The Overhead Athlete Workshop

Assess the shoulder. Understand the sporting demand.

A practical workshop for clinicians working with throwing and overhead athletes, from the first assessment through strength, workload and return-to-sport decisions.

Discuss this workshop

Who it is for

Built for clinicians who want more than another list of tests.

Physiotherapists and allied health clinicians working with overhead sport or active populations.

Clinicians who want to connect shoulder testing with the athlete’s real sporting demands.

Teams looking for a shared approach to strength, workload and return-to-sport decisions.

Students and newer clinicians building confidence with complex sporting shoulders.

What the session can cover

A practical framework, not a crowded slide deck.

The final depth and balance are adjusted to the audience, setting and time available.

Understand the demand

Start with the sport, position, training history and performance problem before choosing tests or exercises.

Throwing and overhead demands
Workload and exposure
Sport and position context
Performance goals

Build a useful assessment

Select measures that answer a clinical question and can be repeated as the athlete progresses.

Range of motion
Strength and endurance
Functional testing
Interpreting asymmetry

Reason through the presentation

Work through overlapping symptoms without letting one scan finding or diagnostic label replace the bigger picture.

Rotator cuff presentations
Instability and apprehension
Labral and biceps considerations
Neck and other contributors

Prepare the return

Progress beyond pain relief towards the strength, exposure and confidence needed for the athlete’s actual role.

Criteria-based progression
Throwing and training exposure
Communication with coaches
Return-to-sport testing

After the session

Participants should leave knowing what to do differently.

01
Connect the clinical assessment to the athlete’s sport, position and current workload.
02
Choose and interpret shoulder tests without treating every asymmetry as a problem.
03
Progress rehabilitation from basic capacity towards meaningful overhead exposure.
04
Use criteria, context and shared decisions when planning return to training and competition.

Flexible delivery

Shape the format around the group.

Clinic professional developmentHalf-day practical workshopFull-day workshopConference or university session

Timing, practical components, equipment needs and final inclusions are agreed before the session. No dates or prices are published until a specific event is confirmed.

Bring this to your team

Tell me about the clinicians in the room.

Share the audience, location, experience level, preferred timing and the problems you want the workshop to address. We can shape the right session from there.

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