Prevention and Rehabilitation of Elbow Injuries in Competitive Overhead Athletes

Course Description

Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstructions have recently reached “epidemic” proportions at the professional level. In addition to surgical reconstruction, many non-operative injuries occur in competitive overhead athletes. Lecture format will be implemented to achieve the stated objectives. The instructor will provide an overarching review of the literature as it pertains to elbow injury epidemic in overhead athletes.  Participants will be able to reflect on their current rehabilitation and return to play plan for elbow injuries and make appropriate modifications for future rehabilitation interactions.

Course Objectives

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

• Recognize the significant increase in incidence of elbow injuries in overhead athletes.
• Interpret guidelines to implement to reduce upper extremity injury risk in overhead athletes.
• Differentiate between specific exercises to implement during various stages of the rehabilitation program.
• Construct a return to play plan, including a return to throwing progression, based on functional criteria.
• Appraise the importance of a proactive approach with pre-season screening to decrease the risk of overuse upper extremity injuries.

• Prerequisites

  None

• Educational Level

  Intermediate

• Other

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