THE PAINFUL SHOULDER
ZAGREB, CROATIA
27-28th SEPT 2025
Are you a physio, osteo, chiro, sports therapist, personal trainer, or a rehab professional?
Do you find yourself confused by all the complexity around people with painful shoulders?
Do you want a clear, evidence-based, bullshit-free way to help people with painful shoulders?
THEN THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU.
This world-renowned course is suitable for ALL rehab professionals regardless of their titles or experience who want a practical and honest way to help those with painful shoulders.
This fun and informative 2-day course will cut through the unnecessary complexity and confusion and expose many myths and misunderstandings about painful shoulders.
It will provide a clear, adaptable, patient-centred, evidence-informed framework that can be used for ALL shoulder issues in ALL types of people.
This course does NOT promise magic cures or quick fixes but gives realistic, pragmatic, and practical ways to help those with painful shoulders.
THIS COURSE WILL HAVE TRANSLATION AVAILABLE IF REQUIRED
MAIN OBJECTIVES
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To simplify the assessment, diagnosis and management of the most commonly encountered shoulder problems.
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Expose the myths and misconceptions around shoulder anatomy, biomechanics and pathology.
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Learn how to best assess and diagnose the causes of shoulder pain.
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Discover how to best assess strength, power, endurance, and proprioception of the shoulder.
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Explore and practice all levels of shoulder rehab and higher level RTP function.
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COURSE TUTOR
Adam Meakins, is a physiotherapist and S&C coach with over 25 years experience.
He has specialised in the management of painful shoulders for over 15 years and helped professional athletes, weekend warriors, and couch potatoes recover from shoulder pain and injuries.
He is actively involved in research and works both in the UKs NHS as a specialist consultant and in his own private practice.
Adam has gained extended scope qualifications in trauma and orthopaedic medicine including the use of diagnostic ultrasound scanning and injection therapy.
Adam has been teaching his evidence based, person centred course for over 10 years all across the world to therapists, coaches and rehab professionals of all ages and experiences
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