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Shoulder pain can involve the rotator cuff, scapula, cervical spine, thorax, and other structures in this area. Recent research has also explored the role of patient beliefs and expectations on the outcomes of Physiotherapy for shoulder pain. Which factors are important in your shoulder pain patients? Can we identify the contributing factors to your patients shoulder pain? What information will you get from orthopaedic special tests during a shoulder examination? How can you improve your treatment results with your patient education?

In this episode of the Physio Edge podcast, Dr Chris Littlewood and David Pope discuss shoulder pain, including:

Classification of shoulder pathology
How to identify painful vs stiff vs unstable shoulder pain vs cervical spine referred pain
Questions to ask in your subjective assessment
Does subacromial impingement exist, and how does a diagnosis of subacromial impingement effect outcomes
Patient expectations of treatment outcomes
How to perform an objective assessment
What information special tests provide
Is scapular dyskinesis pathological or normal movement variation
Are painful or non-painful exercises most helipful in chronic shoulder pain
What role does imaging have in shoulder pain

This podcast adds to Physio Edge podcast 47 - Rotator cuff tendinopathy with Dr Chris Littlewood .

Links of interest

067. Shoulder special tests and the rotator cuff with Dr Chris Littlewood

Physio Edge podcast with David Pope

067. Shoulder special tests and the rotator cuff with Dr Chris Littlewood