Shoulder Protocols
Not all bone and joint injuries require surgery.
Due to risks of surgery, elective surgery is only undertaken as a last resort and after a patient has failed to improve their joint function after completing a physiotherapist supervised non-operative rehab program.
We do not host, recommend or endorse any protocol that is posted here, but instead provide links to where surgeons and physiotherapists have posted their non-operative and post-operative protocols.
If you have any questions regarding a protocol, please contact a physiotherapist or surgeon for a copy a protocol they recommend.
Non-Operative Shoulder Rehab Protocols
Non-Operative Shoulder Protocol (University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre)
Post-Operative Shoulder Rehab Protocols
Ontario – Rehabilitation Care Alliance
Rehabilitative Care Best Practices Guidance for Patients post Shoulder Arthroplasty
University of Alberta
Edmonton Region Shoulder Rehabilitation Guidelines – Arthroscopic Bankart Repair
Edmonton Region Shoulder Rehabilitation Guidelines -Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Edmonton Region Shoulder Rehabilitation Guidelines – Posterior Labral Repair
University of Calgary
Non-Operative Shoulder Protocol
Post-Surgical Rehabilitation Protocol
Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Conditioning Program
Banff Sports Medicine
Post-Operative Anterior Shoulder Stabilization
Post-Operative Posterior Shoulder Stabilization
Post-Operative Shoulder Stabilization with Latarjet Procedure
Queen’s University
Rotator Cuff Repair (Bicknell)
Clearpoint Health (Calgary)
Post-Operative Rotator Cuff Repair
Fowler Kennedy
Arthroscopic Anterior Shoulder Stabilization
Dalhousie University
Arthroscope Acromioplasty Protocol (Trenholm)
Arthroscope Assisted Rotator Cuff Repair (Trenholm)
Shoulder Arthroplasty Rehabilitation (Trenholm)
Shoulder Stabilization Repair Protocol (Trenholm)
Access Orthopaedics (Calgary)
Post-Operative Shoulder Rotator Cuff Repair (Lo)
Post-Operative Shoulder Stabilization Protocol (Lo)
University of Toronto Sports Medicine
Frozen Shoulder (Oglivie-Harris)
Arthroscope Rotator Cuff Repair (Dwyer)
Arthroscope Rotator Cuff – Subscapularis Repair (Dwyer)
Accelerated Rotator Cuff Repair Protocol (Holtby / Henry)
Acromioplasty Decompression (Holtby / Henry)
Arthroscopy / Open Rotator Cuff Repair (Holtby / Henry)
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair (Nauth)
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair – Accelerated (Veillette)
Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair – Delayed (Veillette)