Shoulder Girdle and Graston Technique: Evidence-Based Treatment

Course overview

Shoulder dysfunction is a common complaint seen in the population, and it is also a common condition presenting for treatment to health care practitioners in clinical practice. Successful management of shoulder pain may be difficult due to the complexity of the shoulder girdle, as the shoulder joint is the most mobile joint in the body and the shoulder girdle involves multiple joints and muscle groups in addition to the shoulder joint itself. Muscle imbalances of the shoulder girdle are a common cause of shoulder dysfunction. Clinicians treating patients with shoulder dysfunction need to be highly skilled at assessing and treating these muscle imbalances. Graston Technique is an evidence-based method of instrument-assisted soft-tissue mobilization combined with exercise that has been shown to be an effective intervention for the treatment of a variety of musculoskeletal conditions, including shoulder dysfunction. This course aims to educate physical therapists, occupational therapists, athletic trainers, and other manual therapists in effective applications of the Graston Technique for the successful treatment of shoulder dysfunction.