Certificate in MSK Shockwave Therapy

Are you utilizing shockwave in your physiotherapy practice?

Are you planning to develop a shockwave service?

Expand your evidenced informed knowledge for a large array of MSK conditions.

Integrate SW to MSK physiotherapy practice and improve outcomes.

 

Dr Johnson McEvoy MISCP, PT is a Chartered Physiotherapist who has 15 years of clinical experience in the application of shockwave therapy. He developed the first physiotherapy led shockwave service in the Republic of Ireland in 2008. He utilises shockwave as part of a multimodal approach for many MSK conditions and integrated SW into  Irish Boxing High Performance Team in 2010.

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Johnson has an excellent knowledge of shockwave biological research and also efficacy evidence. He has presented at several conferences and also co-authored a published paper on the effect of SW on trigger point sensitivity

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Course Outline:

Science & Evidence

Safety demonstration & application to over 30 various MSK conditions including:

Tendinopathies, Joint osteoarthritis, Bone pathologies, Trigger Points

Examples: Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles tendinopathy, Frozen shoulder, Knee Osteoarthritis, Osteitis Pubis

Evidenced guided by RCT, Systematic Reviews & Meta-analysis

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Section 1 - Shockwave

• Shockwave introduction

• Historical aspects

• Types of shockwaves

• Types o machines

• Biological effects of shockwave

• Inflammation, pain effects, marcophages, regeneration, stem cells

• Clinical applications of shockwave

• Safety: Indications, precautions, contraindications

• Side effects and adverse events

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Section 2 - Shockwave Application

Each section lecture and clinical application demonstration:

• Focus on radial shockwave

• Evidence from RCT, systematic review & meta-analysis

• Including instructor's clinical experience

• Discussion on relevant exercises etc

• Clinical parameters and variables

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Booklet with clinical applications

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General targeted tissues

• Tendinopathy

• Joint OA/synovitis

• Bone healing - nonunion, stress fracture and boney oedema

• Ligament

• Trigger points

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Shoulder

• Subacromial pain syndrome

• Rotator cuff

• Frozen shoulder

• Calcific tendinosis

• A/C joint

• Sternoclavicular joint

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Elbow

• Lateral eblow pain - tennis elbow

• Medial elbow pain - golfer's elbow

• Triceps tendon

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Hand, Wrist & Thumb

• CMC of thumb

• PIP and DIP

• Dupuytren's contracture

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Lumbar Spine

• Facet joint syndrome

• SIJ

• Coccyxodynia

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Hip & Groin

• Greater Trochanter Pain Syndrome: Gluteal tendinopathy / bursitis

• ITB iliac attachment

• OA HIP

• Osteitis Pubis

• Adductor tendinopathy

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Thigh & Knee & Leg

• Hamstring tendinopathy

• Patellar tendinopathy

• OA knee

• Patello-femoral pain: fat pad, retinaculum

• Anterior knee bursa

• ITB Syndrome

• Pes anserine bursitis

• Shin splints

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Foot & ankle

• Achilles tendinopathy - mid portion and attachment

• Plantar fasciitis - attachment and body

• Lateral ligaments, deltoid ligament

• Metatarsalgia

• Ankle OA

• TMT OA

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*Content subject to change

Certificate of attendance and content with exam

Not a qualification or statement of competency