Prof. Jeremy Lewis is teaching The Shoulder: Theory & Practice in Mumbai.
Two full days in the room with the clinician who changed how the world assesses and rehabilitates the shoulder. Only 24 places.
Prof. Jeremy Lewis, PhD FCSP
Consultant Physiotherapist · Professor of Musculoskeletal Research
MSK Sonographer · Independent Prescriber
- He teaches it himself — not a licensed version, not a recording
- 26th edition, after running in over 35 countries
- Hands-on both days — one treatment couch per two to three participants
- Certificate for CPD and for overseas registration portfolios
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City
Mumbai
Dates
Being confirmed
Duration
2 full days
Places
24 maximum
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– Why this course, and why now –
Three reasons this does not come around often in India
01
He teaches it himself
Not a licensed version, not a recording. Prof. Lewis is in the room for both days, teaching the course he wrote — now in its 26th edition after running in over 35 countries.
02
Twenty-four people, not two hundred
The format is built around one treatment couch for every two to three participants. It is a working room with hands-on correction, which is why the number is capped rather than filled.
03
It changes how you think, not just what you do
The reason participants describe it as career-changing is not a new technique. It is a different way of reasoning about shoulder pain — one you can apply to every other region too.
– Your teacher –
Prof. Jeremy Lewis
PhD, FCSP · Consultant Physiotherapist
Professor of Musculoskeletal Research
MSK Sonographer · Independent Prescriber
Prof. Lewis is one of the most widely cited voices in shoulder rehabilitation, and among the very few clinicians who both generate the evidence and treat patients with it. He works clinically in the UK National Health Service, holds a professorship in musculoskeletal research, and has been awarded a Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy — the Society's highest honour. He assesses and treats people with complex shoulder problems.
He trained additionally as an MSK sonographer and performs ultrasound-guided shoulder injections as part of rehabilitation where they are appropriate. That matters for this course: the sessions on imaging and on injections come from someone who does both, rather than someone who has read about them.
What his research changed
The Shoulder Symptom Modification Procedure gave clinicians a way to test change in real time during assessment rather than label tissue. His work on rotator cuff related shoulder pain reframed a family of separate diagnoses as one multi-factorial presentation — which is now how much of the profession talks about it.
What he argues against
He has published critically on the influence of posture and muscle imbalance in shoulder conditions, on the case for surgery in subacromial pain, and on the over-medicalising of normal musculoskeletal ageing. Expect the course to challenge things you were taught.
Teaching and academic work
He has taught shoulder workshops internationally and is regularly invited to give keynote lectures at international conferences. Alongside his own research he supervises PhD and MSc students, and is a Viewpoint editor for JOSPT.
Published work
Co-editor and author for Grieve's Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy (4th edition), and co-editor with César Fernández-de-las-Peñas of the textbook The Shoulder: Theory and Practice — the book this course takes its name from.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Physiotherapy)
- Master of Science (Manipulative Therapy)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
- Postgraduate Diploma in Sports Physiotherapy
- Postgraduate Diploma in Biomechanics
- Postgraduate Certificate in Diagnostic Imaging (Ultrasound)
- Injection Therapy
- PhD
- Independent (non-medical) Prescriber
26th
Edition of this course
35+
Countries taught in
FCSP
Highest CSP honour
24
Places in Mumbai
– The course and the textbook –
The Shoulder: Theory and Practice
This course shares its name with the textbook, and the same thinking runs through both — the shoulder as part of a whole moving person, not an isolated joint.
Edited by Prof. Jeremy Lewis and Prof. César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, with forewords by Wilbour Kelsick, Clare L Ardern and Karim Khan, the book gathers the evidence base the course is built on.
You do not need to have read it to attend. But if you want to know the depth this course works at before you commit two days to it, the contents page is a fair preview.
– What you will be able to do differently –
Monday morning, back in your clinic
The course is not a technique catalogue. It is a way of reasoning that holds up when a patient does not fit the textbook.
- Stage a rotator cuff presentation instead of labelling it, and know what that changes about treatment
- Use symptom modification as a live assessment tool rather than a fixed protocol
- Separate shoulder pain from referred cervical and thoracic sources with confidence
- Explain to a patient why their scan result may not be the reason they hurt
- Prescribe and progress shoulder exercise with a reason behind every parameter
- Decide when imaging or an injection genuinely changes your plan — and when it adds nothing
- Complete a physical examination in five minutes without losing information
– The full two days –
Course details
Programme, session by session
Published in full because clinicians deciding whether to close their clinic for two days deserve to see exactly what those two days contain.
