How To Have Supportive Shoulder Instability Conversations with Edel Fanning

Shoulder dislocations and instability can affect patients ofmany ages, particularly in early adulthood or with aspiring athletes.

How can we help these patients address the fears & uncertainties of having an unstable shoulder?

On the episode Ben is joined by Edel Fanning, shoulder specialist physiotherapist with a PhD in relation to shoulder instability where they discuss;

(00:00:00) – What Made Edel Pick Shoulders?

(00:03:26) – Is Social Media Improving Speed Of Research Uptake?

(00:08:35) – How Edel Finds Managing Both Athletes &Chronic Shoulder Pain

(00:10:37) – Managing “Impingement” & Other DifficultBeliefs

(00:22:30) – Helping Patients Understand How Other FactorsInfluence Their Shoulder Instability

(00:24:30) – Conversations With Children & Parents AboutInstability

(00:27:51) – Utilising Different Clinicians Who May Suit ThePatients Personality Better

(00:30:11) – Instability, Pain & Strength

(00:33:36) – Using VR For Shoulder Instability Rehab

(00:36:08) – Graded Exposure For Shoulder Instability Rehab

(00:37:27) – How To Answer “Will It Dislocate Again?”

(00:46:53) – Long Term Affects Of Shoulder Instability &Fixations

(00:48:12) – How To Help Teenagers Understand Instability

(00:50:58) – Discussing Labral Injuries With 40-50 Year Olds

(00:57:03) – Having Long Term Career Discussions WithAthletes On Shoulder Instability

(01:00:30) – Edel’s Hardest Clinical Conversations

(01:11:20) – The Future Of Shoulder Instability

You can find Edel on LinkedIn

Predictive Reoccurrence Instability Scale

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32736499/

You can find Ben across social media @BWhybrowPhysio

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