Shoulder Intervention Flashcards
Where does a ligament sprain have pain
End range
True or False:
The capsule and ligament of the shoulder are so deeply intertwined that they can’t be separated
True
What intervention do you do if you suspect impingement
Joint play
How does the shoulder get some stability
Rely on ligaments, capsule, and tendons
What are the broad things you are looking to address in the shoulder (3)
- Pain
- Mobility
- Muscle performance
What is pain due to
Load intolerance
What are the 3 load intolerance
- Tensile
- Compression
- Shear
What are the 2 types of mobility
- Hypermobility
2. Hypomobility
What are the 4 things addressed under muscle performance
- Strength
- Power
- Endurance
- Motor control
What are causes of compression load intolerance (5)
- Degradation of articular cartilage
- Tight muscle
- Muscle spasm
- Restricted capsule
- Shortened GH ligaments
What tissues are implicated in compression load intolerance (3)
- Tendon
- Muscle
- Bursae
How do you address compression load intolerance (5)
- Static stretch
- PNF techniques
- Creep
- Stress relaxation
- Non thrust manipulation
How long do you stretch muscles for
30-60 seconds 3-5 sets
What is creep a constant of
Load
What is stress relaxation a constant of
Deformation
What do creep and stress relaxation stretch
DCT (capsule and ligament)
How long do you have to do creep and stress relaxation
5-40 minutes as tolerated (doesn’t have to all be at once
What causes tensile load intolerance (3)
- Abnormal load to normal tissue
- Normal load to abnormal tissue
- Abnormal load to abnormal tissue
How do you address tensile load intolerance
Reduce load
What do you do to reduce the load for tensile intolernce
AAROM
What tissues are implicated with tensile load intolerance (3)
- Tendon
- Muscle
- Ligament
What are the 2 muscle contractile tissue inadequecies
- Decreased muscular contractility
2. Tissue reactivity
What muscular contractility is decreased (2)
- Intensity
2. Duration
How do you address decreased contraction intensity
3-5 sets 8-12 reps
How do you address decreased contraction duration
3-5 sets 20-30 reps
What are the types of tissue reactivity (2)
- Compression load intolerance
2. Tensile load intolerance
How do you address compression/tensile load intolerance (2)
- High load avoidance
2. Cyclic low loading
What causes hypomobility (4)
- Tight muscle
- Muscle spasm
- Restricted capsule
- Shortened GH ligaments
What are the 2 types of tissue length inadequacy
- Decreased capsule, ligament, fascia inextensibility
2. Decreased muscle flexibility
How do you address decreased capsuloligament inextensibility using long duration stretches (2)
- Creep
2. Stress Relaxation
How do you address decreased capsuloligament inextensibility not using long duration stretches
Non-thrust manipulation
How do you address decreased muscle flexibility (2)
- Short duration stretch
2. PNF techniques
What are the 2 PNF techniques you can do
- Hold relax
2. Hold relax with agonist contraction
What causes hypermobility (3)
- Ligamentous integrity compromise
- Muscle performance issue (instability)
- Motor control issue
What cause ligamentous integrity compromise (2)
- Sprain
2. Tear
What cause muscle performance issues (2)
- Weakness
2. Poor endurance
What cause motor control issues (2)
- Poor timing
2. Poor sequencing
True or False:
Motor control issues are secondary to ligamentous integrity compromise and muscle performance issues
True
What are 3 ways to address decreased capsuloligamentous restraint
- Avoidance of provocative position
- Improve muscle performance
- Orthotics, splinting, taping
What does improving muscle performance improve (3)
- Force duration
- Force magnitude
- Improving timing
What do the improvements from muscle performance improvement cause (3)
- Improved joint compression
- Decreased arthrokinematic slide
- Increased osteokinematic control
True or False:
With hypomobile people you have to be very careful not to overmobilize them
True
What are causes of decreased muscle performance (3)
- Muscle weakness
- Decreased endurance
- Motor control
What cause muscle weakness (3)
- Strength
- Power
- Reactivity issue
Parameters for strength
3-5 sets 6-12 reps
Parameters for endurance
3-5 sets 20-30 reps
Parameters for tendon
3-5 sets 30-40 reps
Parameters for ligament
1000s of reps
Parameters for cartilage
Hours of reps
What are the stabilizers of the scapula (3)
- Serratus anterior
- Rhomboids
- Trapezius
True or False:
Impingement is a diagnosis
False
What pathologies can shoulder impingement lead to (3)
- Tendinitis
- RC tear (full or partial)
- Bursitis
What is the primary focus of addressing shoulder impingement (2)
- Address maladaptive posture patterns