Day one 09:00 – 18:00
08:30
Registration
09:00
Introduction — reframing musculoskeletal practice
- The global burden of musculoskeletal disability
- Risk factors for developing shoulder pain — what can and cannot be modified
- Why doesn't everybody respond the same way? Biopsychosocial and lifestyle factors
- Social determinants of health, and health literacy in practice
- The power of language — how words heal and harm
- Patient education at the forefront of management, in the patient's own learning style
- Healthcare sustainability and what best practice actually costs
10:30
Refreshments
10:45
Function, biomechanics and the kinetic chain Practical
- Why regional and whole-body kinematics, biomechanics and ergonomics decide shoulder outcomes
- Why do humans throw?
- Practical: lower limb and trunk assessment to maximise upper limb function
12:00
Assessment
- A biopsychosocial approach that supports clinical reasoning and shared decision-making
- How to construct and direct an empathetic patient interview — maximising both the therapeutic relationship and the information you collect
- The dilemma of diagnosis, and the alternatives to it
- In-depth discussion of orthopaedic special tests, posture and imaging
12:30
Lunch
13:15
Assessment, continued Practical
- Minimising the physical examination to five minutes
- A new way to assess muscle performance
14:45
Rehabilitation without addressing lifestyle factors — are we kidding ourselves?
- A deep but comprehensible dive into cell physiology, and how lifestyle factors help or harm clinical outcomes
- The biochemical case for including exercise in rehabilitation — and why exercise alone will never be enough
- How to assess lifestyle factors, and the behavioural change cycle
15:30
Refreshments
15:45
Injections, medicines and supplements
- The good, the bad, and the useless
16:15
Rotator cuff related shoulder pain (#RCRSP)
- What's in a name? A detailed review of this multi-factorial problem
- Current evidence across professions on aetiology and pathology, presented in depth
- A critical comparison of surgical and non-surgical outcomes
18:00
Wrap up and finish
Day two 09:00 – 17:00
09:00
Review, questions and discussion — evidence-based practice, putting day one together
09:30
Shape-Up-My-Shoulder (#SUMS) rehabilitation programme Theory + practical
- A three-stage rehabilitation programme applicable to the majority of musculoskeletal shoulder presentations
- Weaving an interactive educational programme through the rehabilitation itself
- Identifying a safe entry point — otherwise known as not running a marathon on day one
- How to progress the programme effectively, and pain education to guide the patient through it
- Hands-on or hands-off?
- Stage I — early rehabilitation, including the Shoulder Symptom Modification Procedure
- Stage II — muscle performance · Stage III — function
- Building a weekly programme, and transitioning to hard, high-end and "chaotic" rehabilitation
- #SUMS for massive inoperable rotator cuff tears and cuff arthropathy — what the evidence says, and how surgery, immobilisation and rehabilitation compare with rehabilitation alone
Breaks
Refreshments 10:30 · Lunch 12:30 – 13:15 · Refreshments 15:00
15:15
Virtual reality — is seeing believing, and achieving?
- The role of VR and mixed reality in shoulder rehabilitation
- The evidence, and the practical application
15:45
Transitioning to self-management
- What happens after formal rehabilitation ends
- The transition to 3,600 MET minutes per week — why it is essential, how to calculate it, and how patients actually achieve it
16:15
Questions, discussion, and wrapping it all up
The order of the programme, its content and the timetable structure may vary. Proceeds from this course support an international research programme.
Bonus learning: frozen shoulder — included after the course
The two days do not end when you leave the room. A bonus theory and practical training session on frozen shoulder is released to participants at the conclusion of the course, and stays available for four weeks — long enough to work through it properly and revisit the techniques with real patients in front of you.
What the bonus module includes
- In-depth theory on frozen shoulder and the history of the condition
- How the condition should be assessed
- The evidence for management approaches
- Injection therapy — the use of it, and the types
- Practical assessment and management techniques, as integrated videos
- Available for four weeks after the course ends
Fees, Priority Access & payment
Joining the Priority Access List is free and does not confirm a place. Once the course reaches the minimum number of participants required to proceed, list registrants receive first access to the confirmed dates and the lowest available price, and are then invited to pay within a stated window to secure a place. Unpaid places are released to the early bird pool.
Priority Access price
Announced with dates
The lowest available price. Offered only to Priority Access List registrants, before the course is advertised publicly.
Early bird rate
To be announced
For registrations completed before the early bird deadline. A further reduction applies to group bookings of two or more participants.
