{"id":605,"date":"2020-12-18T00:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T07:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edmontonboneandjoint.ca\/?page_id=605"},"modified":"2021-03-10T09:40:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T16:40:56","slug":"surge-and-reading-rehabilitation-protocols","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edmontonboneandjoint.ca\/services\/shoulder\/surge-and-reading-rehabilitation-protocols\/","title":{"rendered":"SURGE and Reading Rehabilitation Protocols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kgsbrcxr-af229da37594eac306384189b0813593\">\n.avia-section.av-kgsbrcxr-af229da37594eac306384189b0813593{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/edmontonboneandjoint.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/edmonton-bone-and-joint-hdr_shoulder.jpg);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='hdr'  class='avia-section av-kgsbrcxr-af229da37594eac306384189b0813593 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Upper extremity refers to the shoulder, elbow, wrist or hand. The SURGE team consists of researchers, physical therapists, orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians.\r\n\r\nHow does SURGE improve patient care and outcomes?\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Evaluating new and existing operative and non-operative interventions<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Providing information and implementing findings through workshops and conference presentations<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Developing treatment guidelines for common upper-body injuries<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBelow is a link to the shoulder rehabilitation treatment guidelines developed by SURGE. 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This includes <strong>patients with massive rotator cuff tears who are able to elevate their shoulder above 90 degrees<\/strong>.\r\n[\/av_textblock]\r\n\r\n[av_button label='View Non-Operative Shoulder<br>Rehabilitation Guidelines' icon_select='no' icon='ue800' font='entypo-fontello' link='manually,\/resources\/updated_rc-non-op-study-rehab-guidelines.pdf' link_target='_blank' size='large' position='left' label_display='' title_attr='' color_options='' color='theme-color-highlight' custom_bg='#444444' custom_font='#ffffff' btn_color_bg='theme-color' btn_custom_bg='#444444' btn_color_bg_hover='theme-color-highlight' btn_custom_bg_hover='#444444' btn_color_font='theme-color' btn_custom_font='#ffffff' id='' custom_class='' av_uid='av-aumbhf' admin_preview_bg='']\r\n\r\n[av_textblock size='' av-medium-font-size='' av-small-font-size='' av-mini-font-size='' font_color='' color='' id='' custom_class='' av_uid='av-9u0dhv' admin_preview_bg='']\r\nTreatment should be primarily exercise-based. Once patients can perform exercises independently, they should do so at home at least 4 days\/week with periodic follow-up to assess changes and progress their home-based program. Patients should be educated that exercise is important for long term management of their symptoms. 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