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Treating Shoulder Injuries: Practical Strategies to Improve Stability, Mobility and Motor Control

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The shoulder is complex, but with this simple framework, you’ll accelerate your patient outcomes! With easy to integrate assessment techniques that incorporate the entire kinetic chain, you’ll explore evidence-based strategies to address the most common shoulder injuries you see in clinic.

Dr. Reid Nelles will give you a step-by-step guide where you’ll learn:

  • How to quickly identify the root cause of impairment; structural, muscular, or neuro?
  • Expert guidance on which techniques yield the best results
  • Progression and regression strategies to help every type of shoulder patient you treat

Manual therapy, stabilization, mobilization, strength, ROM, myofascial cupping, compression strategies, kinesiology taping concepts, corrective exercise strategies – it’s all here!

Filled with demonstrations and applications of cutting-edge techniques, you don’t want to miss this opportunity to break free of the ‘norm’ and reach a new level of success. Purchase today to feel more confident in your ability to treat even the most complex shoulder injuries.

Here's What You'll Learn


Common Shoulder Injuries + Pathology

  • Traumatic vs. over-use/dis-use (-itis/-osis)
  • Acute vs. subacute vs. chronic
  • Structural vs. muscular vs. neuro
  • Rotational athletes and injury
  • Throwing, kicking, tennis, golf, hockey

Movement Assessment Techniques for Dynamic Positioning

  • Strategies for observing static posture
  • Shoulder specific assessments:
  • Glenohumeral joint
  • Acromioclavicular joint
  • Sternoclavicular joint
  • Scapula
  • Kinetic chain and myofascial network assessments:
    • Trunk dissociation/rotation
    • Hip
    • Breathing

Treatment Techniques for the Three Most Common Dysfunctions

Hands-on Modalities and Manual Techniques

  • Cupping/decompression applications
    • Pain mitigation
    • Tissue mobility
    • Movement neurofeedback
  • Compression band therapy
    • Pain mitigation
    • Tissue mobility
    • Movement neurofeedback
  • Instrument assisted therapies

Kinesiology Taping

  • Pain mitigation
  • Positioning and external cueing via neurofeedback
  • Edema and fluid dynamics control

Corrective Exercise Strategies

  • Let the assessment be your guide
  • Isometric vs. concentric vs. eccentric
  • Muscle contraction
  • Global vs. local focus
  • Progression and regression strategies

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 6 hours of video content
  • Up to 6.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts


Reid Nelles, DC

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Reid Nelles, DC, is a chiropractor who earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota – Duluth where he then followed his passion onto Northwestern Health Sciences University to pursue a Doctorate in Chiropractic. Reid was fortunate to be chosen for the medical staffing of the World Sport Games in Lignano, Italy, which kick-started his infatuation with sports chiropractic. Over the years, he has honed his experience and gained even more knowledge of movement patterns, corrective exercises, hands-on techniques, and so much more within the athlete population.

He owns and operates Minnesota Movement, a clinic in Excelsior, Minnesota. It is here that Dr. Reid fulfills his role in the community of ensuring that no athlete or person has a reason to skip a workout, bike ride, game, round of golf, day with their kids, or any activity due to an injury or pain. Reid believes that; if you move – you’re an athlete. Reid is a self-proclaimed “jack of all trades, master of none” when it comes to athletic endeavors and loves golf, skiing, snowboarding, hiking, hockey, wakeboarding, waterskiing, fishing and hunting. His primary goal is to restore and improve qualities of movement with anyone he sees.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Reid Nelles is the owner of Minnesota Movement. He receives a speaking honorarium from RockTape USA and Implus. Dr. Nelles receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Reid Nelles has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS065134
Duration:
6 hours, 1 minute
Copyright:
Apr 15, 2025
Format:
Audio and Video

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