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Your diagnosis can be more accurate..and your management strategies more effective..in less time and with less expense! Practical Evaluation and Management of the Shoulder eliminates excess. It whittles down the battery of expensive tests and procedures until the core of great care is revealed - diagnosing with treating the patient with accuracy and economy. It shows you how to identify a mechanical abnormality using just the history, physical examination and a few radiographs. It introduces a simple test you can use to deterime whether a disorder is treatable and how best to resolve it. And it demonstrates exercises and minimally invasive procedures that will restore motion, stability, strength and smoothness to the shoulders of most patients. Nearly 200 illustrations show you exactly how to judge a patients range of motions, how to test mechanical function, how to perform invasive procedures, and how to explain do-at-home exercises that will improve or restore function to a disabled shoulder.

The practical considerations which underline the diagnosis and treatment of patients with shoulder disorders are presented in this concise, easy to understand, and informative text. Activities to help the reader master the problems, methods and mechanical principles of the shoulder are provided. Coverage includes frozen shoulder, post traumatic stiff shoulder, TUBS syndrome, glenohumeral instabliity, scapulothoracic snapping and cuff tears.