Stop treating throwing pain as a collection of isolated tests. Learn a practical, evidence-informed framework to evaluate the shoulder and elbow, reason through findings, and guide rehabilitation decisions for the throwing athlete.
Clinical decision-making is easier to apply when you can learn directly from experienced sports physical therapists. This course is led by dual board-certified PTs with expertise in overhead athletes, teaching, and professional baseball rehabilitation.
Board-certified in Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy. Sports rehabilitation clinician and PT educator focused on the athletic shoulder, elbow, clinical reasoning, and return to performance.
Board-certified in Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy. Major League Baseball sports physical therapist with extensive professional baseball experience in upper-extremity rehabilitation and athlete care.
By connecting biomechanics, presentation, examination, and loading demands, you'll leave with a framework to apply to your next throwing-athlete case.
Relate phase-specific mechanics and tissue demand to when and where an athlete reports symptoms.
Use history, mobility, strength, symptom behavior, and sport demands to guide the evaluation instead of relying on isolated tests.
Link the clinical examination to exercise selection, loading progressions, and specific physical capacities needed for throwing.
Integrate recovery stage, capacity, workload tolerance, and throwing demands to guide progression.
A thrower's pain cannot be interpreted solely from a special test, isolated strength finding, or a calendar-based progression. This course emphasizes how those pieces fit together within the demands of the throwing motion.
Work through biomechanics, differential diagnosis, physical examination, rehabilitation, and return-to-throw reasoning as parts of the same process.
A live learning experience combining evidence-informed concepts, clinical reasoning, discussion, and practical application.
Break down phases of the throwing motion and connect them to the demands placed on the shoulder, elbow, and kinetic chain.
Integrate history, symptom timing, mobility, strength, and sport-specific findings into a more purposeful examination.
Consider common throwing-related clinical presentations and the tissues that may be contributing to symptoms.
Use clinical findings to guide exercise selection, loading, progression, and preparation for performance.
Consider diagnosis, physical capacity, tolerance, sport demand, and stage of recovery when making progression decisions.
Put concepts together through practical examination strategies, case reasoning, discussion, and problem-solving.
Clinicians supporting baseball, softball, and other overhead athletes during rehabilitation and return to sport.
Sports medicine professionals evaluating and progressing athletes during recovery and competitive seasons.
Clinicians who want a clearer framework for shoulder/elbow assessment, rehabilitation planning, and return-to-throw decisions.
63 S. River Drive, Suite 160
Tempe, Arizona 85288
Phoenix metropolitan area
Parking and arrival instructions will be shared with registrants before the event.
8 instructional contact hours in a live course format integrating presentation, clinical reasoning, practical application, and discussion. Detailed day-of-event information will be provided to registrants.
Approved by APTA Arizona for 8 contact hours of Category A continuing competence for Arizona PTs and PTAs.
PRO+ Sports Medicine Education is a BOC Approved Provider of continuing education for Athletic Trainers. Completion requirements apply to CE reporting.
CE acceptance outside the identified approval/provider frameworks depends on the attendee's professional board and jurisdiction. Confirm requirements with your licensing body if needed.
One focused day with Russell Linville and Joshua Bickel, a clear throwing-athlete framework, and practical education you can put to work.
Standard registration is $449 beginning December 1, 2026. Registration and cancellation terms are presented at checkout.
Primarily physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, athletic trainers, and appropriate sports medicine clinicians involved in evaluating, rehabilitating, or returning throwing athletes to sport.
The emphasis is on integrating throwing mechanics, symptom behavior, the shoulder and elbow examination, differential diagnosis, rehabilitation programming, and return-to-throw decisions into a unified clinical process.
No. The live format integrates didactic instruction with clinical reasoning, practical examination strategies, discussion, and application to throwing athletes.
Mayo Sports Medicine Clinic, 63 S. River Drive, Suite 160, Tempe, Arizona 85288. Parking and day-of-arrival instructions will be provided before the course.
The course includes 8 instructional contact hours. It is approved by APTA Arizona for 8 Category A continuing competence contact hours for Arizona PTs and PTAs (CEUL182465). PRO+ is a BOC Approved Provider for Athletic Trainers. Attendance and completion requirements apply.
Many employers offer continuing education or professional development benefits, but reimbursement policies vary. Check with your employer to confirm eligibility, required documentation, and deadlines.
Live course instruction, course materials, and a certificate of completion when attendance and other course completion requirements are met. See checkout for all registration terms.
The $399 early-bird offer runs through November 30, 2026. Standard registration is $449 beginning December 1, 2026.
PRO+ will notify registrants directly. Registration is governed by the cancellation and rescheduling terms acknowledged during checkout.
One live day. Eight CE hours. Two instructors. A practical approach from assessment to return to throw.
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