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The patient perspective: Rethinking shoulder pain rehab

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In an episode with Karen McCreesh, listen to how they explore shoulder pain and what patients really want. 

Discussion includes:

  • The mismatch between what patients want and what clinicians think they need
  • Role of pain and how to explain this to patients
  • Role of group exercise for those not improving with individual exercises

Prof McCreesh is an experienced musculoskeletal physiotherapy educator, researcher, clinician, and sonographer. She is a Professor in Physiotherapy at the School of Allied Health at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She has an extensive track record in shoulder pain research, with a multitude of peer reviewed publications in leading journals. She has been awarded over €1.7m in research funding and leads a team of 3 PhD and 2 post doctoral researchers within the Health Research Institute at UL.

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