A structured, defensible system for confident shoulder return-to-sport clearance.

How do you know they’re truly ready?

Not just pain-free.
Not just strong.
Not just at 6 months.

Ready — to tolerate load, react under pressure, manage unpredictability, and perform without hesitation.

Return-to-sport decisions after shoulder injury carry risk. Clear too early and you increase recurrence. Delay unnecessarily and you compromise performance. Rely on time alone and you miss critical physical and psychological markers.

If you’ve ever questioned:

• “Is limb symmetry enough?”

• “Should I trust time or criteria?”

• “Are they psychologically ready?”

• “Is this defensible if they re-injure?”

This course was built to answer those questions — clearly and systematically.

Who This Course Is For

Designed for:

• Physiotherapists managing shoulder instability and post-operative athletes

• Sports physiotherapists working with overhead and collision athletes

• Sports and orthopaedic doctors involved in return-to-play decisions

• Clinicians seeking a structured, criteria-driven RTS framework

If return-to-sport decisions form part of your practice, this course will immediately refine your reasoning.

What You’ll Gain

This is not a webinar.

It is a complete clinical framework integrating:

✔ Physical Performance Testing

• Shoulder performance test selection and interpretation

• Integration of the SARTS testing battery

• Matching tests to athlete type and sport demands

✔ Strength & Performance Metrics

• Force, torque, power, work

• Rate of force development

• Reactive strength index

• Limb symmetry — strengths and limitations

• Strength ratios and stiffness considerations

✔ Range of Motion Thresholds

• When limitation is protective

• When excess range increases risk

• Clinical application for instability

✔ Neurocognitive Integration

• Cortical changes after injury

• Reaction time and coordination

• Situational and unpredictable task progression

✔ Psychological Readiness

• Fear of re-injury and threat perception

• Motor imagery

• PHODA

• Virtual reality strategies

• Cognitive reframing

• 2025 evidence updates

✔ Structured Progression Frameworks

• Participation → performance

• Sport-specific progression (throwing, swimming, golf, collision)

• Situational decision-making under load

✔ Clearance & Shared Decision-Making

• Criteria vs time-based models

• Defensible clearance conversations

• Communicating risk confidently

You’ll leave with clarity in your testing, progression, and clearance decisions.

Developed from Clinical Practice & Research

This course combines the original introductory and advanced RTS classes into one cohesive program.

It draws from over a decade of clinical practice, research in recurrent shoulder instability, and international teaching experience.

This is structured reasoning — not protocol memorisation.

Investment

$350 NZD — Lifetime Access

For comparison:

• A single in-person CPD day often costs $500–$800

• A short webinar series can total $200+

• Mentorship programs often exceed $1,000

This course delivers a complete RTS decision-making framework — including physical, psychological, and neurocognitive integration — for a one-time investment of $350.

That’s less than:

• $1 per day over a year

• The cost of one new patient assessment per month

• The cost of a single unnecessary MRI referral

The value lies not just in the content — but in the confidence it builds in your clinical decisions.

What’s Included

✔ Full access to all modules
✔ Downloadable testing and progression frameworks
✔ 2025 evidence updates
✔ Money-back guarantee
✔ Live follow-up Zoom session with Dr Margie Olds to apply concepts to your own patients

Few online courses include direct clinician discussion time.

This one does.

The Outcome

After this course, you will:

✔ Test with purpose
✔ Progress with structure
✔ Integrate physical and psychological readiness
✔ Make defensible RTS decisions
✔ Reduce uncertainty in complex cases

You will not simply “add more tests.”

You will change how you clear athletes.

Ready to Refine Your RTS Decision-Making?

If you are involved in return-to-play decisions after shoulder injury, this framework will fundamentally elevate your practice.

Stop guessing.
Stop relying on time alone.
Start applying a structured, defensible RTS system.

Enrol now and strengthen your shoulder return-to-sport practice.