Tag: shoulder

Advisor: Dr. Jeff O’Laughlin, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT Committee Members:  Dr. J. Quinlon Curtis, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT      |         Dr. Joshua Torrey, PT, DPT, OCS Background There is a growing body of literature surrounding the delivery … Read more

Author: Hope Arrowood, SPT Capstone Advisor: Dr. Jeff O’laughlin, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT Committee Members: Dr. Lindsay Morrow, PT, DPT, CSCS, Dr. Bria Dunn, PT, DPT, OCS Background When entering my first clinical rotation the summer of 2021, I was rather … Read more

Author:  June Kennedy BACKGROUND I work full-time at Duke Sports Medicine Physical Therapy with a practice focus on the degenerative shoulder. I rehabilitate a high volume of patients who have had RTSA, and have observed anecdotally differences in patient outcomes … Read more

Prevention of the Most Common Shoulder Injuries in Tennis Players By Mara Argyriou, SPT, CSCS   Background: I played competitive and collegiate tennis prior to attending physical therapy (PT) school where I witnessed countless of tennis injuries, especially of the … Read more

TREATMENT OF SHOULDER INJURIES IN OVERHEAD ATHLETES Jason Bottoms, SPT Background Prior to starting physical therapy school, I worked as a physical therapy tech at a local outpatient orthopedic clinic. We saw a wide variety of patient populations and saw … Read more

Development of a Shoulder Care Program for Overhead Throwing Athletes Sieara Bishop, SPT   Background: My passion for preventing injuries in overhead athletes began during my collegiate softball career. I had multiple periods of shoulder pain during my four years … Read more

Kinetic Chain Concepts and Exercise Progression for Tennis Players Mijo Tomislav Cotic, SPT Overview My interest in overhead athletes and the sports medicine setting of physical therapy stems from my experience as an NCAA tennis student-athlete. I experienced numerous injuries … Read more

Shoulder Injury Prevention Program for Competitive Swimmers Noelle Martin Overview: Swimming consists of four strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. Freestyle is the fastest of the four strokes and commands the majority of practice time. The average competitive swimmer practices … Read more

Prevention of Shoulder Pain and Overuse Injuries in Manual Wheelchair Users By Austin Leedy, SPT 1 Overview In the United States, there are approximately 1.5 million manual wheelchair users and 70% of this population report experiencing shoulder pain making it … Read more

Evaluation and Treatment of Shoulder Impingement in Overhead Athletes Susie Williams Overview Throwing athletes need full, unrestricted arm function to perform optimally in their sport1. The throwing shoulder in baseball players demands considerable attention in the orthopedic and sports medicine … Read more