Upper Extremities Rehab: Assessment, Treatment and Rehabilitation of UE Sports Injuries

Tuition: $69
Hours: 3

Instructor

• Nicolas Campos, DC

Course Description

This three hour course discusses sports injuries common to the professional and amateur athlete alike, as well as some similar conditions incurred by non-athletes which mirror these common sports injuries.

From weekend warriors to elite professional athletes, common injuries not requiring surgery are common, and can be treated conservatively within the chiropractic office.  This course investigates the chiropractic professional's distinct advantage to successfully managing common sports injuries with conservative care.  In this course, we review the anatomy, diagnosis and treatment of the most common sports injuries to the upper extremities.

In this course we discuss tips and techniques to quickly and effectively diagnose even the most enigmatic conditions.  We will provide tools which will improve the doctor's ability to differentially diagnose injuries that have enough overlap to fool even the most veteran chiropractors among us.  Rehabilitation techniques to correct biomechanical dysfunctions will be discussed in detail, as will conditions requiring referral to another professional (e.g. orthopedist or neurologist).

Evaluation

The learner’s time spent studying and participating in the course is tracked electronically.  A formal multiple-choice examination is administered at the termination of the course materials.  There will be at least three questions for every hour of the class.  The learner must receive a score of 75% of the total possible points and log at least three hours to receive credit for the course.  Learners not achieving the pass rate will be directed to additional study by the instructor and allowed to re-take the examination.

Outline

Introduction

Instructor’s background, training, qualifications

Why study sports injury protocols?

Why see a chiropractor?

Rationale behind a sport chiropractic assessment

Treatment goals

Upper Body

Shoulder 

Shoulder impingement

Rotator cuff syndrome

Adhesive capsulitis

Elbow/Wrist/Hand

Epicondylitides

Entrapment syndromes

 Subluxations

Objectives

To present licensee with a foundation with which to approach the most common presentations of sports injuries into modern chiropractic offices.  Licensee will review history taking and examination techniques to confirm or rule out various factors of common sports injuries, and will learn tips to help doctors with differential diagnosis.  Licensee will learn various rehabilitation techniques to correct underlying biomechanical dysfunctions and muscular imbalances.

Upon completion of this course, the attendee will;

*   Have an overview of common sports injuries incurred by both amateur and professional athletes

*  Understand the advantages and disadvantages of choosing either a chiropractor or medical doctor to assess and treat common sports injuries

*   Understand the rationale behind a sports chiropractic assessment

*   Review history taking and exam o f the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and feet.  Review red flags and medical emergencies

*   Learn common presentations of various joint dysfunctions (subluxations) of the elbow, knee, and ankle

*   Review and/or learn technique of rehabilitation of the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip knee and feet

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