The Ultimate Shoulder Rehab Playbook: Fix Pain, Restore Function, Get Results

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Reid Nelles, DC Related seminars and products

Minnesota Movement, LLC

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Reid Nelles, DC, is a chiropractor who earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota – Duluth where he then followed his passion onto Northwestern Health Sciences University to pursue a Doctorate in Chiropractic. Reid was fortunate to be chosen for the medical staffing of the World Sport Games in Lignano, Italy, which kick-started his infatuation with sports chiropractic. Over the years, he has honed his experience and gained even more knowledge of movement patterns, corrective exercises, hands-on techniques, and so much more within the athlete population.

He owns and operates Minnesota Movement, a clinic in Excelsior, Minnesota. It is here that Dr. Reid fulfills his role in the community of ensuring that no athlete or person has a reason to skip a workout, bike ride, game, round of golf, day with their kids, or any activity due to an injury or pain. Reid believes that; if you move – you’re an athlete. Reid is a self-proclaimed “jack of all trades, master of none” when it comes to athletic endeavors and loves golf, skiing, snowboarding, hiking, hockey, wakeboarding, waterskiing, fishing and hunting. His primary goal is to restore and improve qualities of movement with anyone he sees.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Reid Nelles is the owner of Minnesota Movement. He receives a speaking honorarium from RockTape USA and Implus. Dr. Nelles receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Reid Nelles has no relevant non-financial relationships.

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Objectives

1. Choose manual therapy, mobilization, and myofascial decompression techniques to restore functional overhead reach in patients with mobility restrictions.
2. Utilize progressive stabilization and motor control exercises to enhance scapular and rotator cuff functional outcomes.
3. Utilize kinesiology taping strategies to support joint mechanics and neuromuscular activation during functional movements.
4. Integrate compression flossing techniques into treatment plans to accelerate recovery, reduce post-op stiffness, and restore pain-free motion for daily tasks such as dressing, grooming, and reaching.
5. Develop progressive rehabilitation programs that transition patients from early-stage recovery to high-level functional performance.
6. Choose treatment techniques based on individual patient needs, optimizing return to work, sport, and daily functional tasks with greater efficiency and reduced reinjury risk.

Outline

LAB: Power Moves for Stability & Strength 

• Build dynamic stabilization to reinforce real-world movement patterns
• Strengthen the rotator cuff to improve lifting, reaching, and carrying 
• Improve scapular control to reduce compensations in ADLs and work tasks 
• Challenge shoulder stability under load using perturbation and reactive drills 
• Rehab beyond isolation—integrate kinetic chain control for overhead athletes and active adults 

🛑 CASE STUDY: A high school baseball pitcher with chronic instability 

LAB: Mobility Hacks for Instant Results 

• Restore movement quickly with joint mobilization techniques 
• Apply passive and active mobility strategies for long-term function 
• Train end-range stability to improve reaching and ROM 
• Mobilize the thoracic spine and ribcage to resolve hidden restrictions affecting the shoulder 
• Address capsular and ligamentous restrictions with advanced mobilization techniques 

🔥 HOT TOPIC: Stretching vs. Mobilization—Are You Wasting Time? Why traditional stretching isn’t enough and how to make mobility gains stick. 

LAB: Motor Control: The Missing Link 

• Reinforce strength with motor control exercises that retrain movement 
• Integrate speed and multi-planar movement for sports and daily tasks 
• Use sensorimotor retraining to restore proprioception and reactive control 
• Teach the brain to trust the shoulder again—neuroplasticity strategies for motor learning 

🛑 CASE STUDY: A post-stroke patient with severe scapular dyskinesia 

LAB: Myofascial Cupping: Decompress, Relieve, Restore 

• Use cupping to reduce pain and movement restrictions 
• Apply targeted techniques for post-op and chronic shoulder dysfunction 
• Enhance soft tissue recovery for ADLs like lifting and reaching 
• Integrate movement with decompression techniques for active fascial release 
• Apply evidence-based cupping protocols to reduce nerve entrapments and impingement 

🔥 HOT TOPIC: What’s the Deal with the Bruising? Is it good? Is it bad?  

LAB: Kinesiology Taping: Support, Correct, Accelerate Healing 

• Reduce pain and support neuromuscular activation with taping 
• Apply taping to improve posture, reaching, and lifting mechanics 
• Optimize taping effectiveness for sustained functional support 
• Use advanced taping strategies to modulate neuromuscular timing and force output 
• Incorporate pre-load and movement-based taping for long-term motor adaptation 

🛑 CASE STUDY: A post-op rotator cuff repair 

LAB: Compression Band Flossing: Unlock Motion & Speed Up Recovery 

• Improve circulation and joint mobility for pain-free movement 
• Target stiffness and impingement to restore ADLs and work tasks 
• Integrate flossing with exercise to enhance functional strength 
• Maximize neurovascular response with strategic compression and release techniques 
• Combine flossing with eccentric loading to break pain cycles and restore motion 

🔥 HOT TOPIC: Flossing 101—Is This the Missing Link in Your Shoulder Rehab? 

LAB: Shoulder Treatment for Older Adults & Non-Athletes 

• Adapt strength and mobility techniques for arthritis and postural deficits 
• Modify stabilization drills for safe movement in daily activities 
• Improve overhead reach and reduce fall risk in self-care tasks 
• Address degenerative changes using progressive load tolerance strategies 
• Retrain the nervous system for better movement control in aging patients 

🛑 CASE STUDY: A 62-year-old with frozen shoulder 

Target Audience

• Athletic Trainers
• Chiropractors
• Exercise Physiologists
• Occupational Therapists
• Occupational Therapy Assistants
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapy Assistants
• Strength and Conditioning Coaches
• Other Rehabilitation and Fitness Professionals.