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Snapping Scapula Syndrome (Scapulothoracic Bursitis): Assessment and Management

August 7, 2013 by The Sports Physiotherapist Leave a Comment

Snapping Scapula Syndrome (Scapulothoracic Bursitis): Assessment and Management

Have you ever heard of snapping scapula syndrome? If you answered no, I would not be too surprised. Whilst this condition is more common than you may think, it seems to be underappreciated within the physiotherapy. Thus, this article will discuss snapping scapula syndrome including what it is, why it occurs and what you need to do to fix it!

Filed Under: Assessment, Blog, Condition Review, Diagnosis, Exercise Prescription, Injection, Manual Technique, Modalities, Prevention, Rehabilitation, Shoulder, Sports Physiotherapy, Treatment Tagged With: assessment, Diagnosis, Exercise, Sports Physiotherapy Interest, Treatment

What Arnold Schwarzenegger Taught Me About Scapular Rehabilitation

April 18, 2013 by The Sports Physiotherapist Leave a Comment

Now, we have discussed Arnold Schwarzenegger on this site before, in a post about the psychology of sports injury and physiotherapy. However, it seems that man was quite the insightful gentleman. In his text The Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding Arnold discusses the mind to muscle connection and the importance of not just lifting a weight up and down, but having your “mind in the muscle”. This article will discuss new research into conscious correction of scapular position.

Filed Under: Article Review, Assessment, Shoulder, Treatment Tagged With: assessment, EBP, Exercise, Sports Physiotherapy

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Assessment and Management

October 5, 2012 by The Sports Physiotherapist Leave a Comment

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Assessment and Management

Introduction The condition discussed in this article, you will come to find, is quite complex and can be a battle for the physiotherapist and physical therapist. Thoracic outlet syndrome is considered to be a collection of quite diverse syndromes rather than a single entity (Yanaka et al., 2004), and therefore, accurate diagnosis and enlightened treatment […]

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Identifying Subscapularis Tears: The Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests

November 16, 2011 by The Sports Physiotherapist Leave a Comment

Identifying Subscapularis Tears: The Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinical Tests

Shoulder injuries to the rotator cuff are very common. Whilst rotator cuff injuries are more commonly seen in supraspinatus and infraspinatus, there has been a recent increase in awareness and recognition of subscapularis injuries. In fact, Barth et al. (2006) suggested 29.4% of those who underwent shoulder arthroscopy for a rotator cuff tear had involvement of the subscapularis. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the evidence based clinical assessment for subscapularis is essential, and is thus presented in this article.

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Treatment of Scapular Dyskinesis

November 7, 2011 by The Sports Physiotherapist 2 Comments

As I suggested in the previous post: assessment of scapular dyskinesis; sports physiotherapists regularly assess and rehabilitate shoulder dysfunctions and pathologies. As a sports physiotherapists it is important to evaluate the contributing factors to shoulder pathology. A common contributor, seen in 68-100% of shoulder injuries, is scapular dyskinesis. If you treat shoulders, ‘treating the scapula’ is absolutely paramount … ignore it at your own peril. This article will discuss some treatment options for scapular dyskinesis

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Assessment of Scapular Dyskinesis

October 28, 2011 by The Sports Physiotherapist 8 Comments

Assessment of Scapular Dyskinesis

Sports physiotherapists regularly assess and rehabilitate shoulder dysfunctions and pathologies. As a sports physiotherapists it is important to evaluate the contributing factors to shoulder pathology. A common contributor, seen in 68-100% of shoulder injuries, is scapular dyskinesis. Accurate and comprehensive assessment of scapular dyskinesis is essential to identify alterations in normal scapulo-humeral rhythm. If you treat shoulders, ‘treating the scapula’ is absolutely paramount … ignore it at your own peril.

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