2. Restore normal biomechanics
What do you do to restore normal biomechanics
Decrease compressive load
What is the secondary focus of addressing shoulder impingement (3)
- Improve tensile load tolerance
- Improve muscle performance
- Improve motor control
What are 2 causes of long head of the biceps tendinitis
- Impingement
2. Repetition or overload
How do you address long head of the biceps tendinitis caused by repetition or overload (2)
- PROM to AAROM to AROM
2. Muscle performance
What is the progression of muscle performance through the stages of healing for long head of the biceps tendinitis
Inflammatory: Submaximal isometrics
Proliferation: Multiangle isometrics
Maturation: PRE program
What does PRE stand for
Progressive Exercise Program
What is the progression of ROM through the stages of healing for long head of the biceps tendinitis
Inflammatory: PROM
Proliferation: AAROM
Maturation: AROM
What are the causes of RC tendinitis (2)
- Impingement
2. Repetition or overload
How do you address RC tendinitis caused by repetition or overload (3)
- PROM-AAROM-AROM
- Muscle performance
- Neuromuscular retraining
What is the progression of muscle performance through the stages of healing for RC tendinitis
Inflammatory: Submaximal isometrics
Proliferation: Multiangle isometrics
Maturation: PRE program
What is the progression of ROM through the stages of healing for RC tendinitis
Inflammatory: PROM
Proliferation: AAROM
Maturation: AROM
What should you consider with RC tendinitis
Return to function (work/sport)
What are the intervention goals for partial RC tear (3)
- Same as management of RC tendinitis
- Consider stage of healing
- Potentially seeing pt post operative
What are the intervention goals for full RC tear if not a surgical candidate (5)
- Same as RC tendinitis
- Consider stage of healing
- PRE for accessory muscle that assist with motion
- Postural exercises
- PRE for scapular muscles
True of False:
Everyone who has a RC tear will get surgery
False
Who are not surgical candidates
The elderly risk is too high for the return
What are the intervention goals of adhesive capsulitis (4)
- Postural exercises
- Increased AROM/PROM
- Increased strength/endurance
- Improve joint arthrokinematics
What do you do for someone with adhesive capsulitis by increasing AROM/PROM
Improve extensibility of capsule/ligaments
What muscles do you increase the strength of for adhesive capsulitis patients (2)
- RC muscles
2. Scapular stabilizers
What joint arthorkinematics do you improve for people with adhesive capsulitis (4)
- GH
- SC
- AC
- Thoracic spine
When do you start working with people with adhesive capsulitis
The thawing stage
How long can adhesive capsulitis take to resolve
1 year-1.5 years
What are the intervention goals of uni/multidirectional instability (4)
- Pt education
- Increase AAROM/AROM
- Increase strength
- Improve motor control
True or False:
You should always start with CKC then progress to OKC
True
What are the grades of AC sprain
I-V
What are the intervention goals of type I-III AC sprain (6)
- Reduce pain
- Increase pain free AROM/PROM/AAROM
- Strengthen muscles that attach to the AC joint to assist with stabilitiy
- Improve AC joint mobility
- Restore normal mechanics/timing of shoulder complex movement
- Incorporate return to function activities
What muscles do you work on for AC sprain (2)
- Deltoid
2. Trapezius
How long should someone with a type I-III AC sprain avoid heavy lifting and contact sports
8-12 weeks
What do types IV and V AC sprains require
Surgical intervention
What are the intervention goals for SC sprain (6)
- Reduce pain
- Increase painfree AROM/PROM/AAROM
- Strengthen muscles that attach to the SC joint to assist with stability
- Improve SC joint mobility
- Restore mechanics/timing of shoulder complex movement
- Incorporate return to function activities
What muscles do you strengthen with SC sprain (3)
- Pec major (sternal head)
- Pec minor
- Upper trapezius
What are the intervention goals of clavicle fracture (4)
- Increase AROM/PROM/AAROM
- Improve arthrokinematics secondary to immobilization
- Increase strength/endurance
- Return to function activities
What muscles do you strengthen for clavicle fracture (2)
- RC muscles
2. Scapular stabilizers
What are the surgical repairs of the shoulder (5)
- RC repair
- LHB repair
- SLAP repair
- Bankart repair
- Capsular shift
True or False:
With surgery patients you should always follow the surgeon protocol provided
True
What the interventions to improve ROM (3)
- PROM/AAROM/AROM
- Non thrust manipulation techniques
- Static stretching
What are the static stretches for noncontracile tissue (2)
- Creep
2. Stress relaxation
What are the static stretches for contractile tissue
Stretch