CPD ESSA Exercises for the neck, upper back and shoulder one day (Live Program) Pro-active Health

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Become a leading expert in your clinic for lumbar spine conditions

Live seminar: Date, location to be advised

Elevate your clinical expertise with the Evidence for Exercise course, Exercises for the Neck, Upper Back, and Shoulder, designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and skills to address a spectrum of patient conditions related to the neck, upper back, and shoulder regions.

In this fully accredited, ESSA 7 CPD point course you will find:

  • How to create an appropriate exercise prescription for patients with neck, back or shoulder problems including when to progress exercises
  • How to observe and correct technique errors, ensuring optimal outcomes for your patients.
  • The evidence supporting various exercises, enhancing your understanding of their efficacy and applicability in clinical practice
  • Identifying patient characteristics that respond favorably to targeted exercises.
  • Communication strategies to convey exercise instructions to patients, empowering them to actively participate in their rehabilitation journey.
Specific topic discussions include:
  • Recognising the interplay between neck pain and headaches
  • Understanding the relationship between spinal stability and respiration
  • Understanding the role of the scapula in neck and shoulder stability
  • Deepening your understanding of the musculoskeletal system’s response to elastic band exercise training, eccentric exercises, and strength training.
  • Understanding the pain-monitoring model to optimise rehabilitation strategies.

PLUS: Enjoy lifetime access to additional resources

How to enrol

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Step 3: Attend the program and become a spine and shoulder expert!

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What’s in the program?

9.00am – 11am 

Neck: Understanding cervical spine conditions: recognising the neuromuscular factors and the importance of movement and training

Case studies

Practical session: deep cervical muscles, endurance, isometrics and coordination

11.00am – 11.15am      Morning Break

11.15am – 1.15pm 

Upper back: Influence of cervicothoracic posture on pain and quick examination

Case studies

Practical session: thoracic extension and endurance

1.15pm – 2.00pm         Lunch

2.00pm – 5.30pm

Shoulder: The pain monitoring model, analysis of scapula dyskinesis and winging, and eccentric shoulder exercise  

Case studies

Practical session: scapula and rotator cuff exercises

Questions

Who is your presenter?

Dr Alice Evans

BHSc. DipPilates, M.Chiro. Cert IV Training and Assessment, Learning and Development Advisor, University of Adelaide

Over the past 20 years, Alice has worked as a leader, evidence-based clinician and educator in the health promotion and e-learning space. She has been integral in developing over 45 hours of ESSA accredited courses through her company Evidence for Exercise and trained over 3000 practitioners world-wide by providing engaging online content. An early and passionate adopter of Pilates she established a multidisciplinary clinic in 2006 and has had over 80,000 consults. As a chiropractor she has a special interest in neck and back pain and is an annual international guest speaker at the Virtual Neurology Summit. She recently received an Allied Health Award for her efforts in promoting evidence-based exercise to the healthcare professions.

If you have any questions before, during or after this course please email us: support@evidenceforexercise.com

ESSA members love studying with us:

“Sign me up for more, great! Where was this when I was at uni?”

“Fantastic explanation of the exercises and why they’re performed. Also loved the ‘what to say to patients.’”

“Fantastic course, and will definitely be using it for my work.”

Please note:

ESSA certification does not imply endorsement of your sponsoring organisation’s products/services.

Additional information

Learning aims and objectives

Essential (but fascinating) anatomy and physiology to guide your approach

At the completion of this course participants should:
•Recall the structures in the spine that can generate pain under current evidence
•Understand the special role of the disc
•Recall the features of the nucleus pulposis that creates strength and flexibility of the spine
•Recall the features of the annulus fibrosis that contribute to its function
•Recall the features of the annulus fibrosis that make it vulnerable to certain types of loading movements
•Recognise changes in the intervertebral disc that cause degenerative or painful discs
•Recall a recent study demonstrating better disc composition and hypertrophy with chronic running in age group 25-35
•Understand the role of facet joints, sacroiliac joints, vertebral endplates, ligaments and muscles in generating pain

Differentiating lumbar spine conditions (quick and easy in clinic system)

At the completion of this course participants should:
•Understand that patients with discogenic pain or facet joint sprains will be aggravated with certain movements
•Be able to perform a battery of tests that can help you identify which movements or types of exercise are more likely to aggravate your patients with low back pain
•Recognise that developing and practising a routine for patient history and examination will improve patient outcomes

Acute lumbar disc (exercises to relieve pain)

At the completion of this course participants should:
•Be able to prescribe several exercises that provide relief for patients with acute lumbar disc pain

Chronic pain: a summary of the neurology

At the completion of this course participants should:
•Understand that chronic pain is fundamentally different from acute pain
•Recognise that biological factors could still be playing a part in the chronic pain process
•Understand the psychosocial factors associated with chronic pain
•Recall the current theories of chronic pain science

Exercises for chronic lumbar pain

At the completion of this course participants should:
• Be able to prescribe exercises based on the biopsychosocial nature of chronic pain

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