, but sometimes life happens and it's nice to have a buffer.
- You like to refer to videos of assessment tests, exercises or progressions again in the future
- You want full access to all future updates to the course, additional modules and material
- You would like access to ask Jo questions anytime you have them in the Facebook group
- You would like to discuss your shoulder injury questions with other knowledgeable therapists. The Facebook group is perfect for this.
- You benefit from case studies and seeing more detail on how the course is applied to real patients. The live "Case conferences" in the Facebook group taking you through real case studies will really help you.
- You like downloading audio files and listening to the lectures wherever you are, like driving, travelling or exercising.
Lifetime Plus is best for you if:
- You would like all of the benefits of a Lifetime enrolment.
- You would also like access to practical, ongoing education on musculoskeletal and sports pain and injury at a discounted rate. You will receive 12 months Platinum Clinical Edge membership with a Lifetime Plus ticket, giving you full access to the entire library of videos and new monthly content, audio file downloads of each online course, and full BJSM access.
Anyone with a Health Science degree. The education contained on the site has a certain level of expected knowledge, so you must be a Physiotherapist, Osteopath, Chiropractor, Sports Doctor or Exercise Sports Scientist. Massage therapists and remedial therapists are unable to become members or join the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course.
Yes you certainly do!
A certificate is automatically issued once the course is completed and this is added to the "Certificates" section of your Clinical Edge account dashboard.
In addition to the certificate, the course videos and resources (once viewed) are logged in an automatic CPD record that you can print and save as evidence of your CPD record for your professional registration and insurance.
Course enrolment
This is generally due to 1 of the following issues relating to your credit card:
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Your bank isn't approving it or
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Insufficient funds
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Incorrect credit card details
We would suggest using a different credit card, calling your bank (fraud services) to get them to approve payments to Clinical Edge on your credit card and check that you have sufficient funds on your credit/debit card. Then try the following
Visit https://www.clinicaledge.co and login using the email you tried to register with and the associated password you created and then sign up from within your user profile for the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course in the “Online Courses” section of your account. If you have not created an account yet then you will not need to login first, you can register via the online course section via the register button for the ticket that you would like.
If these steps don’t work, please let us know so we can help sort it out. You can email us on info@clinicaledge.co
Yes! We provide significant discounts on course enrolment for students.
Yes! We provide significant discounts on course enrolment for students. For specific information on the student discount or to take up the student offer please email a copy of your student card, registration/university enrolment details to info@clinicaledge.co showing current semester enrolment confirmation and let us know what ticket you are interested in for The Shoulder: Steps to Success online course registration and we will send through a discount coupon and further instructions. This offer is available for undergraduate students only and is only available at the time of registration. The discount does not apply if you have already registered without using the student discount.
To ensure the highest quality presenters and material are provided for course attendees, all Clinical Edge course presenters are paid for the presentations. More than 12 months of preparation, work and costs are involved in the research, organisation and preparation to provide you with this opportunity, and for a fully featured online course of such a high standard.
Unlike physical courses and conferences, your course enrolment provides you with access to the course presentations for 12 months or on an ongoing basis, allowing you to watch presentations whenever it suits you, as many times as you like.
You save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, on travel time, travel costs and accommodation, while accessing the course from the comfort of your home or clinic.
All of this for less than the price of one physical course!
Can I share my Shoulder: Steps to Success online course access with my friends or workmates?
Each course enrolment will provide access for one person to the course, and one Certificate of Attendance for your CPD Record. Please be honest with your course login. We really appreciate your honesty in keeping your course access to yourself so that we can continue to organise education like this for you, and depend on your honesty to be able to do this.
Payment and Technical Questions
Payment for Shoulder: Steps to Success online course is in Australian Dollars, however you can get an estimate in various different currencies via the currency conversion estimate on the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course ticket page.
Currency examples shown on this page include USD, GBP, EURO, NZD, CAD, SGD, CHF, JPY, CNY and SEK.
To view this please click on any Shoulder: Steps to Success online course ticket to see an estimate of how much tickets are in your currency.
Figures are an estimate based on the daily currency exchange rate, and will vary depending on the exact rate set by your bank.
You will not be billed while checking the currency exchange rate. Payment will only be finalised once you complete the registration process.
You may also like to check out any currency conversion website or your banks website for currencies not listed here.
You will need a Broadband connection eg ADSL or ADSL2 to view the videos on a computer at the clinic or at home. Dial-up may work as well. If you are not sure, signup for a free membership, and you will be able to test it on your computer. You can watch the videos on your mobile or iPad via your 3G or 4G service. The video host automatically detects your internet connection speed, and provides the appropriate quality of video dependent on your connection speed. eg with ADSL2, you will get an incredibly high quality picture, and with slower speeds, the picture clarity will be varied to provide smooth streaming of the video. Streaming over 3G on your mobile is generally very clear and smooth. We recommend that you use Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers when accessing the Clinical Edge website resources and conference materials.
Clinical Edge Members Information
Login to the website by clicking on Sign In (at the top of the page), and entering your email address and password. Go to “Online Courses” at the top of the website, choose the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course and select the course enrolment of your choice here on this page. THere are 3 options to choose from - either a 12 months access ticket, a lifetime access ticket or a lifetime plus ticket).
If you are a Clinical Edge member, OR have enrolled on a previous course or conference you will need to login before you enrol on the Shoulder: Steps to Success online course. If you have not previously made a purchase on the Clinical Edge website, you will create a login with your enrolment.