Standard rate
To be announced
Applies after the early bird deadline, until registration closes or the 24 places are filled — whichever comes first.
The course fee includes
- Two-day practical, in-person workshop taught by Prof. Jeremy Lewis
- Course manual
- Catering across both days
- Certificate of attendance, usable as CPD evidence
- The frozen shoulder bonus module, available for four weeks afterwards
Group bookings
Clinics, hospital departments and colleges receive a group rate, and GST invoicing is available. A single transaction is required for all participants in a group, with individual registration details emailed afterwards. Call +91 93463 31137 for a quote.
Payment
Priority Access payments are by bank transfer. Early bird and standard registrations may be paid by bank transfer, UPI or card. Confirmation is issued once payment and registration details are both complete.
Who should attend, and what to bring
Who this course is for
- Physiotherapists in musculoskeletal, sports or general outpatient practice
- Clinic owners and senior clinicians who see shoulders every week
- Clinicians preparing for advanced practice roles, in India or overseas
- MPT students and final-year BPT students — the practical assumes a basic shoulder examination; everything beyond that is taught from the ground up
What to bring
- Clothing you can be assessed and treated in — practical sessions work in pairs and small groups
- A notepad or laptop, though a printed course manual is provided
- Nothing else. All treatment couches, weights, balls and mobilisation belts are supplied
– Learning outcomes –
What you will take back to your clinic
01
A better understanding of the clinical anatomy and biomechanics of the shoulder region
02
An appreciation of why a biopsychosocial approach to patient management matters
03
A comprehensive interview and physical evaluation strategy that accounts for local and referred sources of pain, and directs you to an appropriate management plan
04
Greater confidence in physically assessing the shoulder, and a clearer understanding of the evidence behind the techniques you choose
05
Deeper knowledge of the various pathologies of the shoulder girdle
06
Greater competency managing patients across a range of shoulder pathologies
07
A review of the research on posture and muscle imbalance, and what it really shows about shoulder pathology
08
The evidence underpinning assessment and management of rotator cuff related shoulder pain and frozen shoulder
09
A clear view of the evidence on diagnostic imaging in musculoskeletal shoulder disorders
10
The same for injections — where they belong in management, and where they do not
11
Greater confidence using exercise therapy and other techniques, and the ability to evaluate whether they worked
Twenty-four places only
Dates are announced to the list first.
Joining is free and takes under a minute. You get the programme now, and the dates, venue and lowest price the day they are confirmed.
Reserve my place — free– Three ways to take this course –
Mumbai is the live one
All three formats carry identical content. If you cannot travel to Mumbai, choose your preferred format on the registration form and we will contact you about the online options instead.
Mumbai · This event
Face to face
Two full days in the room with Prof. Lewis, including every practical session with hands-on correction. The frozen shoulder bonus module is released at the end and stays available for four weeks.
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Alternative
Online live
The same content delivered live online, with the frozen shoulder module at the end. Practical videos covering assessment and treatment techniques stay available for four weeks so you can review and practise. Arranged for groups.
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Alternative
Online, in your own time
All theory and all practical content available online in bite-size sections, with quizzes and linked resources, completed at your own pace.
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– From previous editions –
What participants say afterwards
Before I did this course the world was flat!
Complete change to the way I think about shoulders. Best course I have ever done.
The shoulder provides the topic, but the clinical processing could be applied elsewhere.
Excellent rationale for phased rehabilitation.
By far the most informative, research based and thought-provoking course I have been on.
Up to date research, excellent techniques, enlightening, holistic.
Participant feedback from previous editions of the course, taught internationally.
– Everything, answered –
Questions we are getting
Is Prof. Lewis teaching this himself, or is it a licensed version?
He teaches it himself, in person, for both days. This is his own course — The Shoulder: Theory & Practice, now in its 26th edition. Prosper Physio Overseas is the host organiser in India, which means we are responsible for the venue, the equipment the practical sessions require, catering, and your registration. The teaching is his.
When are the dates, and where in Mumbai?
Both are being finalised around Prof. Lewis's international travel schedule. Rather than publish a date we might have to move, we are taking a Priority Access List. Everyone on that list receives the confirmed dates and the venue — with a map, directions and transport options — on the day they are set, before the course is advertised anywhere else.
What does it cost?
The fee is announced together with the dates. There will be three tiers: a Priority Access price, which is the lowest and goes only to the list; an early bird rate; and a standard rate. Group bookings of two or more receive a further reduction at every tier.
