The Injured Shoulder: The Strategies, Testing & Criteria to Determine When to Return to Sports – George Davies – PESI

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Although we have been dealing with shoulder injuries in sports for 40 years, there is no validity or consensus on criteria for return to sports (RTS). The session will provide a practical guide for how testing should be performed, what tests and criteria should be used, and why these criteria need to be established using a Functional Testing Algorithm (FTA). Don’t miss this crucial session that will provide you with a step-by-step path for determining when to return to sports!

Speaker

George Davies, DPT, MEd, SCS, ATC, CSCS, CSMS, FAPTA

George J. Davies, DPT, MEd, SCS, ATC, CSCS, CSMS, FAPTA, is an internationally known speaker who has presented hundreds of conferences throughout the world on sports physical therapy, athletic training, shoulder, knee, open and closed kinetic chain topics, orthopaedics, rehabilitation and Isokinetics. George is a clinician, educator, speaker, researcher, author, editor, patent holder for exercise equipment and consultant. He has been involved in the clinical practice of sports physical therapy/athletic training, since he was a student athletic trainer, for over 55 years. He has a passion for teaching and has been an educator for over 48 years in colleges and universities.

Dr. Davies has been involved in many research projects that have been presented at numerous national and international conferences and published in various journals. He has participated in hundreds of scientific conferences and workshops throughout the world in the last 45 years. He has published over 200 articles and research abstracts in various periodicals, has written several books and has contributed chapters to over 45 books. George was the original co-founder and co-editor of The Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy for approximately 10 years. George was also one of the founders and original Associate Editors for Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach for the past 10 years.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. George Davies has employment relationships with Georgia Southern University, Coastal Therapy, and Gundersen Health System. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. George Davies is a member of the American Physical Therapy Association, the APTA Georgia Chapter, the APTA Wisconsin Chapter, National Athletic Trainers Association, the American Orthopedic Society Sports Medicine, and others.

Objectives

1. Evaluate strategies that can be used for assessing the injured shoulder 
2. Formulate a checklist of testing (functional testing algorithm) for patient evaluation and progression 
3. Construct tests of the shoulder with psychometric properties that can be used for clinical reasoning for criteria for return to sport 
4. Develop selected treatment interventions, when appropriate, for the patient’s progression through the rehabilitation program 

Outline

Assessing the injured shoulder 

• Functional testing algorithm (FTA) 
• Developing a checklist 

Return to Sport 

• Traditional tests 
• Functional tests 
• Criteria for return to sport 

Develop treatment interventions 

• Progression through a rehabilitation program 
• Treatment interventions for addressing deficiencies 
• Case study: Shoulder impingement that wasn’t shoulder impingement 

Target Audience

• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Athletic Trainers
• Exercise Physiologist

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