Assessment Supports

A Fresh Look at Myotome Testing: A Key to Unlocking Better Shoulder Results

Assessment Supports, Clinical Education, Pain Science, Patient Care, Treatment /

Myotome testing is often seen as a necessary, but not always insightful element, of a shoulder assessment. It’s easy to fall into the trap of seeing myotome testing as optional for the shoulder patient — especially if there doesn’t seem to be any suspected radicular or peripheral neuropathic indications from the patient history. Do you […]

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How to avoid the exercise spiral of despair

How to Overcome this Patient Roadblock & Avoid Exercise Despair

Assessment Supports, Patient Motivation /

Patients not doing their exercises is frustrating. We spend time teaching them exercises and we feel confident that they know the parameters of the exercise for at home practice. But when we ask them how their exercises went the past week, we can get a lukewarm response or hesitation from our patients. Pressing a little

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The often overlook cause of shoulder pain.

An Often Overlooked Cause of Shoulder Pain

Assessment Supports, Pain Science, Patient Care, Treatment /

Treating painful shoulders can be tricky and there is an often overlooked cause of shoulder pain. When we’re dealing with a painful shoulder and we see a loss of overhead movement, it’s easy to focus our attention on the glenohumeral joint. We may jump to mobilizing the shoulder joint to improve joint biomechanics. The scapula

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