Industrial Rehabilitation of the Shoulder: How to Help Clients Achieve Their Return-to-Work Goal

Course Description

This course is designed to provide clinicians with practical, evidence-based information for managing shoulder injuries in an industrial setting. Through case-based examples and applied strategies, participants will gain the tools to bridge the gap between traditional shoulder rehab and real-world job performance. Additionally, rehab professionals will learn physical and non-physical barriers that impact return-to-work outcomes and apply biomechanical and psychosocial principles to guide effective programming and work re-integration.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Identify common shoulder injuries and apply evidence informed assessment and treatment principles to restore shoulder function.
• Analyze physical demands to inform assessment/evaluation, rehabilitation programming, and return to work decision making.
• Identify risk factors associated with various industries (healthcare, construction, police/firefighting, and material handling)
• Design progressive, job specific simulation and interventions to prepare clients for return to work.
• Identify physical and non-physical barriers with return to work and apply biomechanical and psychosocial principles to improve functional outcomes and work readiness. 

• Prerequisites

  None

• Educational Level

  Intermediate

• Other

  Satisfactory completion of this course will require the participant to respond to polling questions asked throughout the webinar and be logged on throughout the entire webinar.