What the fee includes is already fixed: the two-day in-person workshop taught by Prof. Lewis, a printed course manual, catering across both days, a certificate of attendance, and the frozen shoulder bonus module afterwards.
Do I have to pay anything to join the Priority Access List?
No. Joining is free, takes under a minute, and does not confirm a place. Once the course reaches the minimum number of participants needed to proceed, list members are invited to pay within a stated window to secure their place. Places not paid for within that window are released to the early bird pool.
Why only 24 places? Is that a sales tactic?
No — it is a requirement of how the course is taught. The practical sessions run with one treatment couch for every two to three participants, plus mobilisation belts, hand weights, Swiss balls and exercise mats for the room. Past 24 people, hands-on correction by the presenter stops being physically possible, and the course stops being what it is. The cap comes from the format, not from us.
Is it mostly theory, or mostly practical?
Both, deliberately interwoven rather than separated into lecture days and practical days. Day one moves between the evidence and practical work on the kinetic chain, assessment and muscle performance. Day two is given largely to the Shape-Up-My-Shoulder rehabilitation programme, taught as theory and practice together, plus frozen shoulder.
Wear clothing you can be assessed and treated in. You will be working in pairs and small groups.
What is the frozen shoulder bonus module?
A theory and practical training session released to participants at the conclusion of the course. It covers the history of the condition, how it should be assessed, and the evidence for its management, including the use and types of injection therapy. Practical assessment and management techniques are presented as integrated videos.
It stays available for four weeks after the course ends — long enough to work through it properly and try the techniques with real patients.
Is this suitable for students, or do I need years of experience?
Final-year BPT students, interns and MPT students attend these courses regularly and get a great deal from them. The practical work assumes you can perform a basic shoulder examination; everything beyond that is taught from the ground up.
At the other end, senior clinicians and clinic owners attend too — and many people attend more than once, because the content is continually updated as the evidence moves.
Do I get a certificate, and does it count for CPD?
Yes. A certificate of attendance is issued on completion. It serves as CPD evidence for Indian practice, and it can be included in overseas registration portfolios — HCPC for the UK, CORU for Ireland, AHPRA for Australia. Our registration team works with those portfolios daily, so if you want the certificate framed for a specific application, tell us and we will advise.
What if I cannot travel to Mumbai?
The same content is delivered as an online live course, and an at-your-own-pace online version is in preparation. Both carry identical content to the in-person course, and the practical videos stay available for four weeks afterwards for review and practice.
Neither includes supervised hands-on correction — that is the one thing only the in-person course can give you. Choose your preferred format on the registration form and we will contact you about the option that fits.
Can my clinic, hospital department or college book a group?
Yes, and group bookings get a better rate at every pricing tier. GST invoicing is available. A single transaction is required for all participants in a group, with the individual registration details sent to us afterwards.
Call +91 93463 31137 and ask for a group quote rather than filling in the form — it is faster, and we can hold places while you confirm numbers internally.
Do I need to bring any equipment?
No. Treatment couches with pillows and towels, exercise mats, tennis balls, weighted balls, hand weights, Swiss balls and mobilisation belts are all supplied by us as host organiser. Bring clothing you can be assessed in, and a notepad if you like — though a printed manual is provided.
Who is Prosper Physio Overseas, and why are you hosting this?
We are a physiotherapy-only practice operating since 2016, based in Hyderabad. Alongside hosting international courses in India, we guide Indian physiotherapists through overseas registration, jobs and study.
Dr. Safdar Ali Syed — an advanced physiotherapy practitioner and MSK sonographer in the UK National Health Service — negotiated this course into India directly with Prof. Lewis. The reason we host it is straightforward: this course costs several times more to attend internationally, before flights and accommodation.
How will you contact me after I join the list?
On WhatsApp, within one working day, with the full course programme. After that you will hear from us when the dates, venue and Priority Access price are confirmed. We do not pass your number to anyone else, and you can ask to be removed from the list at any time.
– Registration –
Dates are being finalised. The list goes first.
Prof. Lewis's travel dates for Mumbai are being confirmed. Rather than publish a date we might have to move, we are taking a Priority Access List — and everyone on it hears before this is advertised anywhere else.
- You get the dates, venue and fee the day they are confirmed
- The lowest available price opens to the list before anyone else
- Priority on places — there are only 24, and the format cannot be stretched
- The full programme sent to you now, so you can decide before you commit
Booking for your clinic, department or college? Group rates and GST invoicing are available. Call +91 93463 31137 and ask for a group quote rather than using the form.
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