Chronic shoulder cases have a ceiling. This is how you move past it.

Advanced Assessment and Treatment of the Shoulder is a complete clinical system for the stuck, treatment resistant shoulders that don't respond to more technique. Built from fifteen years of clinical practice. Fifty two lessons. Six hours. Entirely self paced, so you start tonight if you want to.

$177

COURSE PRICE

One time payment · Immediate access

THE PROBLEM

You already know the feeling.

A client comes in with a shoulder that has been off for months. You go through your process. You release what's obviously tight, mobilise what you can, send them home with a stretch. They feel better for a day or two. Then they're back where they started, and so are you.

If that sounds familiar, it isn't a gap in your hands. It's a gap in what continuing education actually teaches. Most CE courses hand you another technique and call it progress. What they leave out is why an unstable joint recruits every muscle around it to guard itself, or how a nervous system that hasn't learned to trust you will quietly block every technique you know, no matter how well you perform it.

Techniques matter. But how you sequence them, when you use which one, and whether your client's body is actually ready to receive them, that's the part nobody taught you. That's the ceiling.

Pre-Approved

NCBTMB - 6 CE’s

CMMOTA - 6 Primary

CRMTA - 6 Secondary

NHPC - 4 Credits

CMTPEI - 6 CEC's

CCHPBC - 6 CEC's

CMTO - Complies with STRiVE

Meet your instructor

Built by someone who's been on both sides of the table.

Dr. Jess Reynolds has spent nearly fifteen years in clinical practice, much of it shaped by his own history of stubborn injuries: a shattered ankle a surgeon wanted to amputate, chronic subacromial bursitis, an idiopathic frozen hip that lasted over a year. None of it was particularly fun. All of it turned into a treatment protocol he's since taught to several hundred practitioners, first in college courses for RMTs and acupuncturists, now here.

Advanced Assessment and Treatment of the Shoulder is that protocol, built around what he calls the CARE framework. Not a bag of techniques. A repeatable clinical process you can apply to every chronic shoulder case that walks through your door, and adapt to the ones that don't fit the textbook.

The Framework

The CARE Framework

C comprehend

A full rebuild of shoulder anatomy, joint mechanics and myofascial anatomy, tied at every step to a clinical question: what does this actually change about how you assess and treat.

A Assess

Clinical inquiry, functional testing and joint morphology, assembled into a complete picture in the time you actually have with a client.

R restore

The four R treatment sequence: regulate, release, restore, retrain. Full hands on demonstration, start to finish.

E empower

Home care your clients actually do, and the compliance conversation that determines whether your work on the table holds.

The Framework

52 lessons across four chapters. 6 hours, entirely self paced.

  • Read a chronic shoulder case in under ten minutes using inquiry, targeted special tests and two functional benchmarks, instead of guessing where to start

  • Work inside the joint capsule itself through joint play, not just the muscle around it, using a sequence built to stay pain free the entire time

  • Release along all four myofascial lines of the arm, not just wherever the client points, and know why the distant tissue is part of the problem

  • Explain to a client why a shoulder that looks fine on imaging still won't move past a certain point, in language that builds trust instead of confusion

  • Send clients home with a plan built around their own goals, one they'll actually do, instead of a generic handout that ends up in a drawer

Continuing Education

Counts toward your continuing education, wherever you're registered

Don't see your regulatory body on this list? Most colleges, including CMTO, don't require pre-approval of individual courses and let you self-report continuing education that supports your practice. Bring your certificate of completion to your own reporting process, or reach out and we'll help you make the case.

NCBTMB - 6 CE’s

CMMOTA - 6 Primary

CRMTA - 6 Secondary

NHPC - 4 Credits

CMTPEI - 6 CEC's

CCHPBC - 6 CEC's

CMTO - Complies with STRiVE

This is for you if:

  • You're a registered massage therapist or equivalent manual therapist, and you've watched a chronic shoulder case improve for a session or two, then quietly stall, more than once

  • You want continuing education that changes what you actually do with a client, not another certificate that sits in a drawer

  • You're ready to work on joint mobilisation, or willing to learn where that line sits

This isn't the right fit if:

  • You're looking for an acute injury protocol. This course is built for chronic, treatment resistant presentations

  • You want a live cohort or one on one mentorship. This is self paced and on demand, available whenever you are

  • You haven't yet covered foundational orthopedic assessment in your training

ENROLL TODAY

$177. One time payment.

Advanced Assessment and Treatment of the Shoulder is a one time payment of $177, with immediate access to all 52 lessons.

ENROLL NOW - $177

110% money back guarantee · 30 days

Our famous guarantee

110% Money Back Guarantee

AIM Wellness Education offers a premium learning experience that is unmatched in the industry. We are so confident in the quality of our courses that we proudly offer a 110% money-back guarantee within 30 days of enrolling in any course.

We stand behind our courses and believe that our techniques will exceed your expectations. If, for any reason, you apply the techniques learned in any of our courses and find that they fall short of what we promise, we will refund 110% of your money as long as you have not yet accepted a Certificate of Completion.

The guarantee applies prior to certificate of completion. Once your certificate has been issued, the enrollment is considered fulfilled.

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

FAQ

How much does Advanced Assessment and Treatment of the Shoulder cost?
The course is $199, a one time payment with immediate access.
How many continuing education hours does this course offer?
The course offers 6 CE hours through CMMOTA, CRMTA and NCBTMB, and 4 CE hours through NHPC. It also meets CMTO's STRiVE quality assurance requirements and the CEC requirements for CMTPEI and CCHPBC.
Is joint mobilisation training in this course within my scope of practice?
The course teaches joint mobilisation and joint play as part of its Restore sequence. Massage therapists are responsible for confirming that these techniques fall within their legislated scope of practice in their own jurisdiction before applying them with clients.
What equipment do I need to complete this course?
You need a treatment table, a resistance band, and a light set of free weights. A full water bottle can substitute for light weights if needed.
How long do I have access to the course content?
You get full access to every lesson, video and resource in the course, available whenever you want to revisit it.
What if my regulatory body isn't listed for CE credit?
Many colleges, including CMTO, allow practitioners to self-report continuing education that supports their scope of practice rather than requiring pre-approval of individual courses. Your certificate of completion can be used in that self-reporting process.
What is the money-back guarantee for this course?
The course includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you are not satisfied within 30 days of enrolling and have not yet claimed your certificate of completion, you can request a refund of 110 percent of your tuition.
Is this course appropriate for acupuncturists?
This course is built and CE-approved for massage therapists and manual therapists. Acupuncturists may still find the assessment and treatment content useful, but the CE credits listed are specific to massage therapy regulatory bodies.
Do I need prior experience to take this course?
Yes. This course assumes foundational training in orthopedic assessment and manual therapy. It builds toward advanced, chronic-case-specific clinical reasoning rather than starting from the basics.

You already have the hands for this. You've had them for years. What's been missing is the system that tells you when to use what you know, and how to work with a nervous system that hasn't decided yet whether it trusts you.

That's what this course hands you. Not a bigger bag of techniques. A ceiling you can actually move past.

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